Swine Flu or Regular Flu Symptoms?

The similarities between the two flues are so similar that it can be nearly impossible to figure out which one you have without going down to a doctor and getting tested. However, there are a couple of symptoms that the Swine Flu cause that the regular season flu doesn't. Those couple of symptoms can appear in the seasonal flu in rare cases though. Therefore, in the end it is nearly impossible to diagnose yourself. If you have any or all of these case and they aren't bad enough for medical treatment, treat it as if it were Swine Flu and try to not infect anyone else.

Swine Symptoms:

High fever (can also be seasonal, but not as common)

Cough (can also be seasonal flu)

Runny nose (can be seasonal flu)

Stuffy nose (can be seasonal flu)

Sore throat (can be seasonal flu)

Headache (can be seasonal flu)

Body aches (can be seasonal flu)

Chills (can be seasonal flu)

Diarrhea (in rare cases it can be seasonal flu)

Vomiting (in rare cases it can be seasonal flu)

Fatigue (can be seasonal flu)

The reason Swine Flu is being spread so widely right now is because of the similarities it carries to the regular seasonal flu. People are treating what they think is the regular flu and really carrying around the Swine bacteria instead. In reality, everyone needs to do the opposite, and treat for Swine even if they think it's just the seasonal flu.

What to do if you have these symptoms:

If you are experiencing these symptoms, first call your doctor, than do your best to treat each symptom. Take cough medicine for a cough, throat drops for a sore throat, Tylenol for a headache or fever, or a decongestant for a runny nose. Don't take all of these medications at the same time, unless directed to by a health care professional. Do whatever you can to make yourself feel better, and never be afraid to call your doctor.

It's important to know that people are contagious for up to a week before they even come down with symptoms that is if they've been exposed to the germs. They are also contagious 3 days after the symptoms are completely gone. Because of the invisible symptoms of Swine, it's been spread without people even knowing. You can never really know if the perfectly healthy person sitting next to you is a carrier.

How to help in preventing the spread of Swine:

In order to help stop this madness, the first symptom you feel you should really treat it as if you have the Swine flu to protect those around you. Hopefully the symptoms you are displaying aren't in actuality the hated Swine flu, but if it turns out to be it, you are at least not passing the germs. Once you start coming down with one more symptoms, you should call your health care physician. Depending on how bad your symptoms are, they might want to see you.

What most people are saying about their first symptoms of Swine:

From most cases I've heard of, Swine starts with a sore throat, and then works its way into the nose and lungs which causes a nasty cough. When you are 2 or 3 days into the Swine Flu, that is usually when the body aches and headaches start to occur as well as the nausea and tiredness.