Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Influenza
Is the current threat of influenza something to sneeze about? Let us open discussion on this topic and also bulster our understanding about this disease by researching and paraphrasing one objective news source. Please provided a hyper link to your found source. You all will need to also make one additional comment.
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Geneva is making sugestions as far as the 2010 flu, such as putting H1N1 viruses in the vaccine.
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swine flu shot found to be stronge enough to protect adults as soon as 10 days after vaccination.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.katu.com/news/medicalalert/58611082.html
http://www.medicinenet.com/influenza/page2.htm
ReplyDeletea treatment for the flu would be getting the flu shot.
Flu, swine or otherwise, can cause Heart Attack
ReplyDeleteThe flu can cause heart attacks for people that have cardiovascular disease. The flu can increase heart attacks by 50 percent. Getting the flu vaccination helps. Only 30 to 40 percent get the vaccination. It causes inflammation in the heart and arties causing clots to break off and get stuck in the heart.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/09/fluswine-or-otherwisecauses-heart-attacks.html
So how do you know if you’re infected?
ReplyDeleteYou will get sudden flu symptoms and feel terrible. @ BBC NEW
About 36,000 people die from the flu each year.
ReplyDeletePeople who use the term "Stomach flu", are incorrect. The vomitting isn't from the flu virus, because the flu virus is only a respitory infection. Students at school usually get sick between 2 and 3 weeks of the flu's arrival.
http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/the-flu/overview.html
star who is Geneva?
ReplyDeleteWhat I meant to say was, on the World Health Organization (in Geneva) said today that the flu vaccines should contain the virus H1N1 plus two other flu viruses that could break out next year.
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a 28 year old man died today from a confermed case of the swine flu :( http://www.orlandosentinel.com/health/orl-bk-swine-flu-symptoms-092309,0,1180976.story
ReplyDeleteInfluenza vaccines are safe and effective."Eventually, there should be enough vaccine available for all adults to get vaccinated against 2009 H1N1 flu, but when it first becomes available this fall, we are encouraging certain high-risk groups to get the vaccine first," said Dr. Monroe.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.carrollcountycomet.com/news/2009/0923/Community/045.html
according to sifynews.com swine flu death raises indias toll up too 262 deaths. Three of them in Karnataka. There is a count of 324 new swine flu causes, makin the total count of 8,477 people affected with the flu in India so far.
ReplyDeletehttp://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jjwxkkdaccf&title=Five_deaths_take_India_s_swine_flu_toll_to_262
once you are sick with the flu,
ReplyDeleteyou are contagious for about five days.
antibiotics can help,
but they don't cure the flu,
because the flu is a virus.
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/news/influenzaWebsite/index.htm
W.H.O. says that the first batch of flu vaccinations are a success in China. A group of students in Beijing and Hong Kong were the first to try the new vaccine and reported no serious side effects.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-SwineFlu/idUSTRE58I0BA20090922
In reply to Jessica's comment, no bueno. :(
ReplyDeletehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090914/ap_on_he_me/us_med_healthbeat_swine_flu_q_a
ReplyDeleteChildern under the age of 5 and older people in the ages of 65 and up are more vulnuralbe to getting sick. The swine flu is no more deadly then the regular flu. CDC recommend that people take the vaccine in October when it comes out. Most people won't show stymtoms up to 24 hours. You won't find out if you get sick from someone else till after a week.
There are more young people getting swine flu, rather than older people. Officials say people 60 and older may have some immunity to the new virus because of exposure to H1N1 viruses that have been occuring from 1918 to 1957.
ReplyDeletehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204543304574350920660799750.html.
Nicole,
ReplyDeleteThats real sad, but its just another flu.
Basic hygiene is better for preventing the spread of the swine flu than the shot according to a report published by the British Medical Journal
ReplyDeletehttp://news.rediff.com/report/2009/sep/23/hygiene-more-effective-against-swine-flu-than-drugs-says-study.htm
In one story it said that younger people are getting sick opposed to older people. But in another its completely opposite....
ReplyDeleteOver 3 million doses of swine flu vaccine should be ready by the first week of October. Nearly all of them are in the form of nasal spray, which is not recommended for people over 50, pregnant women, and people with heart disease or asthma.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/health/19flu.html
6oo kids were used in the h1n1 testing for the vaccine. Results, the vaccine is working very well in cases of ages 10-17. The ages under 10 don't have as good as results but more data should be in in October.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/21/H1N1.vaccine.children/index.html?iref=newssearch
in reply to ambers comment, why are people 65 and older more vulnerable?
ReplyDeletejessica where was this at?????
ReplyDeleteThere have been five new cases of deaths due to the swine flu in India taking the number of deaths to 262 since Tuesday. There has also been 324 new swine flu cases reported in India, and the total number of people affected by the flu is 8,477. 82 deaths have been reported in the city Karnataka, India.
ReplyDeletehttp://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jjwxkkdaccf&title=Five_deaths_take_India_s_swine_flu_toll_to_262
nice one juan
ReplyDeleteIn response to Seth,
ReplyDeleteif people do not have a cardiovascular disease, does it give them a greater chance for a heart attack also?
In response to Mary Jo,
ReplyDeleteThere has also been succesful vaccine testing on pregnant women and high risk people. kids under ten years old will need two shots of the vaccine.
Using adjuvants (AKA additives in the U.S.’ H1N1 vaccine leaves less opportunity for poorer countries to utilize this resource. Since the virus is contracted more in other countries, U.S. health officials say we have enough vaccine and have decided not to us additives as of now.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/164902.php
People who contain the flu virus H1N1 are at higher risks of heart attacks.
ReplyDeletehttp://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/09/21/flu-can-raise-chances-of-heart-attack.html
Sebastina, once upon a time my mom told me people were only contagious the first couple days. As in like 2. Now I feel bad for all the people I've ever spent time with while sick.
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In response to Blue Jay
ReplyDeletethat is a lot of people and I think it is spreading faster there than it is here
juan,
ReplyDeleteContain.....Contract:)
Juan,
ReplyDeleteContain.....Contract :)
This is a comment to Emily R.'s post. I agree that basic personal hygiene is much better then getting a shot. If you wash your hands and cover your mouth and eat right and stay fit you can avoid getting sick a lot better then having to take a shot. I personaly hate shots.
ReplyDeleteIn response to everyone:
ReplyDeletejust stay clean, and hope for the best.
I've been sick since last sunday(10 days!)
ReplyDeleteits not swine...but i didnt realize i might have been contagious, and i only missed last monday for school...been here the rest!!!!
Mary Jo has been sick since last sunday (10 days!) its not swine...but she didn't realize she might have been contagious, and she only missed last monday for school...been here the rest!!
ReplyDeleteexcuse me,(comma) as madylan put it....last, last sunday
ReplyDeletein response to everyone... this flu is not as deadly as the 1918 influenza but still 'lets be careful out there'- Papa T.
ReplyDeleteP.S. your welcome thizz
excuse me, (comma) as madylan put it...last last sunday
ReplyDeleteIn response to Alberto,
ReplyDeletewho is part of the "high risk group"??