Mikä on sikaflunssa?

ja komppaan toista vastaajaa: flu tarkoittaa paitsi influenssaa, myös tavallista flunssaa. Mahatauti on stomach flu.



Sori, ap.

Ja meillä täällä Suomessa kyllä erotetaan em sairaudet toisistaan. Useimmat tajuavat sen, jotkut eivät.

Sneezing, scratchy throat, runny nose—everyone knows the first signs of a cold, probably the most common illness known. People in the United States suffer 1 billion colds each year, according to some estimates. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 22 million school days are lost annually in the United States due to the common cold.

Swine Flu



What is Swine Influenza?

Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. Swine flu viruses cause high levels of illness and low death rates in pigs. Swine influenza viruses may circulate among swine throughout the year, but most outbreaks occur during the late fall and winter months similar to outbreaks in humans. The classical swine flu virus (an influenza type A H1N1 virus) was first isolated from a pig in 1930.

H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)



Also called: Swine flu



Swine flu is an infection caused by a virus. It's named for a virus that pigs can get. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. The virus is contagious and can spread from human to human. Symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue.