Prevention Method from "WHO" !

World Health Organization giving the following tips to the public:

What are the recommendations for face masks?

If you are not sick you do not have to wear a mask. If you are caring for a sick person you should wear a mask. All home made masks should be cleansed regularly.

If you are sick, stay at home and avoid contact with people.

How can I protect myself and prevent illness?

Practise general preventive measures for influenza to prevent infection:

• avoid close contact with people who appear unwell and have fever and cough;
• wash your hands with soap and water thoroughly and often;
• practise good health habits including adequate sleep, eating nutritious food, and keeping physically active.

How do I care for an ill person at home?

• Separate the ill person from others, keeping the person at least 1 metre in distance from others.
• Cover your mouth and nose when caring for the ill person. Either commercial or homemade materials are fine, as long as they are disposed of or cleaned properly after use.
• Wash your hands with soap and water thoroughly after each contact with the ill person.
• Improve the air flow where the ill person stays. Use doors and windows to take advantage of breezes.
• Keep the environment clean with readily available household cleaning agents.

If you are living in a country where there are infections follow additional advice from your national and local health authorities.

What should I do if I think I have the illness?

If you feel unwell, have high fever, cough or sore throat:

• Stay at home and keep away from work, school or crowds.
• Rest and take plenty of fluids.
• Cover your mouth and nose with disposable tissues when coughing and sneezing, and dispose of the used tissues properly.
• Wash your hands with soap and water often and thoroughly, especially after coughing or sneezing.
• Inform family and friends about your illness and try to avoid contact with other people.

What should I do if I need medical attention?

• Contact your doctor or healthcare provider before travelling to a health facility, and report your symptoms. Explain why you think you have influenza A(H1N1) (if you have recently travelled to a country where there is an outbreak in humans). Follow the advice given to you.
• If it is not possible to contact your healthcare provider in advance, communicate your suspicion of infection as soon as you arrive at the facility.
• Cover your nose and mouth during travel

Source: WHO

Swine Flu Identified in India ?

Hello India!

Did you see the map? it is true that, Swine flu covered in India with  yellow shadow indicating that, it has been suspected in India too. 

Please hurry up.. it is time to every Indian to be transformed as soldiers to fight against this swine flu. It is inevitable now. Don't you think? 

Think again..Victim could be your known persons, friends, and people and may be you... 

Remember, prevention is better than cure.  

India have strong military power to fight against the terrorist but to fight against with  swine flu, we need to help ourselves. 

Follow the prevention action provided in the blog and other news. If you identify the symptom’s then quarantine yourself with the help of nearest hospital and make sure you are not spreading it. 

Help someone with the same instructions if they come across any symptoms of swine flu.

First Swine flu case (suspected) in India: 

Hyderabad, April 30: An NRI, who arrived in Hyderabad two days back from the US, has been quarantined after he was detected with swine flu symptoms. 

According to newspaper reports, the NRI from Texas has been kept in isolation and is being taken well care of by medical experts. However, his identity has not yet been revealed. 

In view of the swine flu pandemic, which has so far claimed 159 lives in Mexico, governments all over the world have taken several preventive measures aimed at preventing the spread of the deadly disease. 

Accordingly, a special team of doctors is carrying thorough medical check up of those passengers, who have come to India in the past ten days from the US and other affected countries. 

It was during one such check up that the NRI from Texas was found to be carrying the symptoms of swine flu.

The medical team is examining the passengers to ensure that they don’t have swine flu symptoms like running nose, fever, body aches etc. 

However, the authorities have not yet confirmed that the NRI is affected with the deadly swine flu virus. If it is confirmed then it would be first such case in India. 

It is to be noted the US State of Texas has reported its first death due to swine flu virus on Wednesday.

Courtesy: Zee News

 

Aware some more detail !

What are the symptoms of swine flu?

The symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of a regular flu:

• Fever
• Cough
• Sore throat
• Body aches
• Headache
• Chills
• Fatigue

Some people have reported diarrhea and vomiting associated with swine flu.

Like seasonal flu, swine flu may cause a worsening of underlying chronic medical conditions.

How does swine flu spread?

Spread of this swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is thought to be happening in the same way that seasonal flu spreads.

Flu viruses are spread mainly from person to person through coughing or sneezing of people with influenza.

Sometimes people may become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose.

How can someone with the flu infect someone else?

Infected people may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 7 or more days after becoming sick.

That means that you may be able to pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick.

What should I do to keep from getting the flu?

First and most important:

• Wash your hands frequently
• Try to stay in good general health
• Get plenty of sleep
• Be physically active
• Manage your stress
• Drink plenty of fluids
• Eat nutritious food
• Try not touch surfaces that may be contaminated with the flu virus
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

What else can I do to protect myself from getting sick?

There is no vaccine available right now to protect against swine flu.

But there are everyday actions that can help prevent the spread of germs that cause respiratory illnesses like influenza.

Take these everyday steps to protect your health:

• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
• Throw away nasal tissue in the trash after you use it.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze.
• Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. (Germs spread this way.)
• Try to avoid close contact with sick people.

If you get sick with influenza, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.

Source: U.S. Center for Disease Control

Awake & Aware about Swine Flu?

Hello India,  

Awake and Aware... There is a flu spreading around the world similar to "bird flu" but could be worse than that. 

What is Swine flu?

Swine influenza (also swine flu) refers to influenza caused by any strain of the influenza virus endemic in pigs (swine). Strains endemic in swine are called swine influenza virus (SIV). 

Why it is called swine flu?

Swin meaning from wordweb - "Stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals" (Pig)

This virus is named swine flu because one of its surface proteins is similar to viruses that usually infect pigs, but this strain is spreading in people and it is unknown if it infects pigs. 

How it is transmitting to humans?

In coughs or sneezes, but an increasing body of evidence shows little particles of virus can linger on tabletops, telephones and other surfaces and be transferred via the fingers to the mouth, nose or eyes. 

washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public. 

Symptoms 

Sudden fever, cough or muscle aches 

Treatment

The CDC recommends the use of Tamiflu (oseltamivir) or Relenza (zanamivir) for the treatment and/or prevention of infection with swine influenza viruses. The virus isolates that have been tested from the US and Mexico are however resistant to amantadine and rimantadine.] If a person gets sick, antiviral drugs can make the illness milder and make the patient feel better faster. They may also prevent serious flu complications. For treatment, antiviral drugs work best if started soon after getting sick (within 2 days of symptoms).

Where the flu is now?

     Confirmed cases followed by death     Confirmed cases     Unconfirmed or suspected cases

 

What you should do now?

Just pass this link, which have providing some basic awareness to your friends and community to take precaution to the flu.

Source: Wikipedia (link)

Why "Awake India Aware India"

Hello India !

This blog has been inducting to keep the public awareness of what is going on around the world and reminding to the busy minds to what should be aware and when should be awake.

There will be lot more intersting blogs to draw the little world in to blog but we hope, this would be one of the special blog to keep you bookmark.

Who are we? and What makes us to start this blog?

I was reading some stuff about recent swine flu, it is most talkable after economic crises, is n't ? Felt sad that, there were lot of people from western region got affected by this flu but little happy that till not identified yet in asia region much, especially in India.

We are a startup software company "PerfeITo Software Solutions India Private Limited" started by a energetic and active entrepreneur. "Awake India Aware India" is the program started for public awareness and provide the value to the socity from "PerfeITo".