Some day, people of the world including in Indonesia are upset by a news of the swine flu virus. Wow … I also cringe? While the bird flu have made only yesterday Indonesia panic people, including me. We find out what it is to go ahead swine flu? how it spread? What are the symptoms experienced when exposed to swine flu? and the last is how we do prevention of swine flu virus.

What is swine flu?

Swine flu is a type of influenza caused by H1N1 virus, previously known attack pigs. Swine flu virus H1N1 is the influenza A virus mutation and is usually found in Asia and Europe. How do viruses spread of swine flu?

Flu-infected pigs to humans each year and is usually found in people who come into contact with pigs, although it also found cases of transmission from human to human.

What are the symptoms experienced when exposed to swine flu?

Symptoms of flu virus infection of pigs include fever, stiffness in the joints, vomiting, loss of consciousness, which ended in death.

How do we know how the prevention of swine flu virus?

Avoid direct contact with pigs.
Because swine flu spread through the air and can also through direct contact with patients, and its incubation period of 3-5 days. Recommended for the community as well as cautious against bird flu. Maintain the behaviour of living clean and healthy, the nose and mouth when sneezing, washing hands with soap after the pro-activity, examined immediately and if the health of flu symptoms is to avoid the first stage of the swine flu virus.

Hopefully with the information about the swine flu at the top, all of us can be wary and avoid swine flu.