The swine flu, the Swine Influenza A (H1N1) virus, is spreading rapidly around the world. Swine flu is the infection in the respiratory tracts from the hogs. The flu is due to the swine influenza virus (SIV) or S-OIV. In this flu, most people recover well within a week without any treatment while some get serious.
Swine flu was first described in the 1930's. The first outbreak is supposed be around 1918. However, lack of facts about that time, has led question to it. The recognised outbreak was noticed at a US army base in New Jersey in 1976 which resulted in pneumonia in four soldiers among which one of them died.
Another record was in 1988, where a 32 years old lady died the similar swine Flu pneumonia 15 days after she visited a pig exhibition in U.S . Not only that, the health workers who were in charge of infected women developed mild influenza like that of swine flu.
Moving to now days, the outbreak is due to a new strain of sub type H1N1 which was not recognised in pigs previously. During April 2009 , Mexico was captured by swine flu virus where about 1,00o cases in human were detected.Now, about a 100,000 estimated cases and more than 4,000 deaths has been noticed.
The symptoms of flu are similar to the ones that people get in regular seasonal flu. The symptoms includes running nose, cough , fever, sore throat, head ache, fatigue. The disease is transmitted usually from one person to another through sneezing or coughing by the infected ones. Sanitation, use of antiviral drugs and care are the only method to stop the outbreak of disease.
Swine flu was first described in the 1930's. The first outbreak is supposed be around 1918. However, lack of facts about that time, has led question to it. The recognised outbreak was noticed at a US army base in New Jersey in 1976 which resulted in pneumonia in four soldiers among which one of them died.
Another record was in 1988, where a 32 years old lady died the similar swine Flu pneumonia 15 days after she visited a pig exhibition in U.S . Not only that, the health workers who were in charge of infected women developed mild influenza like that of swine flu.
Moving to now days, the outbreak is due to a new strain of sub type H1N1 which was not recognised in pigs previously. During April 2009 , Mexico was captured by swine flu virus where about 1,00o cases in human were detected.Now, about a 100,000 estimated cases and more than 4,000 deaths has been noticed.
The symptoms of flu are similar to the ones that people get in regular seasonal flu. The symptoms includes running nose, cough , fever, sore throat, head ache, fatigue. The disease is transmitted usually from one person to another through sneezing or coughing by the infected ones. Sanitation, use of antiviral drugs and care are the only method to stop the outbreak of disease.