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Swine flu is associated to pigs and it is a type of virus they can have. Human don't normally just get flu out of the blue, but often they get it through infection such as when they are working with poultry and swine. When you are highly expose to working with animal that contains the strain which can infected onto human you are facing yourself at high risk. Some of the symptoms for swine flu are headache, fever, cough, body aches, sore throat, body aches, chills and fatigue. A number of people also report that the get diarrhoea and vomiting. The flu is highly contagious and it can easily pass from one human being to another. There are a certain number of things we can do to prevent the flu from infecting our healthy body. Wash your hand regularly with soap and warm water or some alcohol base sanitizers. Resist the temptation to touch your itchy eye, nose and mouth unless you know your hand has been properly sanitized. Refrain from coughing, but if you need to cough make sure you cover your cough with a tissue and properly dispose it in a safe place, then wash your hand properly afterwards. If vaccine is available make sure you have them taken. Avoid going to work, school or any public place if you are sick. If you already have been infected with the flu, go to your doctor and ask for an antiviral as it can treat and prevent you from swine flu. Up to date there have been reported 149 deaths with the 2009 swine flu.
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