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Esperanza
Celebrity Bewarse
Username: Esperanza
Post Number: 7282
Registered: 08-2004
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10 Preventive Steps to keep Swine-Flu Away
They say prevention is better than cure and now that Swine Flu is spreading like Wildfire in India too, we need to come up with some proactive measures so that we are not a victim of the deadly disease. Here are 10 things you can do to protect yourself from the virus.
1. Wash your hands frequently
Use the antibacterial soaps to cleanse your hands. Wash them often, at least 15 seconds and rinse with running water.
2. Get enough sleep
Try to get 8 hours of good sleep every night to keep your immune system in top flu-fighting shape.
3. Keep hydrated
Drink 8 to10 glasses of water each day to flush toxins from your system and maintain good moisture and mucous production in your sinuses.
4. Boost your immune system
Keeping your body strong, nourished, and ready to fight infection is important in flu prevention. So stick with whole grains, colorful vegetables, and vitamin-rich fruits.
5. Keep informed
The government is taking necessary steps to prevent the pandemic and periodically release guidelines to keep the pandemic away. Please make sure to keep up to date on the information and act in a calm manner.
6. Avoid alcohol
Apart from being a mood depressant, alcohol is an immune suppressant that can actually decrease your resistance to viral infections like swine flu. So stay away from alcoholic drinks so that your immune system may be strong.
7. Be physically active
Moderate exercise can support the immune system by increasing circulation and oxygenating the body. For example brisk walking for 30-40 minutes 3-4 times a week will significantly perk up your immunity.
8. Keep away from sick people
Flu virus spreads when particles dispersed into the air through a cough or sneeze reach someone else's nose. So if you have to be around someone who is sick, try to stay a few feet away from them and especially, avoid physical contact.
9. Know when to get help
Consult your doctor if you have a cough and fever and follow their instructions, including taking medicine as prescribed.
10. Avoid crowded areas
Try to avoid unnecessary trips outside. Moreover, avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way. We all want a Healthy India.
Jai Hind
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Green_nature
Celebrity Bewarse
Username: Green_nature
Post Number: 5289
Registered: 03-2009
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Blazewada
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Username: Blazewada
Post Number: 4761
Registered: 08-2008
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Masks ettuku tiragandi. nenu kooda oka packet kontaa ivala..
New wave of deadly H1N1 is ready to explode: Experts
Wasington: As India and other countries grapple with the swine flu, experts have warned that a new wave of the deadly virus is ready to explode and could stricken millions.
Its rapid spread would dominate the proceedings of the North American Leaders' Summit being held in the Mexican city of Guadalajara.
Health authorities and experts in Washington have warned governments across the world that the new wave of swine flu could badly hit people in the poor and least-prepared parts of the globe.
"The virus is still around and ready to explode," William Schaffner, an influenza expert at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine who advises federal health officials, was quoted as saying by The Washington Post.
"We are potentially looking at a very big mess," he said.
Officials of the Obama Administration said the North America Leader's Summit would discuss the issue and their collective effort to tackle it.
"We will focus on preparation for responding to the H1N1 and the North American flu season," the National Security Advisor, General (retired) James Jones, told media persons while briefing them on the summit.
"Everybody recognises that H1N1 is going to be a challenge for all of us, and there are people who are going to be getting sick in the fall and die," John O Brennan, the Deputy National Security Advisor said.
People have been dying over the past number of months from H1N1.
The strategy and the effort on the part of the governments is to make sure we do everything possible and we collaborate to minimize the impact, and make sure that the severity of the illness is kept at a minimum," Brennan said.
"In addition to cooperating on the public health front and on the medical side, we want to make sure that we do everything possible to ensure the continuation of commerce, transportation, and trade between and among the three countries," he said.
"So in Guadalajara, the leaders are going to ensure that we are all talking to one another, that we are moving forward, and that we have a strategy for the coming weeks and months to deal with H1N1 across its many different dimensions," Brennan said.
As the virus is new, most people are not immune to it.
Starting with Mexico last spring, the swine flu has spread across 168 countries, with at least 162,000 confirmed cases and playing a role in 1,154 deaths including 436 in the United States. Six deaths have been reported in India.
As the virus is new and most people are not immune to it, experts suspect the second wave could be more severe than an average flu season, which hospitalises an estimated 200,000 Americans and contributes to 36,000 deaths.
"This epidemic will transmit faster than usual, because the population is more susceptible," Marc Lipsitch, a professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health who has been helping the CDC project the severity of the upcoming wave, told The Washington Post.
"It's fair to say there will be tens of millions of illnesses and hundreds of thousands of hospitalisations, and tens of thousands of deaths. That's not atypical. It just depends on how many tens of thousands," he said.
"In a pandemic where a greater fraction of illness and deaths occur in kids and young adults that will be clearly noticeable to the public.
There will be a sense that this is a greater severity of illness even if fewer people die overall," Joseph Bresee from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention told The Washington Post.
Diff between Genious and stupidity... genious has limitations
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