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H1N1


H1N1

The H1N1 virus (swine flu) is a flu virus strain that has caused a worldwide pandemic from June 2009 to August 2010.

About H1N1

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now call the virus 2009 H1N1.
Because H1N1 is a new virus in humans, your immune system cannot fight the virus very well. Because of this, it has spread quickly around the world.

The largest number of H1N1 flu cases have occurred in people ages 5 - 24. Only a few cases have been reported in people older than the age of 64.

The H1N1 flu virus can spread from person to person when:
Someone with the flu coughs or sneezes into air that others breathe in.
Someone touches a doorknob, desk, computer, or counter with the H1N1 germs on it and then touches their mouth, eyes, or nose.

Someone touches mucus of a child or others while taking care of them when they are ill with the H1N1 flu virus
You cannot get the H1N1 flu virus from eating pork or from eating any other food, drinking water, swimming in pools, or by using hot tubs or saunas.
Symptoms of H1N1 flu infection in humans are similar to classic flu-like symptoms, which might include a fever above 100 degrees F, cough, sore throat, runny and/or stuffy nose, headache, chills, muscle aches, fatigue, diarrhea and vomiting.

Most people who get H1N1 flu will recover without needing any medical care or special antiviral medications. You can check with your health care provider to see whether you should take antiviral medications to treat the H1N1 flu.

Doctors may prescribe antiviral drugs to treat people who become very sick with the flu or who are at high risk for flu complications.

Oseltamivir or zanamivir are two drugs recommended for the treatment and/or prevention of infection with the H1N1, or swine, influenza virus.

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