What can you do to avoid getting swine flu?
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What can you do to avoid getting swine flu?
Prevention
- Wash your hands thoroughly and frequently. Use soap and water, or if they’re unavailable, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
- Cover your coughs and sneezes. Cough or sneeze into a tissue or your elbow.
- Avoid touching your face. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
- Clean surfaces.
- Avoid contact.
What is the best way to control swine influenza?
Wash your hands often with soap and running water before and after exposure to pigs. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub. To further reduce the risk of infection, minimize contact with pigs in the pig barn and arenas. Watch your pig (if you have one) for illness.
Which medicine is useful in swine flu?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved these four drugs: Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) Zanamivir (Relenza) Peramivir (Rapivab)
Can I catch swine flu twice?
Is it possible to catch swine flu twice? Yes, because the virus can mutate (change). If you become infected with the swine flu virus, your body produces antibodies against it, which will recognise and fight off the virus if the body ever encounters it again.
Is there any antiviral medicine?
Yes. There are prescription medications called “antiviral drugs” that can be used to treat flu illness.
Can swine flu occur twice?
Is it possible to catch A(H1N1) twice? Yes, because the virus can mutate (change). If you become infected with the swine flu virus, your body produces antibodies against it, which will recognize and fight off the virus if the body ever meets it again.
Which tablet is best for COVID-19?
The FDA has authorized two antiviral pills for the treatment of COVID-19. On December 22, 2021, the FDA authorized an oral antiviral pill, called Paxlovid, for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in people ages 12 and older who are at increased risk for severe illness.
Why azithromycin is used in COVID?
Azithromycin versus standard care in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 (ATOMIC2): an open-label, randomised trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2021; (published online July 9.) the antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties of azithromycin are suited to patients with early stage COVID-19.
