Swine Flu Symptoms

Picking out and isolating the Swine Flu, or even the common flu can be tough. Even if you are running a high fever and have two of the primary symptoms, there are other things which could cause the same symptoms. Typically, the Swine Flu Symptoms are basically the same as a seasonal flu only with the potential of becoming more severe. So far, most cases of the Swine Flu this year have been mild, and probably not as severe as the seasonal flu.

Swine Flu Symptoms include, (but not limited to), Fever, (fever is almost a must), combine with two of the following symptoms: Cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headaches, chills, fatigue or lethargy, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, achy muscles, vomiting and/or diarrhea.

What you should do if you have the the fever and two or more of the previously mentioned Swine Flu symptoms is a personal call. If they are not severe, you may want to stay home and nurse and care for them properly. Some people will immediately want to visit the doctors office, others would rather prefer to stay away from the doctors office. If you have something else or even a seasonal flu, visiting the doctors office before it is necessary may in fact expose you to the Swine flu. This is our philosophy, visiting the doctors office used to make us sick, because the doctors office is full of sick and contagious people. Unfortunately due to my spinal stenosis, we visit the doctor on a monthly basis whether we are sick or not. So how do we avoid the flu? We immediately go home and gargle with warm salt water, and drink warm fluids. If you have viral particles in your throat, drinking warm fluids and gargling with warm salt water will wash the viral particles into the stomach where your digestive acids can destroy them. Also blow your nose well, and if you feel it necessary, swab the inside of your nose with warm salt water.

When you should definitely see your doctor is if you have a serious existing condition that weakens your immune system, (autoimmune disorder, HIV, some drugs like Chemotherapy, Prednisone, etc), If you are pregnant, (although there are a lot of people saying pregnant women should get the vaccine, many others are saying the vaccine can be dangerous to the unborn child), If you have a child under 1 year of age that is sick, If your condition suddenly escalates and takes a serious turn for the worst, or if your condition is still getting worse after seven days, (five for children).

I have Emphysema, my son has an asthma that the doctor says is the type that kills 50% of the children that get it, but we will not get the Swine Flu vaccine and so far none of us have suffered the Swine Flu Symptoms. We take Olive Leaf extract during the flu season as it is anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-bacterial. We also consume garlic, (an immune system booster), and oregano which is antibiotic, (which helps to prevent secondary infections during times that the immune system is already being taxed), and oregano has also been found effective in the treatment of flu and cancer. We also gargle with salt water regularly and blow our noses regularly through out the day. The body is designed to capture many particles, and if you can excavate them before they get into the system then you drastically reduce your risk of getting a virus. I have not personally had a serious flu in more than 10 years.

Disclaimer: This article is not intended to be a guideline for you individually. You should take all the information you can find, then disseminate what you think is best for yourself. This article does not replace your medical practitioner, but rather may give you some help in reducing the chance or the effect of the Swine Flu Symptoms.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/pandemic-flu/Pages/Symptoms.aspx

http://www.swineflusymptoms.org/

http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/flu-guide/swine-flu-faq-1?page=2#symptoms