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1.SWINE FLU ??? 2. HISTORY 3.TRANSMISSION 4. SYMPTOMS 5. TESTS 6. TREATMENT 7. PREVENTION AND VACCINES
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1. INFLUENZA VIRUSES ARE SMALL RNA VIRUSES THAT INFECT MANY MAMMALS, INCLUDING HUMANS, BIRDS, AND SWINE. INFLUENZA 2. IN 1979, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL OUTBREAK OF SWINE INFLUENZA AT FORT DIX, 3. NEW THE SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS THAT IS CAUSING THE 2009 OUTBREAK IS A TYPE A INFLUENZA VIRUS. 4. THESE INFLUENZA VIRUS SUBTYPES ARE DETERMINED BY TWO ANTIGENS ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE VIRUS: HEMAGGLUTININ (H) AND NEURAMINIDASE (N). More detail please visit www.airambulance.co.in/news.htmlwww.airambulance.co.in/news.html
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DURING A NORMAL INFLUENZA SEASON, THE HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS IS SPREAD THROUGH RESPIRATORY DROPLETS. DROPLETS ARE EXPELLED INTO THE AIR THROUGH COUGHING OR SNEEZING. COUGHING THEY CAN ALSO BE SPREAD BY POOR HAND WASHING WHEN CONTAMINATED HANDS TOUCH EYES, NOSES, OR MOUTHS More detail please visit www.airambulance.co.in/news.htmlwww.airambulance.co.in/news.html
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FEVER FEVER AND RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS, COUGH COUGH OR A SORE THROAT.SORE THROAT FATIGUE FATIGUE, CHILLS, HEADACHE, OR BODY ACHES.CHILLSHEADACHE LESS COMMONLY, NAUSEA, VOMITING, OR DIARRHEA.NAUSEA VOMITINGDIARRHEA PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS ARE ALWAYS AT HIGHER RISK FOR COMPLICATIONS FROM INFLUENZA,. CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDE ASTHMA, CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, KIDNEY FAILURE, ETC.ASTHMAHEART DISEASEDIABETESKIDNEY FAILURE CONTAGIOUS FOR SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS OR AT LEAST 24 HOURS AFTER ALL SYMPTOMS RESOLVE More detail please visit www.airambulance.co.in/news.htmlwww.airambulance.co.in/news.html
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SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CONFUSION, DIZZINESS, OR ALTERATIONS IN CONSCIOUSNESS. SHORTNESS OF BREATHDIZZINESS SMALL CHILDREN MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE THEIR SYMPTOMS, AND PARENTS SHOULD LOOK FOR SIGNS OF RAPID BREATHING, BLUISH SKIN, OR REDUCED LEVEL OF RESPONSIVENESS More detail please visit www.airambulance.co.in/news.htmlwww.airambulance.co.in/news.html
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CULTURING RESPIRATORY SECRETIONS SUCH AS SPUTUM OR NASAL/THROAT SECRETIONS. More detail please visit www.airambulance.co.in/news.htmlwww.airambulance.co.in/news.html
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OSELTAMIVIR (TAMIFLU) AND ZANAMIVIR (RELENZA). OSELTAMIVIRZANAMIVIR FREQUENT HAND WASHING WITH SOAP AND WATER OR DISINFECTION WITH ALCOHOL VIRUS CAN LIVE ABOUT TWO HOURS ON SURFACES. THE MOUTH SHOULD BE COVERED More detail please visit www.airambulance.co.in/news.htmlwww.airambulance.co.in/news.html
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for All More detail www.airambulance.co.in/news.htmlwww.airambulance.co.in/news.html
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