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Swine Flu: Your Questions Answered

Posted April 27, 2009 12:33 PM
Posted in epidemic, pandemic, swine flu, Tamilfu

What is swine flu?
It's a respiratory disease caused by type A (H1N1) influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs. People don't normally get swine flu, but, as evidenced in this latest epidemic, human infections can and do happen.

 

Is this swine flu virus contagious?
Yes, and it can spread from human to human. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not yet know how easily the virus spreads between people.


Are swine flu and seasonal flu the same the same or different?
The symptoms of swine flu cases in the United States to date have been similar to routine seasonal flu; they include fever, cough, sore throat, headache, chills, muscle pain and fatigue. Some people have reported diarrhea and vomiting as well. In the past, severe illness (pneumonia and respiratory failure) and deaths have been reported with swine flu infection in people. Like seasonal flu, swine flu may cause a worsening of underlying chronic medical conditions The incubation period is still unknown, but is likely similar to seasonal flu (1-7 days). Patients with swine flu are considered infectious for seven (7) days following the onset of symptoms.

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Posted November 13, 2009 2:02 PM
Prevention is the absolute key to health whether it be the flu or any other disease. A good diet, exercise and a healthy lifestyle will keep the body-mind strong and fit. I am recovering from cancer and attribute my quick recovery to my healthy lifestyle. My students are amazed at how quickly I returned to teaching yoga and cycle. My website can give you some tips on staying healthy and fit as well as natural herbal products that can be used. Doctor Lynn www.doctorlynn.com
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Posted October 28, 2009 2:15 PM
Can you update this sine flu article? It is 6 months old and the statistics have changed..I believe there are more fatalitie than this reports to date.. Thank you, Shrinkette
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Posted October 28, 2009 2:15 PM
Can you update this sine flu article? It is 6 months old and the statistics have changed..I believe there are more fatalitie than this reports to date.. Thank you, Shrinkette
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Posted July 27, 2009 3:09 PM
I greatly appreciate the information provided on how to minimize subseptability to swine flu.
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Posted May 13, 2009 9:05 PM
let me ask the question. Why do magazines like yours not do some real investigative reporting about healing. i know my research and use has led me to Homeopathy as a successful and gentle way of treating most of my ailments including what medicine would call Arthritis. I know we are older people who have spent our lives under the Emperor PHarma and his Princes the doctors. When will someone ask if the Emperor is actually wearing any clothes. I think as we are all dying from weak immune systems brought on my over medication that has left toxic materials in our body that then we will wake up but unfortunately we will be sick and poor by then. We have a chance to make a difference through education. Is this magazine about education or about rote learning from the companies and the doctors who are in their pay. The companies that are all in court one day or another for lying and falsifying results or withholding evidence of mediocre cures. They are the snake oil salesmen of the 21 Century and we are not smart enough or strong enough or have enough money to really oppose them unless we each of us find new ways and then spread the word. I do what I can.
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Posted May 5, 2009 8:48 AM
During the great epidemic Homeopaths used various remedies against the flu and were much more successful at fighting the disease than medicine. This is well documented. I used anas barbariae 200C during the SARS epidemic and whenever I have flu symptoms. I take one pill when I begin to feel a flu coming on and it never gets to develop. If people around me have the flu I will give them a pill every 4 or 5 hours and it helps the flu pass with less severity and quicker. Anas Barbariae has no side effects and is very cheap. There are claims that it can be used as a preventative as well but I cannot attest to that. Protect yourself by strengthening the body to do its own work. Homeopathy is a medicine that does just that. Strengthens the body to do its own work.
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