The symptoms of swine flu are very similar to those of seasonal flu. The different strains of influenza seem to affect people in pretty much the same ways.
The first key symptom is a high fever. The fever may be mild but can also rapidly increase to a dangerous temperature. In an adult, an oral temperature over 100 degrees F is considered a fever, and in children a rectal temperature over 100.4 degrees F. Fevers over 103 degrees begin to be dangerous. A spiking fever, rapid onset and rapid increase to a high temperature, is also a sign of danger. Headache and chills may accompany the fever. CDC WebMD Mayo Clinic
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Table of contents for Pandemic Flu World 2009
- Pandemic Swine Flu – Novel H1N1 World Report 6-24-2009
- Pandemic Swine Flu – Novel H1N1 World Report 6-27-2009
- Pandemic Swine Flu – Novel H1N1 World Report 6-29-2009
- Pandemic Swine Flu – Novel H1N1 World Report 7-01-2009
- Viruses resistant to oseltamivir (Tamiflu) identified
- Pandemic Swine Flu – Novel H1N1 World Report 7-12-2009
- What are the symptoms of swine flu?
- Swine Flu worldwide for November 8 2009
