Is the thought of getting sick with a cold or flu on your radar more this year than it has been in the past? It most likely is, given all of the media and social attention surrounding the arrival and reappearance of the swine flu or, as more recently labeled, the H1N1 virus. But when it comes right down to it, most people don’t know whether they’re suffering from a cold or flu.
Prior to 1980, a socially popular notion held that a flu included nausea and vomiting; otherwise, it was thought to be a cold. Today most people don’t oversimplify their definition of the flu to that extent, but despite a great deal of public education on the subject, there still remains a general lack of clarity on the difference between the two virus groups and their respective outcomes.
It’s Not As Simple As a Single Virus.
First of all, there isn’t one single virus that causes the common cold, just as there’s no lone culprit responsible for the flu. The common cold can be caused by hundreds of different viruses, most of them belonging to the rhinovirus variety. On average, kids get between four and eight colds per year. As we age, we become a bit less susceptible, catching an average of two to four colds per year. But with so many different cold viruses floating around the globe, it’s no wonder that there is no single “cold shot” to boost our immunity to colds. We also can’t do it on our own; our bodies are unable to build-up and maintain resistance to multiple pathogens.
How Do You Know You’re Catching a Cold?
Ever have that tingling, scratchy or burning sensation at the back of your nose or throat and you knew a cold was imminent? That feeling is probably the number one harbinger that your body is about to go to battle with an undesirable opponent. Other symptoms include sneezing, nasal discharge, cough, headache, fatigue and, in children, perhaps a mild fever. If it’s a cold, it usually runs its course in two to five days, but some can linger on up to a week. Most of us have had the “twenty-four hour bug”. That’s not a particular brand of virus – it could simply be that at that point in time our body was in prime condition to fight and claim a quick victory over the opponent.
Many people believe that the cold has turned into an infection when their mucous has a yellow or dark tone. Experts say that this is not necessarily the case. But involving your physician is a good idea, particularly in cases where symptoms get worse instead of better after three days. Personal health history and existing medical conditions can, of course, play a significant role in an individual’s ability to fight any virus and can quickly lead to infections and secondary complications.
What Are the Signs That This is Probably The Flu?
We are learning that the symptoms of H1N1 and seasonal flu are similar. With either one, flu symptoms come on very quickly and are more severe than that of the common cold. The usual cold symptoms are also common to the flu. Upper and lower respiratory congestion, coughing, sneezing, mucous discharge, headache, fever, chills, muscle ache and fatigue are all associated with the flu. The H1N1 may also bring nausea and vomiting to the mix. Sounds like a nice assortment of ailments, doesn’t it?
The flu usually lasts longer than the cold, with most symptoms improving gradually within two to five days, but it seems that many people stricken with flu continue to feel lousy beyond a week. The flu makes people feel miserable, whereas a cold is more commonly connected to feeling “under the weather”. You know when you have a particular brand of the common cold - the “head cold”, for example - and it goes away in a few days. That was very likely not the flu.
Fever is one of the biggest determinants of the flu. Take your or your child’s temperature. If it’s running at or over 101° Fahrenheit (38.0° Celsius), it’s likely the flu. (Children can get a mild fever from a cold, but it is rarely over 101° Fahrenheit for longer than a day.) Higher temperatures are also common, particularly for children suffering from the flu.
Colds and flu can lead to infections like bronchitis, sinus infection, strep throat, sinusitis and more, so when in doubt, see a physician. As well, be on the lookout for fever that climbs to or above 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39.3° Celsius), earache, chest pain, shortness of breath or cases in which symptoms disappear and then return after a few days. These are signals that a doctor should be seen.
Now that you know what you may be dealing with, do you know how to prevent it? check-out www.themorethingschange.weebly.com for Stephen Kristof’s latest article, How to Prevent Cold and Flu.
Disclaimer – This information is for educational purposes only and should not be considered to be medical advice or consultation. It should not replace and is not meant to replace the advice of the qualified health care provider or physician who cares for you or your child. All medical information should be considered in the context of your health history and is incomplete without a physical exam, which is not possible without a visit to your doctor.
Where to get the seasonal flu vaccine & swine flu vaccine?
What’s the procedure for getting the flu shots in Vancouver, BC? Do you go to walk-in clinics or drug stores? on a scheduled day or any day? How much do they cost and do you need health care card?
i do not have an insurance, so i bought swine flu vaccine, it is so called, tamiflu - http://www.tamiflu.com/, from an online pharmacy. It is safe and fast, it cost me about 11 dollars per pil - http://pharmacynextdoor.com/
If I wash my hands and face regularly with anti-bacterial soap, n shower regularly will this significantly help not to catch swine flu?
nope!
swine flu is tranmitted as any flu is. through tiny droplets from sneezes, coughs and can survive for a longer time than usual cold virus!
you can lessen your chance of getting it, but its just hit and miss.
cover your coughs and sneezes.
wash your hands after coughs, sneezes or touching you mouth.
as well as not putting your hands near your mouth after touching things like phones, door handles places where other people can leave their germs!
keep a distance of a metre from other people if possible
dont shake hands! just say that you have a cold and dont wish to pass it on!
finally, if you do get it, DONT PASS IT ON TO OTHER PEOPLE!!!
stay at home till you are better!!!
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How to Protect Yourself From the Bird Flu Complication of Bacterial Pneumonia
One of the most common and dangerous complications of bird or avian flu is pneumonia.
Yet there is a way to give yourself protection from bacterial pneumonia.
By itself, this will go a long way toward reducing your risk of dying from bird flu, if there’s an influenza pandemic and you catch the H5N1 virus.
We don’t have exact figures for causes of death of victims of the current bird flu, but we know that pneumonia and related bacterial diseases were listed as immediate cause of death on close to half of U.S. Spanish flu victims in 1918.
What is pneumonia—your lung’s alveoli become inflamed and flooded with fluid. The alveoli are the tiny sacs that transfer oxygen from the air you breathe into your blood stream.
Therefore, pneumonia attacks your body’s ability to get oxygen into your blood so that it can be used. Since without oxygen we die, pneumonia is a potentially life-threatening problem.
Pneumonia is also a frequent complication of ordinary seasonal influenza, and together, they’re the seventh most common cause of death in the United States. That makes them the most common infectious disease cause of the death in the U.S.
There’re over 30 causes of pneumonia, but the most common types of pneumonia are caused by bacteria and viruses. These are also the most common type of pneumonias that take advantage of victims weakened by bird flu.
First, the bad news—there is no protection against viral pneumonia. It can be treated somewhat with some antiviral drugs, but those will be in short supply during a bird flu pandemic. Ordinarily, about half of all cases are viral pneumonia. But it is actually less severe than bacterial pneumonia. Whether that would remain true for bird flu patients, we just don’t know—and hope we won’t ever find out.
The good news is that there is a vaccine which will train your body’s immune system to fight the common types of bacterial pneumonia.
Most cases of bacterial pneumonia are caused by the pneumococcal bacterium (also called Streptoccoccus pneumoniae). In children, it also causes sinusitis and ear infections. When it infects the lungs, it’s pneumococcal pneumonia.
In the 20th century, death from pneumococcal bacterium was severely reduced in developed countries due to penicillin and other antibiotics. However, many strains of the pneumococcal bacterium and other bacteria that can cause pneumonia are now resistant to antibiotics.
There’re over 200,000 cases of pneumococcal pneumonia a year in the United States, and it causes about 40,000 deaths, so the mortality rate is 20%. However, about half of the people who catch pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria, while on a ventilator, will die.
The vaccine for pneumococcal pneumonia is called Pneumovax. It contains material from the 23 most common strains of pneumococci bacteria. (No living bacteria.) It’s effective in about 80% of adults. It’s a 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine.
For children, there’s Prevnar or PCV7—a 7-valent conjugate vaccine.
Ordinarily, Pneumovax is recommended for adults most at risk of pneumonia. Those over 50, with AIDS, with an organ transplant, undergoing cancer treatment or other immune-compromised. Also, people with Alzheimer’s, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, alcoholism—and people who smoke tobacco.
People who are in the hospital for any reason are also at higher risk of catching pneumonia—a sad comment on our modern system.
Remember, however, that vaccines do NOT themselves provide you with any protection. Basically, they train your immune system how to fight a particular enemy.
They’re only as effective as your immune system is strong.
If your immune system is weak and undernourished, it can’t fight disease no matter how well trained.
Therefore, you should not rely on vaccines. You should do your part to keep your immune system strong. Eat healthy foods, get regular moderate exercise, take nutritional supplements, reduce stress and get plenty of sleep.
So if you’re at all concerned about the risk of a bird flu pandemic, and especially if you’re in one of the high risk groups, ask your doctor about Pneumovax now—before it’s too late.
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The Economic Effect of Avian Influenza on Poultry Production in Southwest Nigeria
1. Introduction
With the global spread of highly pathogenic Avian influenza (HPAI) across several countries since 2003 and especially, the confirmation of the epidemic in Nigeria, there is a new attention focused on the sub-sector by the Government of Nigeria (GoN) and the international community. As part of this new initiative, FAO intends to collate the available current information in order to provide an overview of the poultry sub-sector in Nigeria. Avian influenza (a killer virus) initially was recognized as a highly lethal, systemic disease (i.e. highly pathogenic or highly virulent avian influenza) from the late 1870s to 1981.HP AI was known by various names including fowl plague (most common),fowl pest, peste aviaire; gelugel pest, typhus exudations gallinarium, and Brunswick bird plague (WHO,2004).
Avian influenza was reported as HP AI (“fowl plague”) in 1878 by Perruacito in Italy .Initially the disease was confused with the acute septicemic form of fowl cholera until 1880 when Rivoltgo and Delprato differentiated the two based on clinical and pathological features. In 1901, Centanni and savonuzzi determined the cause was a filterable agent, but the virus was not classified as an influenza virus until 1995 (WHO, 2006).
On February, 2006, Nigeria officially announced cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in poultry in Jaji village of Kaduna state after the disease was first discovered at Sambawa farms in January, 2006.
The economic growth and public health implications of the diseases are being addressed by the US agency for International development in collaboration with the Nigerian government which consequently resulted to a training workshop in south-West city of Ibadan following its outbreak in May 2006.This study therefore distinguishes itself from other studies with its main objective encompassing the determination of the effect of avian influenza outbreak on poultry producers. It helps to consider the effect of price of poultry products, labour, amount spent on drugs, veterinary attention, quantities of water used on the output of poultry products.
2. Theoretical framework
Avian influenza (bird flu) is a viral disease caused by avian flu virus of the family orthomyxoviridae and genus (type) influenza virus A, characterized by respiratory distress, reduced feed and water intake. In egg laying birds, there is a decline in egg production and quality. (Brooks et al 2004). Migratory water fowl-most notably wild chicks are the natural reservoir of avian influenza viruses and these birds are also most resistant to infection. Domestic poultry, including chickens and turkeys are particularly susceptible to epidemics of rapidly fatal influenza (WHO, 2004). Direct or indirect contact of domestic flocks with wild migratory water fowls has been implicated as a frequent cause of epidemics. Live bird markets have also played an important role in the spread of the epidemics (WHO, 2004).
Recent research has shown that viruses of low pathogenicity can, after circulation for sometimes short periods in a poultry population, mutate into highly pathogenic viruses. During a 1983-1984 epidemic in United States of America, the H5N2 virus initially caused low mortality approaching 90% .Control of the outbreak required the destruction of more than 17million birds at a cost of nearly US and 65million.During a 1999-2001 epidemic in Italy, the H7N1 virus, initially of low pathogenicity , mutated 9months to a highly pathogenic form. More than 13million birds died or were destroyed. Apart from being contagious, avian influenza viruses are readily transmitted from farm to farm by mechanical means, such as contaminated equipment, vehicles, feed, cages, or clothing. Highly pathogenic viruses can survive for long periods in the environment, especially when temperatures are low. Straight sanitary measures on farms can however, confer some degree of protection (WHO, 2004).
A review of reported cases of avian flu on poultry and human
The discovery of Avian Influenza in Nigeria has been verified by WHO. It was found in domestic birds on a large commercial farm in northern part of the country. About 14 nations are now affected and the high alert status regarding avian influenza remains. Economic analysis has focused on the impact of the outbreaks rather than the long-term effects of pandemic avian influenza, with smaller but repeated outbreaks over a number of years. To date, the number of recorded human illness and deaths is very small and all have been traced back to contact with poultry or uncooked poultry products (ESCAP, 2005).
Avian influenza is capable of causing some of the most dramatic loses and costs of any poultry disease. Half of 22 outbreaks occurred between 1959 and 1991, but the ten most recent have occurred within the last 13 years (Poultry International, 2004). These viruses are normally species-specific, meaning that viruses infect an individual species (humans, certain species of birds, pigs horses, and seals) stay ‘’true’’ to that species, and only rarely spillover to cause infection of other species. Since 1959, instances of human infection with an avian influenza virus have been documented on only 10 occasions (CDC, 2006).
Symptoms of human (H5N1) infections include high fever, and flu likes symptoms: Diarrhoea, Vomiting, abdominal pain, chest pain, and bleeding from the nose and gum have been reported in some patients (CDC, 2006). In late December 2006, two people died in Lagos state, Nigeria of bird flu-like disease after eating sick birds, but they were not confirmed as avian influenza positive. However, in January, 2007, a 22 year old female victim died in Lagos state of confirmed avian influenza infection after processing and eating sick birds. So far all evidence of people who have been infected with avian flu indicates that close contact with dead or sick birds is the principal source of human infection. Other risk factors of human infection include slaughtering, defeathering, butchering and preparation for consumption of infected birds. The disease in humans follows an unusually aggressive clinical course, with rapid deterioration and high fatality (CDCs, 2006).
Therefore based on the literature review stated above, it becomes imperative to undertake a specific study of the economic effect of avian influenza on poultry production in south west Nigeria, in order to suggest possible measures poultry producers could take to combat and prevent future spread of the pandemic virus.
3. Sampling techniques and analysis of data
The sample population for the study consists of all the poultry farms who are basically engaged in the raising of poultry birds. Purposive sampling was done because only the affected farmers were targeted using snow balling approach. Thirty-one affected poultry farmers were selected from Oyo and Ogun states. Ten from Ogun state and twenty-one from Oyo state. This was purposefully selected because literatures have revealed that bulk of the poultry farmers in these areas have gained experience in poultry production overtime
The data used for this study were mainly from primary sources which were collected from the poultry farms in the study area with carefully structured questionnaires. The questions were answered by the poultry farmers who have access to the required information on the economic effect of avian influenza on the poultry farmers’ production capability; thus helping to achieve the objectives of this study.
Discontinuous regression analysis is used in this study to know if there is significant difference between the output of poultry production before as against after the spread of the virus while Gross Margin is used in analyzing the net returns of poultry farmers before and after the virus spread. These two are expantiated on below.
Gross Margin Analysis
The turnover from the poultry farmers was used as the measure of their business performance.
Gross Margin= TR-TVC
Hence GM = PxQ- TVC
Where GM= Gross Margin
P= Price of Output
Q= Quantity of Poultry Products
TVC= Total Variable Cost.
Discontinuous Regression Analysis
This was used to analyze the factors affecting the output of the poultry farmers’ poultry products
In implicit terms, the functional form is given as;
Y = f(X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6).
Explicitly, it can be stated as;
Before; Y1= ?0 + ?1X1 +?2X2 +———+ ?6X6 + ei
After; Y1 =?o + ?1X1 +?2 X2+———+?6X6 + ei
Where X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6 are independent variables
Y = output of poultry products per day
X1 = prices of poultry products per day
X2 = labour (man hr per day)
X3 = Amount spent on drugs per day
X4, = Quantities of water used per day
X5 = Amount spent on vet per day
X6 = Quantities of feed used per day
4. Results and discussion
There are only limited works on the economic effects of avian flu in the affected countries of the world. However, this study investigates the extent of the damages of the outbreaks on poultry farmers in south-west Nigeria as reflected in the results below.
GROSS MARGIN ANALYSIS
The formula for analyzing Gross Margin Analysis is:
GM = TR – TVC
Table 1: Total Revenue of Poultry Producers before as against after the Outbreak
Before the outbreak After the outbreak
Egg Sales 34523548000 839800
Broiler Sales 624276000 48000
Spent Birds 4120000 278500
Total Revenue 35151944000 1166300
Source: Field survey, 2007
From the table above, it can be deduced that the total revenue of poultry products before the outbreak of the influenza virus was far greater than what it was after the outbreak. This is due to the fact that poultry producers lost confidence in their consumers and couldn’t make as much as they were earning before the outbreak.
Table 2: Total Variable Cost of Poultry Producers before as against after the Outbreak
Before the outbreak After the outbreak
Cost of Birds 289420000 1350000
Cost of Feed 1157400 7500000
Cost of Water 470600 2250000
Electricity Cost 101000 1800000
Cost of Feed 470600 1200000
Maintenance Cost 183000 4000000
Tax 88680 790
Fuelling Cost 423100 26000000
Interest 25000 —–
Total Variable Cost 292250700 40100790
Source: Field survey, 2007
The above table revealed that the poultry farmers could not invest so much into poultry production because of the losses incurred as a result of the outbreak. It is discovered that before the outbreak, the poultry farmers were able to invest much in poultry production but immediately the outbreak occurred, the poultry farmers couldn’t invest as much as they could have invested after the outbreak.
Table 3: Gross Margin Analysis results
BEFORE THE OUTBREAK AFTER THE OUTBREAK
TR 35151944000 1166300
TVC 292250700 40100790
GM 34859693300 -38934490
Source: Field survey, 2007
Hence, GM before the outbreak = 3485963300
GM after the outbreak = -38934490
From the above, it can be deduced that poultry farmers were making a great net profit before the outbreak but immediately after the outbreak they ran into a great loss (negative gross margin) thus affecting their profitability which occurred as a result of the great havoc invoked by the deadly virus which affected the poultry farmers directly and indirectly.
DISCONTINUOUS REGRESSION ANALYSIS WITH THE USE OF CHOW TEST.
The effect of avian flu on poultry production performance is examined with the aid of discontinuous regression analysis. Six variables are adopted as explanatory variables for the variation that exists in the output of poultry products before and after the outbreak of the avian influenza virus on poultry production. Considering the number of significant variables, double log function was chosen as the lead equation for this study as it provided the highest number of significant variables. The result is given in the table below.
Table 4: Discontinuous Regression Analysis results for before and after
Variables Co-efficient Standard Error
Prices of poultry products -0.8506
(-3.24*) 0.261902
Labour 1.31
(9.57*) 0.1371
Amount spent on drugs -0.33
(-2.01*) 0.166
Quantities of water used 0.277
(1.47) 0.187
Amount spent on veterinary attention 0.422
(0.57) 0.483
Quantities of feed 0.232
(0.56) 0.408
Constant 4.826
(2.64) 1.82
Source: Field survey, 2007 *Significant at 5%
R2 = 0.8417
Adjusted R2 = 0.82447
F = 48.75
The discontinuous regression analysis was estimated using chow test through the strata software. From the table, the positive and highly significant coefficient of labour confirms the expected positive relationship between the output of poultry products and labour; which signifies that labour is a very important factor in explaining the changes in the output of poultry farmers. However, the coefficient of prices of poultry products and amount spent on drugs are negative but statistically significant showing that they are inversely related to the output of poultry products. It signifies that an increase in the prices of poultry products and amount spent on drugs results to a decrease in the output of poultry products.
The coefficients of quantities of water used, amount spent on veterinary attention and quantities of feed are positive but not statistically significant which shows that both of them are not good explanatory variables in getting the output of poultry products in the study area.
In addition, from the table, adjusted R- squared indicates that 82 percent of the variation on output of poultry products (dependent variable) is explained by the explanatory variables while the remaining 18 percent is explained by the error term.
Chow Break point test for the discontinuous regression in table 4
Table 5: Chow breakpoint test: 31
F-statistic 2.875308 Prob. 0.0137
Log likelihood 21.71082 Prob. 0.00285
Source: Field survey, 2007
Hypothesis testing;
Ho: ?o = ?o {There is no significant difference between the output of poultry products before
and after the out break}
H1: ?1 =?1 {There is significant different between the output of poultry products before
and after the outbreak} .
The table shows log-likelihood function which is estimated to be 21.7 for all the poultry farmers in the study area. It is observed that all the estimates of standard error is statistically significant and different from Zero at (=0.01). This indicates that a good fit of correctness of the specified distribution assumption of composite error term.
From the working hypothesis, the value of Y is not equal to zero that is Y?0; therefore, the null hypothesis Ho: ?o = ?o is rejected. We therefore accept the alternative stating that there is significant difference between the output of poultry products before the outbreak as against after the outbreak.
5. Policy issues, implications and recommendations
A key policy question for Nigeria government and any other countries on bird flu outbreak is how to win the trust and confidence of the population consuming poultry, minimize panic and disruption and indeed mobilize the public as a key partner in beating the disease. Attention to the avian flu disease in Nigeria calls for serious concern for human health as well as for agricultural sector (especially the poultry industry that is in crisis). Rapid elimination of the H5N1 virus in bird populations should be given high priority as a matter of international public health importance.
More seminar or workshop should be done in order to train farmers on how to prevent the deadly virus from invading the poultry farmers’ flock in order to be more productive and also avails them the opportunity to be able to cope with the stress of the environment. The outcome of the seminar or workshop should be well packaged so that it will be simple for the farmers to adopt.
The veterinarians’ needs adequate experience in the production of influenza vaccines to a considerable extent, particularly as vaccine composition changes each year to match changes in circulating ones due to antigenic drift. However, at least four months would be needed to produce a new vaccine, in significant quantities, capable of conferring protection against a new virus subtype. Poultry farmers should therefore be encouraged on the need for diversification as they will have something to fall back on in case the spread occurs again.
References
Akintunde O 2006: “450, 0000 birds lost to killer bird flu”. Thursday Nigerian Punch newspaper, June 8, 2006 pp 20
Alexander, D.J, (2000): The history of avian influenza in Poultry- world report, Pages 7-8
Brooks, G.F, Butel, J, Morse, S (2004): Medical microbiology. The McGraw hill
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006 Avian Influenza Infection in Humans August 9 http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/avian-flu-humans.htm
CDC (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention), (2006): Avian influenza: Current situation page 1 and Avian influenza (bird flu) Fact sheets 1-6.
ESCAP (2005): Socio-economic policy Brief: issue no 1
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i am never sick! I didn’t get morning sickness through my pregnancy, can go on a big drinking bender & not be sick, i haven’t thrown up in about 3 years till this morning, feel like i could be sick again, had migraines & back ache dehydrated & just don’t feel right. I am sure its not swine flu & i am over reacting but can someone tell me if this is symptoms of it. I feel like an idiot going to the doc saying i wanna get checked for it lol. I’m from North London
mamma bass, no not been in contact with anyone that has returned from the U.S or mexico, not that i am awear of anyway. Yeah i am sure i am just getting paniced over nothing its just not like me to get sick, i get coughs & colds but i have a tummy made of steal lol & never sick. Just all the things combined has got me thinking.
The same as any other flu. If you had flu, swine or otherwise you would not be using your computer.
Vulnerable people are babies, the very old and those who are not very fit to start with.
A new strain of flu emerges every few years and this is just the latest one.
All UK cases are doing ok. Most people can be nursed at home.
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