Swine Flu

Swine flu is not deadly as being widely reported.Early recognition of the disease is of utmost important. There is absolutely no need for panic.And do not think all fevers are the same.Fever is a symptom that has to be diagnosed as to what is causing fever.Do not go to the chemist to buy medication without consulting your family doctor and never ignore fever.

Now that monsoon has set in it is time for mosquitos And that means Malaria and waterborne diseases.Viral fevers are also quite common.and in this part of India-coastal Karnataka chicken gunea and dengue is also to be expected.Chicken gune may not be widespread this year as it has affected people in a big way last year.Person once infected will not get that disease again.

Dengue is a possibility and local newspapers are at the guessing and judging game already.they have declared the fever as dengue.May be.So what?It is not a deadly disease as they write in kannada-ಮಾರಣಾಂತಿಕ ,it's another matter that they don't know the very meaning of the word.(it actually means fatal)

Except circulation they can not have any other motive but it actually scares people to death.Sometimes literally.

Another thing one should remember is the treatment given for these fevers are identical irrespective of whether public hospital or otherwise.

I saw last year people mistaking newspaper reports.ministers stated that the required medicine are available in government hospitals and they were right.But what people thought was that the medications were available only in government hospitals and there was panic.accepted it was debilitating but not fatal.but judgement day had indeed passed and it was declared that the authorities were hiding facts.

It is repeating this year too.But remember,Dengue is not fatal( ಮಾರಣಾಂತಿಕ ?)provided medical advise is sought at the earliest in case somebody has fever or any other disease for that matter.

One can approach his family doctor since he is equally qualified.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swine_flu_2009 this link has more on swine flu.