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Swine Flu Facts- Everything You Need To Know!

Author: Roxanne Gordimer

Due to the rising interests and questions being posted to around the web I thought it might be helpful for some of you out there to gather some information on the facts about the swine flu outbreak.

1. The swine flu influenza transmission use to jump from pig to pig and only in rare cases transmit to humans. The origins of it might be that humans first transmitted the influenza virus to pigs before they developed their own. The influenza season brings a mix of influenza viruses resulting in the increased risk of transmission and infection from pig to humans, causing cross-species transmission. Known swine flu viruses are the H1N1 subtype as well as less popular subtypes like H1N2, H3N1 or H3N2. Therefore a pig can be infected by more than one virus type at the same time.

Infection Risk

Human-to –human infection was once limited to a close group of people, before the Mexico incidents on April 2009. Prior to that swine influenza was transmitted from infected pigs that had direct contact to human, mostly their owners.

Safety Consumption of Pork?

It is indeed still safe eating pork food. So far no documentation is available indicating a link between safely prepared pork food and human swine flu infection. The swine flu influenza virus is killed by cooking temperatures of 70 degrees C or 160 F.

Any Vaccine Protection Against The Swine Flu Virus?

Up to now (End of April 2009) there are no vaccines known protecting human from this influenza virus illness. Usually each year they is an influenza protection vaccine being issued, however it is unclear if this influence protection does work on the swine flu virus. Please, do not take chances visit your health professional in any case of feeling typical symptoms of influenza infection.

Furthermore, it is recorded that previous swine flu infections have successfully been cured without any additional treatment, requiring no medical treatment at all.

The influenza virus is widespread and is a seasonal outbreak. In some cases it has developed resistance towards antiviral medication and therefore reducing the effectiveness of treatment.

So far in Mexico or the United States the health officials have recommended the use of oseltamivir or zanamivir for treatment. But again, make an informed decision by visiting your local health centre or professional in case of observed symptoms on yourself or somebody you suspect within your social network.

What Are Typical Symptoms of Swine Flu Infection?

Acute respiratory tract infections of any kind well known throughout the influenza season could be an indication for swine flu infection. Even mild symptoms should be taken seriously, especially by children, aged people, pregnant or any physical weakened individuals like patients or people in some kind of medication program. Please seek your next nearest health information spot be it your doctor or any qualified.

How To Reduce The Risk Of Infection?

Please avoid the direct contact to pigs if possible. Should you be a pig farmer or dealer make sure the pigs you are around on a regular basis are checked by a veterinary and are labelled swine flu free. Clean your hands with soap every time after you were in contact with pigs.

Usually people like pig farmers are the ones who get infected as there are in a regular contact with them. Especially during slaughter is the exposure high. Please avoid sick animals and do not slaughter them on your own, but report them immediately to your local health authorities. This way you may avoid worse. The next best thing to do is to follow local and national news, especially from credible news sources like governmental health departments or respected NGO`s.

Furthermore, avoid people who seem to have catch flu, with fever symptoms or cough frequently.

Eat healthy food and drink 100 % fruits based liquids or just clean water. Avoid uncooked meat, especially pig, cooked as stated above should be ok. Just practice recommended health habits like physical fitness as much as possible. Together you reduce the risk of being infected and when infected you reduce the risk of illness or further deterioration.

Should someone in your family be infected make sure you take that person asap to the next clinic or doctor for advice and treatment. In case it’s not immediately possible keep that person at least 1 meter away from others, best into a separate room. Be there for the person, so he or she doesn’t feel abandoned which can lead to worsening situation.

Improve the airflow in where the infected person is. Use door or window for the breeze.

Keep the area clean from dirt or any open cans, dustbins etc. Do not forget to wash your hands properly each time after contact with the infected person. COVER MOUTH AND NOSE permanently with professional masks from your local authority or pharmacy and the like. They must be clean and unused.

Please note the information above was assembled from various credible sources, especially the World Health Organisation, a United Nations public health arm. However, in no case can it be regarded as sufficient or advisory for any action taken by you in case regarding the topic discussed here. It is for your basic information and education only, you are therefore, solely responsible for any action resulting from reading this. Only your local or national health authorities can advice you how to proper deal with infection and related, make sure you seek only expert advice and not just general basic information gathered from around the web like this one above. Healthy day, your activagers.com team!

About the Author:

Roxanne Gordimer is a travel, health and lifestyle expert working
for companies such as activagers.com and other social networks.

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Author: Stephanie Barker

The current 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as the Swine Flu, is not the first outbreak of this virus. There were Swine Flu outbreaks in humans in 1918, 1976 and 1988. This most recent outbreak is founded on a new strain of the virus derived form other strains.

This virus is constantly changing and therefore able to re-emerge under the right conditions and cause panic when old vaccines are ineffectual towards the outbreaks.

So what are the “right conditions” for such viruses to form repeated outbreaks?

We’ve made it easy for these type biological disasters to wreak havoc on our societies. Our own human behaviors are the cause of these pandemics.

We have thrown the planet off balance. We see the evidence in the escalating frequency and intensity of natural disasters all around the globe – the tsunamis, the hurricanes, the earthquakes, etc. If you thought those were bad…Welcome to the world of Biological Disasters!

The greater our negative impact on society and our planet, the greater the chances of these deadly diseases sprouting up and spreading around the world. Look at the places these diseases sprout from – places where there are no resources to prevent or fight such ailments. These are the places from which the diseases spread and these are the places in which new diseases will continue to sprout and stay unless we help.

With a little aid we could prevent these things from happening. Would you rather pay now or pay later? We almost experienced a worldwide pandemic caused by an easily preventable disease. Mexico’s economy shut down! Shut down because of this outbreak of the H1N1 virus, which has a vaccine that many countries have in stock, in bulk even.

The people of the world need to wake up and realize it is our own behaviors that are causing these scares. We could have taken better care of our environment and maybe not have seen all the loss and destruction caused by natural disasters in the last few decades and we certainly could have prevented this Swine Flu outbreak that caused so much undue loss, fear and grief.

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Author: Herbert Hoffman

Swine Flu Advice or Hoax

What is Swine Flu?
Swine flu is a form of influenza that originated in pigs but can now be caught by and spread among people. The current outbreak started in Mexico, and has spread throughout the world. At the time of this writing there have been 159 deaths in Mexico but only one death elsewhere, a Mexican child in Texas.

What does this mean to me?

Before we get hysterical, lets do some comparisons. In the US, we average 173 deaths per day from “the regular flu”, or 63,000 per year. When you compare this number to the Swine Flu, it’s not a pandemic. It’s not even a problem.

What is the problem?

The pharmaceutical companies aren’t making enough money. Sales are down and a new vaccine is just what they need to increase their bottom line. Millions of dollars are at stake. If they can blow this out of proportion, their stockholders will get rich.

How do they do this?

They have control over the media. With all the money they spend on advertising, they can get just about any message out in the mainstream. Plague coming. Get vaccinated.

What not to do?

Don’t freak out. Fear is what sells vaccines. There is no vaccine at this time that works with the swine flu, but I’m sure they’ll try to sell the stuff they already have (that doesn’t work and only lowers your immune system).

It’ll take 6 months to manufacture a vaccine. And a lot of things can happen by then. The crisis might be over or there’s a possibility that it won’t be effective because the virus could mutate.

What should we do?

The best way to protect yourself form the Swine Flu is to build up your immune system. Steps to do this are as follows:

Eliminate your allergies.

Allergies rob your immune system of energy. Treat (eliminate) your allergies and strengthen your immune system.

The-Allergy-Kit does just that. It eliminates your symptoms and response to the substance that doesn’t affect most people. Its energy medicine at it’s best. You won’t suffer from allergies and their symptoms anymore. The-Allergy-Kit is a natural home remedy that reprograms your immune system. Never suffer from food allergy symptoms again.

The treatment doesn’t use drugs, homeopathic remedies or over the counter medicines that mask your symptoms. There are no allergy shots or avoidance either.

It’s a simple method that is so easy to administer, a child can do the treatments.

After the treatments, your immune system will be stronger and more able to do the job it was intended, protect the body from all types of flu and most other germs.
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Exercise more.

One half hour three times a week is the minimum.

Eat less junk foods and fast foods, processed foods and sodas.

These bring down the immune system to a point where you are vulnerable to swine flu and leave your body open to attack.

Eat more fruits and vegetables.

Your body counts on the nutrients from fruits and vegetables to strengthen the immune system. You should eat 5 to 9 servings of fruits and vegetables each day. Even if you’re taking vitamins, you need your fruits and veggies.

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About the Author:

Ynge Ljung is an acupuncture physician, NAET practitioner, certified Bodytalk practitioner and vibrational healer. More info can be viewed about Ynges practice at: http://www.acupuncture-and-more.com
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