What is the difference between a flu and the swine flu?
May 9, 2009 by admin
Filed under Colds and Flu
The symptoms are basically the same, right? How can someone tell if they have the swine flu rather than just a normal flu?
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you love My Muffins on Sat, 9th May 2009 5:43 pm
Anyone who gets the flu are going to think they have swine flu because of the attention from the media. You are just supposed to treat it like normal flu; take a lot of rest, drink plenty of water. Take some cold and flu medications.
Lily on Sat, 9th May 2009 5:43 pm
Swine flu is when human flu has merged with pig flu to create a new strain. It’s more dangerous than normal flu because it’s contagious as we have no resistance to animal illnesses.
Ellie on Sat, 9th May 2009 5:43 pm
Regular seasonal flu has killed 13,000 people in the US since January this year. There has been 1 death in the US due to this new flu, of a baby exposed to the virus in Mexico (didn't "catch it" in US).
H1N1 Influenza, the new name for swine flu, has killed 11 people on a planet with BILLIONS of people. There are 160 confirmed cases in the US, with a population of over 300,000,000.
Symptoms of swine flu are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A significant number of people who have been infected with this virus also have reported diarrhea and vomiting. Labwork is the only way to tell one flu from another.
If you think you have the flu (ANY flu), stay home, drink fluids and rest. See your MD if you have symptoms that seem to require treatment.
tulliver on Sat, 9th May 2009 5:43 pm
swine flu is basically the same as a normal flu – they have similar kill rate as well, it depends on how fit you are
swine flu has just had a lot more press
Piña on Sat, 9th May 2009 5:43 pm
there is not really a difference. the swine flu is just a type of the flu that has a different kind of strand of the original or commonly known type of flu. other than that, the only difference is how severe it is and how you can obtain it.
Killabitch F on Sat, 9th May 2009 5:43 pm
yes you are correct they are just like the basic flu, which is very hard to reach to a point if its the swine flu or the flu go to the doctors dont wait no more than 3 days if you are sick if you have a temp of 100 or more and stuff like that the best sorce to your question is the only way you would actually find out is to go to your local doctor or ER good luck.
Jerry on Sat, 9th May 2009 5:43 pm
Hi,
At the moment, only medical trained specialist – like doctors – could determine whether the flu is a normal flu or a swine flu.
But if you have travelled to restricted countries and you get caught with a flu – chances are it is a swine flu.
Don’t panick. Although there are no known cure for this type of disease yet, just exercise caution and keep authorities inform of any sign of it.
Allow me to share with you dear readers the information I dont want to keep as a secret – but rather as an information that need to share to.
There are known cure for this type of disease and it could be administered using oxygen. This oxygen therapy has produced amazing results and kept secret to modern science for more than half a century.
kellywellers on Sat, 9th May 2009 5:43 pm
Usually once you have some of the normal symptoms of the flu you might have to see the doctor to check if you have the swine flu. There can be diarrhea and other things