Diagnosis: It is very difficult to diagnose because many flu diseases have similar symptoms like fever, cough, sore throat and body pains etc. Frankly, even experienced doctors find it difficult to diagnose Swine Flu. In these times, many doctors tend to treat every respiratory infection as Swine Flu as a precautionary measure. Many countries do not even have labs to diagnose this disease.
Current alert level is 6 (maximum).
World Health Organization officially declared “Swine Flu” as pandemic on June 11, 2009 but it has been showing its real impact from July last week onwards. This is the first global Pandemic after 41 years and we don’t know how it behave in this “second wave”. First wave (April-May) was less severe than WHO estimated.
Last global pandemic: Hong Kong flu of 1968.
Precaution: Wear N95 mask and protect from Swine Flu.
Hope: Swine Flu vaccine may be available by late October in India.
Swine flue cases estimates in India:
1. By November 15: 1,50,000 Indians will become Swine Flu victims.
2. By December 31, 2009: 1 crore Indians will be affected by Swine Flu.
3. By August 31, 2010: 30 crore Indians will be affected by Swine Flu.
Japan is expecting 7 lakh cases per day in winter. According to estimates, 50% of Americans will suffer from mild to severe Swine Flu in winter.
Important note: Death rate is generally 1-3 per 1,000 but it will be 5-6 in countries like India due to poor health standards. People suffering from Diabetes, BP and Asthma are at more risk along with pregnant women.
In Bangalore, most of the Swine Flu deaths are in the age group of 25-30. Bangalore is the second most affected city after Pune.
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