It was stated that hands should be kept clean to protect against swine flu.
Internal Medicine Specialist Asst. Assoc. Dr. Bülent Koçer stated that the symptoms of influenza, which is common in winter months, manifest themselves as fever, weakness, fatigue, headache and eye pain. Asst. noted that there has been an increase in the number of swine flu cases called H1N1 in recent days. Assoc. Dr. Koçer said, “In order to be protected from this, it is absolutely necessary to plan vaccination for adults in the same way as people are vaccinated in childhood. Those who have the flu vaccine get over it very easily because flu vaccines contain a protective vaccine against the H1N1 virus. Therefore, those who are over the age of 65 and have chronic lung diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and COPD should be vaccinated. "If people under that age have such a risk or are constantly traveling, we definitely recommend them to get the flu vaccine so that they feel the course of the disease much less," he said.
The most common symptoms they see after the flu starts are sore throat, malaise, high fever, Stating that there is fever and runny nose, Koçer said, “In such cases, we give the patient fluid therapy and some anti-flu treatments. "But when we suspect swine flu, there are some treatments we call antiviral, we have to give them," he said.
- WAYS TO PREVENT SHARE FLU
Koçer said that when people experience symptoms such as confusion, body bruising, breathing difficulties and lung infection, swine flu should be suspected and a hospital emergency room should be consulted.
Asst. Assoc. Dr. Koçer listed the ways to protect against swine flu as follows:
- If someone sneezes on your face, the risk of contracting the flu virus is very high.
- We must have the habit of washing our hands. >
- If metal parts are held in places such as door handles or buses, we need to wash our hands for at least 5 minutes.
- If there is contact with the patient, we must wear a mask.
- In those periods, there are many food supplements that strengthen our immune system. important.
- Especially walnuts, almonds, plenty We should consume more vitamin C, especially kiwi, onion, greens and such fruits and vegetables.
For example, people should not touch their eyes after sneezing because the virus is also transmitted from the eye. The most important thing is actually hand washing. Hand washing habits are very important to protect against flu.”
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