After the football players from the Blackburn Rovers club, now the match of football club Dinamo Kiev vs Intermilan in the Champions League arena threatened cancellation caused the spread of swine flu virus in Ukraine. What was that swine flu?
Swine flu is influenza caused by influenza virus type “A” with a sub-type H1N1. The process of transmission of this virus through the animal, particularly pigs through the air. However, this virus can also spread through direct contact with sufferers.
H1N1 virus was found in humans and animals. However, both have symptoms of each:
SYMPTOMS IN THE PIG: Fever, depression, cough, discharge from the nose or eyes, sneezing, shortness of breath, red eyes, do not want to eat.
SYMPTOMS IN HUMANS : High fever of up to 37 degrees Celsius, which came suddenly, lethargy, low energy, cough, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and in advanced stages, shortness of breath occur. Death occurs due to respiratory failure.
INFECTIONS : Humans infected with H1N1 viruses from pigs through direct contact or via objects contaminated. Swine flu spread from human to human through the air.
PREVENTION
- Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing / sneezing.
- Discard TISUE that has been used in the trash.
- Wash hands with soap, after coughing or sneezing. Can also use alcohol wipes.
- Avoid contact with flu patients.
- Reduce the interaction with others when sick.
- Do not touch eyes, nose, or mouth. Virus transmission through to our body.
- Do not eat pork that had been infected with H1N1 flu.
- Cook the pork at a minimum temperature of 70 degrees Celsius.
VACCINATION
Use antiviral oseltamivir (Tamiflu), zanamivir, mantadine, and rimantadine. The vaccine is only effective if given at an early stage of infection when lung cells not too bad.