Swine Flu
January 28th, 2010 | by rarzi |Swine Flu
Lately, once rampant news about the swine flu. what is the swine flu? What are the symptoms and how to prevent swine flu? Here’s a summary of the swine flu which was taken from several sources.
Swine influenza, or “swine flu” was originally the acute respiratory disease is highly contagious in pigs caused by a swine influenza viruses, including influenza virus type A subtype H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2.
Morbidity due to viral infection is spread among pigs through the air either by direct contact or indirectly by the virus carrier pigs tend to be high on the pig population but the rate of death from this disease is low, between one percent to four percent.
Swine flu incident in the general population of animals throughout the year with an increased incidence in the autumn and cold.
Besides can be infected with swine influenza virus type A subtype H1N1, pigs can also be infected with H5N1 avian influenza virus (bird flu) and seasonal influenza virus or influenza virus commonly infect humans. Even sometimes can also be infected pigs by more than one type of virus at a time.
Such conditions allow the viruses are mixed together and brought new virus strains from several sources (reassortant viruses). This has among others made swine flu viruses that normally infect only specific and can sometimes penetrate pig species boundaries and cause illness in humans.
Unusual occurrence of disease swine influenza infection in humans has been reported several times happened. Humans are usually infected with swine flu from pigs and, although very few, from people who are infected because of contact with pigs or pig farm environment.
The case of swine flu transmission from person to person alone occurred in some cases but is still limited to close contacts and a group of people.
Until now there has been no evidence that swine flu is spread through food, in this case pork and its derivatives products are handled and cooked properly, so stay safe to consume these products.
In addition, swine influenza viruses die when cooked at a temperature of 70 degrees C, in accordance with the general guidelines of meat processing.
Swine Flu Symptoms
The symptoms of swine flu in humans are generally similar to the symptoms of influenza virus infections usually infect humans more than a fever of 37.8 degrees Celsius, sore throat, cough, runny nose, headache and pain. Even in some people characterized by diarrhea and vomiting.
Typical clinical presentation of swine flu infection in humans are similar to ordinary inluenza and respiratory infections over the others that made most of the case is not detected from the surveillance of influenza that this disease events globally in humans is unknown.
Among other precautions can be done by avoiding contact with people who are sick, covering your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing, washing hands with soap and water, as much as possible avoid contact with others during flu and seek medical help if the pain got so severe treatment .
How to Pig Flu Virus Transmission
Until now, researchers do not yet know exactly how swine flu virus infection, how much time or distance required. But in general, the flu virus spreads through coughing and sneezing that are not covered or when someone touches the mouth or nose of dirty hands. Given the flu virus can live on the surface of the skin for several hours. Just like when someone touches the door handle previously held by another person who sneezes in hand. Cooked pork will not transmit this type of flu.
Swine Flu Prevention
How to protect yourself and your family right now is to take reasonable precautions you normally do. Shut your mouth when coughing and clean with a tissue and then immediately thrown away, or sneeze at the elbow compared with the hand.
Then, wash your hands regularly. If there is no soap and water, the liquid hand washing can be used as an alternative. Stay at home when you or your children sick
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