Manav Mander
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, January 25
One more patient died of swine flu at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) today. With the death of the patient (50), who belonged to Ferozepur, the swine flu toll at at the city hospitals has gone up to eight.
A perusal of this year’s data reveals the number of women dying of swine flu is more than the previous year. Of eight patients who lost their lives to swine flu this year, five were women. Two of them died after delivery.
Dr Ramesh, District Epidemiologist, said the number of women patients dying of swine flu this year was slightly more but that was just a coincidence. “Two of them belonged to high-risk categories as they were pregnant. The strain of virus that has been spreading for the past couple of years is the same, so there is nothing like that women are more vulnerable to the flu,” he said.
Dr Ramesh advocated people belonging to the high-risk categories should go for swine flu vaccine, especially pregnant women and those suffering from chronic diseases.
Symptoms
Fever (but not always), cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, watery, red eyes, body aches, headache, fatigue, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting. The H1N1 symptoms develop about one or three days after you’re exposed to the virus.
Prevention
Swine flu
Influenza viruses affect cells lining your nose, throat and lungs. These enter body when you inhale contaminated droplets or transfer live virus from a surface to your eyes, nose or mouth. One can’t catch swine flu by eating pork.
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