Saturday, January 7, 2012

#H5N1 #Birdflu Informational Reminder From Australian Doctor

[Some Facts - to be reiterated.]



From: Dr. Nguyen Thanh Australia


Situation appears H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in 2012 first at Phu Binh, Go Cong Tay district veterinary services have been destroyed or put out completely translated, we need to actively prevent the epidemic could spread to humans .


Influenza A H5N1 is a serious disease mortality by about 50% of people infected and most cases of infection due to direct contact with infected poultry. After exposure to the virus, patients with high fever, headache, muscle pain, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath due to lung destruction quickly ..., can be fatal if not detected and processing time. The disease is mainly spread from poultry to humans, the suspected contagious among humans is unclear.


Respiratory disease transmitted by droplets ranges to burn, respiratory secretions and digestive disease carriers (when direct or indirect, care, slaughter and destruction ,...); by breathing air containing dust from chicken manure, bird droppings and other secretions ... carry the virus alive; line contact, digestion: from food, drinking water contaminated with the virus cleaner, through hands dirty, polluted the mouth, nose and thereby invade the respiratory tract. Influenza A H5N1 virus can survive outside the environment to 4 days at room temperature (22 o C) and they were destroyed by high temperature (from 80 o C or higher) ...


To actively prevent the flu, people should perform the following measures: Ensure daily personal hygiene. Do not use meat and poultry products from disease. Use antiseptic nasal and throat daily. Limit contact with sick poultry disease. When necessary contact with patients, infected poultry must wear masks, glasses, hats, shirts; wash hands with soap or antiseptic before and after exposure. To enhance the resistance of the body by eating, rest and reasonable physical exercise. Those in frequent contact with pathogens, work in areas where animal flu should implement preventive measures against individuals, such as SARS. Tamiflu is only capable of inhibiting (reducing influenza complications), rather than cure for H5N1 virus, can be used prophylactic treatment for exposure. People with chronic diseases, the elderly, children, local people have weak muscles need special attention to preventive measures.

When signs of acute respiratory tract infection such as fever, headache, muscle pain, fatigue, sore throat, cough need to right the nearest medical facility to be examined and treated promptly. But we should not be too worried that the chicken diet in the New Year arrived, looking to buy a chicken, ducks have a clear origin, be quarantined and sold in prestigious places such as supermarkets markets, food manufacturing company ... however, to avoid dangerous foods such as duck, because the disease can be transmitted to pigs, worms, H5N1 influenza.


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