This swine flu is quite infectious, but in some cases it might not be a serious infection. You’d just have flu like symptoms, but there is also diarrhea and vomiting in this variety too. But in the early stages it will seem just like an ordinary flu.
On the Crikey website and now I am convinced that the tortillas I thougth about buying yesterday have given me the Mexican pig flu.
Ok so I didn't actually buy them and they aren't even from Mexico but still... I looked at them on the shelf at Woolworths. The very same place I started to feel really sick yesterday and now here I am spewing into my very favourite mop bucket and wondering if I'm going the way of little porky here:
I had better buckle up and get chipper because tomorrow is the sewing class I told you all about here, and I'm not sure my husband could face another day of almost-self-sufficiency.
Oh and in other matters, a few people have asked why my blog roll keeps fluffing up -I'm working on the blog roll trying to zhoozh it up a bit so bear with me.
So sorry you are sick, I live in California where they have been some reported cases. So trust me we are washing our hands a lot.
ReplyDeleteScary, isn't it? I heard about the swine flu on the news and even if it hasn't infected our country (which i'm hoping it'll never be), I'm still a bit queazy whenever I see pork. i guess my family will be eating healthier food for a couple of weeks. (too bad for my husband)
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ugh! influenza scares me, be it from bird, pig, or human. hope it's nothing--feel better!
ReplyDeleteYay first to post a comment on this post.
ReplyDeleteYour blog is pretty cool and i think you're quite funny.
P.S. get better soon.
I have already had a horrid flu in Early March this year where I had diarrhea, vomiting and normal flu like symptoms. I had a maxalon shot and had to have panadine forte four hourly for a week to make it stop. This was before the swine flu reared its head.
ReplyDeleteWishing you better quickly.
ReplyDeleteDr Phil's wife claims burned toast helps. That is if you can stand to eat it.
Have just discovered you, how funny, loving your take on life.
ReplyDeleteI live here in Texas and the school district we are in actually had to shut down one of the elementary schools. It is scary since my step-son is in 4th grade...I worry we are going to get that call that someone in his school has it. Keeping my fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy reading your blog. My husband is a lawyer also...and he talks quite a bit too! lol.
Hope you feel better soon!
I find the fact that they can't contain it highly scary! I didn't have a flu shot but heard on the news this morning that it won't really protect you from it anyway. It may only make the difference between gettign really sick from it, or dying from it...right...maybe i should have got the shot!
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I had to let that one through it was too funny not to publish.
ReplyDeleteI've been totally paranoid about swine flu!
ReplyDeleteI hope you are okay. Recently I read some pretty scary articles about how by way of being so close to animals and stuff, we are introducing animal diseases to human beings. It is like kicking ourselves in the butt!
ReplyDeleteI am gonna be off non-veg for a while now. Mad cow, bird flu, swine flu...
Eating cooked pork is not how you catch the virus BTW, see here on the WHO website:
ReplyDeleteEpidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)
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27 April 2009
Swine influenza frequently asked questions
What is swine influenza?
What are the implications for human health?
Where have human cases occurred?
How do people become infected?
Is it safe to eat pork and pork products?
Which countries have been affected by outbreaks in pigs?
What about the pandemic risk?
Is there a human vaccine to protect from swine influenza?
What drugs are available for treatment?
What should I do if I am in regular contact with pigs?
How can I protect myself from getting swine influenza from infected people?
What should I do if I think I have swine influenza?
What is swine influenza?
Swine influenza, or “swine flu”, is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease of pigs, caused by one of several swine influenza A viruses. Morbidity tends to be high and mortality low (1-4%). The virus is spread among pigs by aerosols, direct and indirect contact, and asymptomatic carrier pigs. Outbreaks in pigs occur year round, with an increased incidence in the fall and winter in temperate zones. Many countries routinely vaccinate swine populations against swine influenza.
Swine influenza viruses are most commonly of the H1N1 subtype, but other subtypes are also circulating in pigs (e.g., H1N2, H3N1, H3N2). Pigs can also be infected with avian influenza viruses and human seasonal influenza viruses as well as swine influenza viruses. The H3N2 swine virus was thought to have been originally introduced into pigs by humans. Sometimes pigs can be infected with more than one virus type at a time, which can allow the genes from these viruses to mix. This can result in an influenza virus containing genes from a number of sources, called a "reassortant" virus. Although swine influenza viruses are normally species specific and only infect pigs, they do sometimes cross the species barrier to cause disease in humans.
What are the implications for human health?
Outbreaks and sporadic human infection with swine influenza have been occasionally reported. Generally clinical symptoms are similar to seasonal influenza but reported clinical presentation ranges broadly from asymptomatic infection to severe pneumonia resulting in death.
Since typical clinical presentation of swine influenza infection in humans resembles seasonal influenza and other acute upper respiratory tract infections, most of the cases have been detected by chance through seasonal influenza surveillance. Mild or asymptomatic cases may have escaped from recognition; therefore the true extent of this disease among humans is unknown.
Where have human cases occurred?
Since the implementation of IHR(2005)1 in 2007, WHO has been notified of swine influenza cases from the United States and Spain.
How do people become infected?
People usually get swine influenza from infected pigs, however, some human cases lack contact history with pigs or environments where pigs have been located. Human-to-human transmission has occurred in some instances but was limited to close contacts and closed groups of people.
Is it safe to eat pork and pork products?
Yes. Swine influenza has not been shown to be transmissible to people through eating properly handled and prepared pork (pig meat) or other products derived from pigs. The swine influenza virus is killed by cooking temperatures of 160°F/70°C, corresponding to the general guidance for the preparation of pork and other meat.
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/faq/en/index.html#will
I think it's a conspiracy. To divert our attention from the economy *wiggly
ReplyDeleteEvery year the medical fraternity gets excited with a new fad - this year its swine flu...wonder what next after madcow, birdflu,swineflu - guess lamb is left out...
ReplyDeleteis it the veggie-groups?
Every year there's some kind of flu scare, I'll only worry if people start dropping in their hundreds! Hmmm, kind hearted aren't I?!
ReplyDeleteLove your blog, Mel xxx