{"id":5566,"date":"2009-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.dev\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2009-08-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T00:00:00","slug":"swine-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/swine-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Swine Flu Quick Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=justify>A recent <i>Wall Street Journal<\/i> <a href='http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970204543304574350920660799750.html' target='_blank'>article<\/a>  discusses the next wave of swine flu which is a big concern for parents as school children head back to class. The following quick facts are a summary of the information and recommendations presented in this article:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As of August 13, more than two million people have contracted swine flu in the United States. Over 7,500 have been hospitalized and 477 have died.<\/li>\n<li>A vaccine against swine flu is being developed, but it is not likely that it will be widely available before the next flu season begins. <\/li>\n<li>Health officials, though they originally feared swine flu would be much more deadly, have found that it is very much like seasonal flu.\n<li>One unusual thing about swine flu is that young people contract it while the elderly have generally been spared. This is possibly due to immunity they might have from exposure to H1N1 (the swine flu strain) from 1918 to 1957.<\/li>\n<li>Pregnant women and those with asthma, diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses are most at risk. <\/li>\n<li>The only way to know for sure if you have swine flu is a lab test. <\/li>\n<li>Treatment for swine flu is similar to that for regular seasonal flu: rest, stay hydrated, take medicines to reduce fever. Additionally, it&#39;s important to stay away from others until 24 hours after your fever is gone. Children under 18 should not be given aspirin, and children under four should not be given cold medicine without talking with a pediatrician.<\/li>\n<li>Call a doctor if you experience trouble breathing, chest or abdominal pain, dizziness, confusion, persistent vomiting, or if symptoms persist.\n<li>Antiviral medications Tamiflu and Relenza can shorten the duration and severity of swine flu, but they are not recommended for people with mild cases. <\/li>\n<li>The vaccine may not be available until well into the flu season and will be recommended first for those at highest risk of complications as well as health-care workers and those in close contact with infants. <\/li>\n<li>The swine flu vaccine will not provide protection against seasonal flu and vice versa. There are some concerns over the safety of the vaccine, but health officials believe it is safe.<\/li>\n<li>To protect yourself from contracting swine flu, wash hands often with soap and water or use sanitizer. Don&#39;t touch your eyes, nose or mouth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Wall Street Journal article discusses the next wave of swine flu which is a big concern for parents as school children head back to class. The following quick facts are a summary of the information and recommendations presented&hellip; <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[188],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}