A swine flu is a virus of flu A, which is usually observed for pigs. There is a great number of similar viruses, and they infect a man rarely. Virus, causing a disease for people presently, it is a new variety of swine flu which produced ability to infect people and passed from man to the man.
In spite of the fact that this new virus is named a swine flu, it’s not passed to the people from pigs and does not get in the organism of a man with food of pork. As well as other diseases of respirators, this virus is passed from man to the man through a cough and sneeze. When a man coughs or sneezes, microbes get in air or settle on surfaces which other people can touch to.
For today, the specialists of the Worldwide Organization of Health protection declare that a virus of swine flu characterizes of a constantly modification and presents much more threat that even AIDS.
This infection develops when a virus gets in respiratory tracts and lights of a man. Nevertheless while unknown as far as this virus spreads. As well as in cases with any other infectious disease which spreads trough the respiratory system of man, the organs of health protection are recommended by the followings precautionary measures:
- Cover a nose and mouth a serviette during a cough or sneeze. After the use throw out a serviette in garbage.
- Wash your hands with water and soap, especially since you sneezed or coughed.
- Effective will be also the use of alcoholic facilities for hand washing.
- Avoid a near contact with sick people.
- If you’re ill, stay at home and limit contacts with other people, not to infect them.
- Adopt only preparations recommended the Worldwide Organization of Health protection. For example, there is the strongest preparation against a swine flu, which can be purchased in a pharmacy. It’s Tamiflu.
- Try not to touch to the eyes, nose and mouth.
It’s the same measures cautions, which’s necessary to observe for stopping of distribution of all flu viruses, and also other transmissible through the respiratory system viruses.
The symptoms for a man, diseased this new variety of swine flu, look like the symptoms of ordinary «seasonal» flu which happens every year. It is such symptoms as promoted temperature, cough and pain in a throat. In addition to it reported about the display of such symptoms as a weakness, absence of appetite, cold, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.
Treatment
For prevention of disease a swine flu, a vaccination will be conducted this autumn. Presently exist medicines for treatment of this disease. These medications are usually used for prevention of serious complications of flu, such as pneumonia. Most effective these medications will be, if to begin them to accept right after infection (during 2 days of display of symptoms). For a prophylaxis and treatment of swine flu recommend to use preparation of Tamiflu.