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How to Protect Your Family from the Swine Flu

Swine flu, a strain of the virus that commonly infects pigs, passed to people in 2009. That strain, now known as 2009H1N1, caused a global pandemic throughout 2009. The pandemic expired in August of 2010; however, because the virus is still floating around, you should take steps to protect your family from 2009H1N1 and other active strains of the influenza virus. While you’re protecting your family, make sure you protect others, too. If you or your children have any flulike symptoms, stay home from work or school until the symptoms disappear and consult your health care professional.

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Swine Flu & Hand Sanitizer

Although the term “swine flu” may be a misnomer–swine flu is not from pigs–nobody wants to get this flu. Symptoms are fever, sore throat, cough, stuffy or runny nose, headaches, body aches, fatigue and chills. More accurately renamed H1N1, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared this virus a pandemic in June 2009. When new viruses become pandemics, the possibility exists that the virus will circulate in the future, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Swine Influenza Infection

Swine flu, also known as H1N1, hit at the end of the 2009 flu season, causing serious respiratory infection in many people. The virus moved quickly and spread to nearly everywhere in the world, causing the World Health Organization to call it a global pandemic. The pandemic was declared over in August 2010, but the swine flu continues to cause infections.

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The Swine Influenza Virus

The discovery and rapid onset of the H1N1 flu, first termed swine flu, in the spring of 2009 caused the World Health Organization to declare a worldwide pandemic, reports MayoClinic.com. This flu looks genetically similar to swine flu viruses, but it passes easily among humans, thus the original name of swine flu. For several weeks in late 2009 to early 2010, the deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza were above what would be seen in a normal flu season and therefore met the standard definition of an epidemic, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Protect Your Kids During Flu Season 2011

Last year, with all the hype surrounding the H1N1 (swine flu), patients came in droves to get their flu shots. My practice, as well as many across the country, ran out of vaccine and had difficulty getting more vaccine. This year is a different story. Without much media attention, and an overall mild flu season so far, my practice has not immunized even half the number of patients that it did last year.