Are you infected? Swine flu symptoms of adults and children.

The swine flu has been the talk of the town nowadays. What are the symptoms of swine flu, could you be infected?

As common knowledge, the swine flu can be passed on from pigs to pigs, from pigs to humans, and then humans to humans too. Therefore, making the chances of catching the disease quiet possible in our day-to-day living.

To guard yourself and your family as well from the virus, preventive measures such as personal hygiene should be undertaken. To add up to your knowledge about the disease, here are some symptoms you should watch out for, just in case.

General Swine Flu symptoms

The Swine flu disease has been marked somewhat identical to influenza. General symptoms would include:

• Nausea
• Diarrhea or vomiting
• Fever
• Sore throat
• Runny nose
• Aching body

Swine Flu symptoms of Children

If worse becomes worst, the symptoms you should look out for in children will include:

• Irritable and not too sociable child
• Breathing troubles, either it is too fast, or the child is feeling that his or her chest is too tight
• Skin color is a bit blue
• Recurring fever or cough
• Fever accompanied with rashes
• Decline of the child to drink up fluids

Swine Flu symptoms of adults

For adults, the swine flu symptoms to watch out for are:

• Relentless vomiting and nausea
• Difficulty in breathing or feeling of tightness of the chest
• Lost of focus or perplexity

If all of these symptoms persist, consult your doctor immediately to keep in check with your health or with the swine flu virus itself.

One Response to “Are you infected? Swine flu symptoms of adults and children.”

1. John Tafelski says:

   June 3, 2009 at 2:48 pm

   This is a very helpful description of possible swine flu symptoms to watch for in both children and adults. I’ve also created a website to promote swine flu awareness, and I decided to include a link to this page because of it’s informational value.