What’s Facts About Swine Flu
Disease of swine influenza infection in the United States and Mexico recently to attract the international community, including the Indonesian government that directly improve and strengthen disease surveillance, control traffic in the air and seaports to anticipate the distribution.
Swine influenza, or “swine flu” is the first disease is acute respiration on the spread of swine caused by a swine influenza viruses, including influenza virus type A subtipe H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2.
Figures pain due to infection of the virus spread among pigs through the air with both contact directly and indirectly with the swine virus is likely to cause high on the pig population but the mortality rate due to this disease is low, between one percent to four percent.
Swine flu outbreak in the animal population is generally increasing throughout the year with events in the autumn and cold.
In addition to pigs infected with influenza virus type A subtipe H1N1, pigs can also be infected with avian influenza virus H5N1 (bird flu) virus and seasonal influenza or influenza viruses that normally attack people. Sometimes even pigs can also be infected by more than one type of virus in one time.
Condition that allows the virus-the virus mixed with each other and create a new strain of virus from several sources (reassortant virus). This is, among other swine flu virus to create a specific and normally only menginfeksi pigs can sometimes limit species penetrate and cause illness in humans.
Gen. extraordinary disease of swine influenza infection in humans have been reported several times occur. Human flu are usually contagious from pigs and pork, even though very few, of the person associated with the infected pigs or pig farming environment.
Cases of swine flu from human to human occurs alone in some cases but is still limited to close contacts and a group of people only.
Until this time there is no evidence that indicates that the swine flu spread through food, in this case and pork products in the turunannya and cooked properly, so stay safe mengonsumsi products.
In addition, the swine influenza virus die if cooked at a temperature of 70 C derajad, in accordance with the general process of meat.
Symptoms of swine flu in humans are generally similar to the symptoms of influenza virus infection that usually attacks the human fever more than 37.8 centigrade derajad, sore throat, cough, runny nose, headache and pain.
Typical clinical presentation of swine flu infection in humans similar to inluenza common respiratory tract infections and on the other make the most of the case is not detected from the influenza surveillance, so that occurrence of disease in humans is not known globally.
Preventive action, among others, could do with avoiding contact with people who are sick, cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing, washing hands with soap and water, as much as possible avoid contact with others during flu and seek medical help if severe pain to get treatment .
The risk of pandemic
All people, especially those who do not regularly make contact with pigs, does not have immunity against swine influenza virus can prevent viral infection of pigs so that if the virus becomes infectious virus efficiently from human to human then the potential to cause pandemic influenza.
However, according to the WHO in its impact is still difficult to predict, depending on the virus of violence, the human body immunity, protection by antibody cross-needed body of influenza infection and seasonal factors wet nurse.
While the vaccine can protect people from flu virus infection of pigs up to now have not yet.
Influenza vaccine that is normal at this time was not yet evident efektifitasnya in providing protection against influenza infection of pigs.
WHO relations with all of the various institutions still continue to do research to find out the effectiveness of the vaccine in the prevention of swine flu.
Handling cases influenza can be done with the antiviral drugs for influenza disease that usually consists of two classes of adamantane (amantadine and remantadine), and neuraminidase influenza inhibitor (oseltamivir and zanamivir).
But the WHO says has not yet enough information to make recommendations about the use of antiviral drugs in the prevention and handling of swine flu infection.
According to the organization, klinisi must make decisions based on clinical assessment and by taking advantage epidemiologis and the danger of using antiviral drugs as prophylaxis or treatment for the patient.
Flu outbreak in pigs in the United States and Mexico, local authorities recommend the use of oseltamivir and zanamivir for the prevention and treatment, but such cases of swine flu were reported there recently can generally be cured without any special medical needs and the provision of certain antiviral drugs.
