These Flu Symptoms Will Distinguish Between Swine Flu, Bird Flu Or Just Flu

Compared with ordinary flu, bird flu and swine flu certainly more dangerous and can be fatal for the sufferer. There are differences in the symptoms of regular flu, swine flu and bird flu, so you can make the appropriate treatment. Flu is caused by the spread of the H5N1 virus, could kill those affected by this disease. The spread of the bird flu virus is very dangerous because it is very fast, and difficult to avoid. That's why if there's a chicken or poultry around you died suddenly, so watch out for the symptoms of bird flu.

Common flu symptoms

Symptoms of flu can be started quickly, one to two days after infection. Usually the first symptoms are chills or a chilly feeling, but fever is also common early in infection, with body temperatures ranging from 38-39 ° C or about 100-103 ° F. Many people feel so ill that they can not get out of bed for several days, with aches and pains throughout the body, which feels heavier in the hip area and legs. Common flu symptoms can include:

• Fever and a feeling of extreme cold (shivering, shaking)
• Cough
• Nasal congestion
• Body aches, especially joints and throat
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Eye irritation, watery eyes
• Red eyes, red skin (especially face), and redness of the mouth, throat, and nose
• petechiae rash
• In children, gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain (can be severe in children with influenza B)

Differences of bird flu and the common cold is the cause, where the common cold is caused by a virus such as influenza, rhinovirus, allergies, bacterial infections, and so on. While the specific avian influenza caused by H5N1 virus infection, H7N7, H9N2, H5N6, H6N1, H7N9, and H10N8. Where the vast majority were H5N1 and H7N9. Besides the bird flu is extremely dangerous and lethal, unlike ordinary flu, but the symptoms are similar to regular flu so that one does not notice it.

Swine flu symptoms

Swine flu infecting humans each year and are usually found in people who come into contact with pigs, though found also cases of transmission from human to human. Symptoms of the virus include fever, disorientation, stiffness in the joints, vomiting, and loss of consciousness that ended in death. Swine flu known to be caused by influenza A virus subtype H1N1, United States, only the H1N1 subtype prevalent in swine populations before 1998, but since the end of august 1998, subtype H3N2 has been isolated also from pigs.

There are several symptoms that often arise in a person afflicted by the swine flu virus. These symptoms such as:

• Fever
• Cough
• Sore throat
• Pain in the body
• Body feels sluggish.

However, the symptoms above, does not always indicate a person exposed to swine flu. To diagnose the disease, maximal tests must be conducted. For example, in 2009 when the Americans were infected with the swine flu outbreak, doctors are required to diagnose a patient:

• Does the patient have a history of acute respiratory illness in connection with the pre-defined disease swine flu, or
• Patients were in five states the United States that many reported cases of swine flu

Bird flu symptoms

Common symptoms that can occur are high fever, respiratory complaints and (possibly) the stomach. Replication of virus in the body can run fast so that the patient should immediately seek medical attention. Medical treatment and drug delivery conducted by authorized medical personnel. The drugs are usually given is for fever and anti-virus. Among the antiviral agents can be used is a type that inhibits the replication of the neuraminidase (neuraminidase inhibitor), such as Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and Zanamivir. Each of the antivirus has side effects and need to be given within a certain time so that the required doctor's opinion.

Common symptoms of bird flu include:

• Muscle ache
• Limp
• Increased body temperature / fever
• Cough and runny nose
• Nosebleeds and bleeding gums
• Diarrhea and vomiting
• Headache
• Hard to breathe

These symptoms are similar to flu in general (in addition to nosebleeds and bleeding gums). So you may not have bird flu even though there are symptoms like the above. Call your doctor to find out more.

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