The death of a child with swine flu in Aleppo .. How to move and what symptoms?

The director of Aleppo Health, Ziad Taha, announced the death of a child, infected with the swine flu virus in Aleppo.

In an interview with "Al-Madina FM" as part of the Al-Mokhtar program on Thursday, December 6, Taha said that nothing was telling the truth about what was broadcast by social media about the spread of the virus. Swine flu in Aleppo, and that these cases were limited to the death of a child. One year and two months.

Taha added that a case does not mean that there is a "pandemic" in the city, and that swine flu is transmitted as infected as any other type, and that children infected with the disease ( Crip) following the cold take the drug "Tammy" available in Pharmacies.

He will point out that in the case of infection with the swine flu virus, the drug obtained through a global search will reduce the symptoms of infection, pointing out that it is possible to distinguish the swine flu from normal flu through severe respiratory symptoms leading to the patient.

What is swine flu?

The discovery of the swine flu virus H1N1 dates from 2009 to 2010, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the origin being pig and then a human being.

Swine flu can cause death.

It is a serious, viral and highly contagious disease that affects pigs. It can in some cases be transmitted to the man and from one person to another. It is caused by one or more type A swine flu viruses, but the most common is the subtype. H1N1. The disease is characterized by high morbidity rates and low mortality rates (1-4%).

How to contract a swine flu

Swine flu viruses infect humans when they come into contact with infected pigs, including inhalation of breath droplets, coughing and sneezing, or contact with the mouth or nose after affected contaminated areas such as tables or doorknobs. Note that the patient is able to transmit the infection from one day before the symptoms of the disease and even seven days of emergence.

It is not possible to infect swine flu by eating pork or its derivatives.

Symptoms

The incubation period is between three and seven days. The symptoms resemble the symptoms of regular seasonal flu, but they develop suddenly and rapidly in three to six hours, including: fever for three or four days, intense pain throughout the body, nasal congestion, chills. Severe fatigue, severe headache, cough and severe chest symptoms.

However, there is often no sore throat in swine flu and some may experience severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

In most cases, swine flu is not considered a serious disease, but in some cases it can lead to pneumonia, which can sometimes lead to death.

When the diagnosis is suspected, the diagnosis is confirmed by taking a nasal swab to perform laboratory tests and check whether the virus is present or not. This test is performed four to five days after the onset of the flu.

How to prevent

There is no vaccine against swine flu and it is not known if seasonal flu vaccines are currently available to provide protection against the disease, but some measures can be taken to prevent infection, for example making sure people are not mixed for at least a week. Which can be contaminated by the virus (some viruses can live for two hours or more on surfaces such as doorknobs and coffee and work tables), wash your hands with water and soap several times per day, do not touch your eyes and nose before washing your hands,.

The injured should always be covered with a tissue when they cough or sneeze, then thrown in the trash after use and wash their hands after coughing or sneezing.