What is swine influenza?

Swine flu is a respiratory disease caused by influenza viruses that infect the respiratory tract of pigs and result in a barking cough, decreased appetite, nasal secretions, and listless behavior and the virus can be transmitted to humans. Swine flu can be transmitted from one person to another by inhalation or ingestion of droplets containing virus from people who sneeze or cough of droplets of virus. Swine flu is not transmitted by eating cooked food.

Symptoms of swine flu

Symptoms of swine flu are not very different from the ones caused by other influenza viruses. Although the symptoms of swine flu may vary in severity with various individuals, but usually a person having swine flu will suffer from coughing, fever and chills, sore throats, and sometimes nausea, vomiting and fatigue.

Tips to protect yourself from swine flu

Don’t touch your face

You should not touch your eyes, nose or mouth as it may serve as a path for virus to enter your respiratory tract.

Do wash your hands

Even if you have to touch your face, do it only after washing your hands with a good soap for 20-30 seconds underneath the nails too.

Cover your nose and mouth

To avoid getting infected from other person, you must cover your mouth and maintain at least one arm distance from people coughing or sneezing.

Use a hand sanitizer

Always keep an alcohol based hand sanitizer and use it at the time when there is no sink nearby.

While it is important to save your body to catch the virus, it is equally important to go to the nearest laboratory for medical testing which is both accredited and trusted by the patients. Dr. Dangs lab is one of those which is located on Aurobindo Marg and also gives patients the facility of house call booking if they are not in a healthy state to visit the lab. There are many other laboratories for medical testing in Delhi but infrastructure of those cannot be compared with that of Dr. Dangs Laboratory as it is one of the most aesthetically build labs in Delhi.