Medical Health Care Advices

The emergence of an outbreak of swine influenza in Mexico has triggered the global alerts to a disease not normally transmitted to different species. The confirmation of the first case in Spain, with a 23-year tenure in Mexico, wake the usual fears in the population when there are words like “pandemic”.

The swine flu symptoms do not differ from the traditional symptoms of the flu every year, affecting millions of people, but it is worth recalling some of the symptoms you have experienced the sick.

1 – Feeling of extreme fatigue

2 – Muscle aches

3 – Sudden fever

4 – Cough

5 – Diarrhea

6 – Vomiting

It is not very different from the usual flu symptoms, but diarrhea and vomiting are intensified in the case of swine flu.

Anyway, it is important to note that the risks are still bounded in countries like Spain, and WHO is constantly updated information for people to be aware of developments. The swine flu in the early hours has the same concerns raised years ago the emergence of avian influenza, focusing on Asia. Here’s a chart report which describes the symptoms among bird flu and swine flu.

The flu, also known as influenza, is a highly contagious viral disease of the airways. Although the flu affects both sexes and all age groups, children tend to get it more often than adults. This is a seasonal disease, occurring between November and April, occurring mostly between late December and early March.

What are the symptoms of flu?
The flu is often confused with the common cold, but flu symptoms tend to develop quickly (usually between 1 and 4 days after the person is exposed to the flu virus) and are generally stronger than the typical sneezing and stuffy nose catarrh own.

Symptoms of flu may include:
* fever
* chills
* headache
* muscle aches
* dizziness
* loss of appetite
* fatigue
* cough
* sore throat
* runny nose
* nausea or vomiting
* weakness
* ear infection
* diarrhea

When a baby gets the flu, may give the impression that suddenly seems to be wrong or “do not look well.”

How long does the flu?
After 5 days, fever and other symptoms usually disappear, but may persist cough and weakness. All symptoms usually disappear within a week or two. Anyway, it’s important you take the flu seriously because it can develop into pneumonia and other complications that may endanger life, especially when it affects infants, elderly and people with chronic health problems.

Is it contagious?
The flu is contagious, it can spread through virus-infected droplets that are expelled by coughing or sneezing. People with flu are contagious while symptoms (most of the time the symptoms last about one week for adults, but children can last up to two weeks).

The flu usually occurs in small outbreaks, but epidemics occur periodically. Influenza epidemics (when the disease spreads very quickly and affects many people in the same area at the same time) usually occur during the 2 or 3 weeks following the onset of the first cases, but then begins to decrease cases .

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