A lot of people wonder how to identify, if a person is affected by swine flu. Is there a simple way to know ‘who is affected by the swine flu?’ or ‘who is not affected by the swine flu?’ Unfortunately there is not cardinal symptom of swine flu, moreover there is no definite differentiate that can differentiate swine flu from any other variant of seasonal flu. The national and international health organizations are getting together to make people aware about swine flu, it’s symptoms and also precautions required to keep the disease at bay. Who is affected by the swine flu viruses is hard to be answered as no one knows who can become a victim of swine flu. In general people with poor immunity are thought to be mostly soft targets for infective diseases.
According to the research findings the virus of swine flu attacks mostly small children aged between six months to five years, young individuals from 18 to 40 years of age, pregnant women and people suffering from any type of illness from long time. This is so as young bodies have antibodies against less number of pathogens. In recent pandemic people with strong immunity have also succumbed to swine flu virus. Swine flu virus also spreads from a person if he visits an infected place and comes back to his native place with infection. Such a person can spread the virus into his family members and trigger an outbreak. The chances of an outbreak also increase when an infected person visits to place free from swine flu viruses. Studies show that most of the European and Asian countries have been affected due frequent flying to Mexico or United States during the flu season.
How to know who is affected by the swine flu?
Any individual suffering from headache, fever, cough, sneeze, muscle pain, sore throat, respiratory problems or long time illness may be a potential sufferer of swine flu, the possibility further increases if the person has returned from a swine flu zone or is living in a swine flu zone. The cases of swine flu reported till now have been mild in most human beings, but it can also be severe depending upon the idiosyncratic make up of the infected person. The WHO and CDC statistics shows that death rate from swine flu is not more than that of seasonal flu but the outbreaks of swine flu has always been sudden and hence it has been declared as an epidemic. There are virological tests that can actually confirm or rule out swine flu; however the centers capable of conducting such tests are limited to major cities. The good thing is, at least a local doctor can confirm weather it is Influenza A or not by subjecting serum to Rapid flu test!
Due to all these reasons people want to know who is affected by the swine flu and how to know it!
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