Swine influenza is preventable and controllable and curable
Posted on April 27, 2009
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What is swine flu? How people infected with swine flu? Whether there is a vaccine to prevent swine flu? Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention experts, on the 26th for these issues of public concern, has answers.
Recently, the United States and Mexico of human infection with swine influenza virus outbreak, the WHO declared the epidemic as “the impact of public health emergency of international affairs.” Although China has not yet discovered the epidemic, but the need to strengthen prevention and control of human infection with the public health of swine influenza virus, knowledge of publicity to increase the public’s ability to protect themselves.
Experts say at present, although no vaccine to prevent human infection with swine influenza, but of human infection with swine influenza is preventable, controllable, can be cured.
What is swine flu? Who are also infected?
Experts point out that swine flu is a type A swine influenza virus from pigs caused by respiratory disease, the virus can cause flu outbreaks in pigs. Usually very few cases, human infection of swine influenza viruses. In recent years, also appeared in the United States and other extraordinary cases of swine influenza infection in patients mostly have had direct contact with diseased people. Way of human infection with swine influenza may be through contact with infected pigs or swine influenza virus infection in contact with the environment, or through infection of swine influenza virus with human exposure.
What people are infected with swine flu symptoms?
After people are infected with swine flu symptoms similar to ordinary flu, including fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue, and some also suffered from diarrhea and vomiting, in serious cases will be secondary to pneumonia and respiratory failure, and even death.
Will eating pork infected with swine flu?
Experts pointed out that currently there is no evidence that swine flu through food. Therefore, the consumption of properly cooked processing of pork and pork products are safe. The internal temperature of cooked pork 71 ℃, can kill bacteria and viruses.
How do I prevent it?
Experts suggest that the outbreak areas to business and travel, we should understand the local epidemic progress, good personal protection, personal protective measures mainly include: avoid contact with flu-like symptoms (fever, cough, runny nose, etc.) or pneumonia and other respiratory patients; observe good personal hygiene, wash hands frequently with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing; avoid contact with pigs or pig to have a place; avoid visiting crowded places; with tissue paper when coughing or sneezing, cover mouth and nose, and then lost tissue into the trash; if outside the influenza-like symptoms (fever, cough, runny nose, etc.), should immediately seek medical treatment (medical treatment should be wearing a mask), to the local public health agencies and the inspection and quarantine departments instructions.
Experts stressed that the entry returned from these areas when the flu-like symptoms such as fever, cough, runny nose, etc., should take the initiative to the entry-exit inspection and quarantine authorities note; from these regions to return within 2 weeks, such as flu-like symptoms should be timely and the local health disease control department.
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