Swine Influenza; Understanding of Swine Influenza Symptoms.

Swine influenza is a respiratory infection caused by swine influenza virus. The disease is actually attacking pigs caused by a swine influenza virus, including influenza virus type A subtype H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2. But now it has undergone drastic changes and is able to infect humans. Symptoms that occur in humans are also similar to what happened in pigs.

Swine influenza incident in general population of animals are along the year with an increased incidence in the autumn and cold. Swine influenza was first isolated from an infected pig in 1930 in the United States. Later in the Old does not appear that the swine influenza, but the fact that this virus has a series of mutations that appear new variant of the first humans in Mexico in early 2009. The new variant known as the H1N1 virus, which is abbreviation of two major antigens from Hemagglutinin type 1 viruses and Neuraminidase type 1 viruses.

Now the swine influenza has increased status to faze 5, it is based on the WHO statement,
29 April 2009. According to WHO Director-General, Dr. Margaret Chan, for the swine influenza pandemic viruses must be taken by seriously action is appropriate because the capacity to spread quickly to every country in the world. And every state prepares everything for the swine influenza pandemic.

Swine Influenza Symptoms.
The main symptom of swine influenza is similar to influenza in general, such as: fever more than 37.8 degrees Celsius, cough, sore throat, runny nose, fatigue and headaches. Some patients may experience nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. This disease can fall into a worse direction so that patients have difficulty breathing and require the tools of breath (ventilator). If there are bacilli that affect the lungs of patients may acquaintance lung deepening or pneumonia. Some of these may accept affection are cramps. Death usually occurs because of accessory bacterial infection in the lungs so that adapted antibacterial is appropriate to affected the infection.

How to diagnose Swine influenza?
Swine influenza diagnosis based on clinical symptoms and history of contact with pigs, if you have symptoms like those above. Then do the examination of mucus or phlegm from the throat of the patient. This examination is useful to distinguish whether the viruses that infect these patients, including viruses type A or B. If having results of the type B virus can be ascertained that the patient is not infected with swine influenza. But if the result is a virus type A then there is the possibility that patients suffering from or infected with swine influenza H1N1 virus. The sample will be sent to laboratory to ensure the swine influenza virus antigens so that diagnoses can be found swine influenza for sure.

How long is the spread of swine influenza virus?
People who suffer from swine influenza A (H1N1) by the experts will continue to infect swine influenza until the seventh day. If until the seventh day of illness had not improved it is considered that person can still transmit the disease to swine influenza symptoms really lost. Especially children less than five year have the potential transmission time is longer. The Period of swine influenza infection related to the type or strain of the H1N1 virus. If patients in care at home is recommended to not leave the house or get a place of isolation until swine influenza viruses that have been missing