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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

pig flu or northen america virus ...

Swine Influenza and You

Are there human infections with swine flu in the U.S.?
In late March and early April 2009, cases of human infection with swine influenza A (H1N1) viruses were first reported in Southern California and near San Antonio, Texas. Other U.S. states have reported cases of swine flu infection in humans and cases have been reported internationally as well. An updated case count of confirmed swine flu infections in the United States is kept at http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/investigation.htm CDC and local and state health agencies are working together to investigate this situation.

Is this swine flu virus contagious?
CDC has determined that this swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is contagious and is spreading from human to human. However, at this time, it is not known how easily the virus spreads between people.

What are the signs and symptoms of swine flu in people?
The symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people have reported diarrhea and vomiting associated with swine flu. In the past, severe illness (pneumonia and respiratory failure) and deaths have been reported with swine flu infection in people. Like seasonal flu, swine flu may cause a worsening of underlying chronic medical conditions.

How does swine flu spread?
Spread of this swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is thought to be happening in the same way that seasonal flu spreads. Flu viruses are spread mainly from person to person through coughing or sneezing of people with influenza. Sometimes people may become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose.

How can someone with the flu infect someone else?
Infected people may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 7 or more days after becoming sick. That means that you may be able to pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick.

What should I do to keep from getting the flu?
First and most important: wash your hands. Try to stay in good general health. Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food. Try not touch surfaces that may be contaminated with the flu virus. Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

Are there medicines to treat swine flu?
Yes. CDC recommends the use of oseltamivir or zanamivir for the treatment and/or prevention of infection with these swine influenza viruses. Antiviral drugs are prescription medicines (pills, liquid or an inhaler) that fight against the flu by keeping flu viruses from reproducing in your body. If you get sick, antiviral drugs can make your illness milder and make you feel better faster. They may also prevent serious flu complications. For treatment, antiviral drugs work best if started soon after getting sick (within 2 days of symptoms).

How long can an infected person spread swine flu to others?
People with swine influenza virus infection should be considered potentially contagious as long as they are symptomatic and possible for up to 7 days following illness onset. Children, especially younger children, might potentially be contagious for longer periods.

What surfaces are most likely to be sources of contamination?
Germs can be spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth. Droplets from a cough or sneeze of an infected person move through the air. Germs can be spread when a person touches respiratory droplets from another person on a surface like a desk and then touches their own eyes, mouth or nose before washing their hands.

How long can viruses live outside the body?
We know that some viruses and bacteria can live 2 hours or longer on surfaces like cafeteria tables, doorknobs, and desks. Frequent handwashing will help you reduce the chance of getting contamination from these common surfaces.

What can I do to protect myself from getting sick?
There is no vaccine available right now to protect against swine flu. There are everyday actions that can help prevent the spread of germs that cause respiratory illnesses like influenza. Take these everyday steps to protect your health:

  • Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
  • Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.
  • Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
  • If you get sick with influenza, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.

What is the best way to keep from spreading the virus through coughing or sneezing?

If you are sick, limit your contact with other people as much as possible. Do not go to work or school if ill. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Put your used tissue in the waste basket. Cover your cough or sneeze if you do not have a tissue. Then, clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze.

What is the best way to keep from spreading the virus through coughing or sneezing?
If you are sick, limit your contact with other people as much as possible. Do not go to work or school if ill. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Put your used tissue in the waste basket. Cover your cough or sneeze if you do not have a tissue. Then, clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze.

What is the best technique for washing my hands to avoid getting the flu?
Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs. Wash with soap and water. or clean with alcohol-based hand cleaner. we recommend that when you wash your hands -- with soap and warm water -- that you wash for 15 to 20 seconds. When soap and water are not available, alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers may be used. You can find them in most supermarkets and drugstores. If using gel, rub your hands until the gel is dry. The gel doesn't need water to work; the alcohol in it kills the germs on your hands.

What should I do if I get sick?
If you live in areas where swine influenza cases have been identified and become ill with influenza-like symptoms, including fever, body aches, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, or vomiting or diarrhea, you may want to contact their health care provider, particularly if you are worried about your symptoms. Your health care provider will determine whether influenza testing or treatment is needed.

If you are sick, you should stay home and avoid contact with other people as much as possible to keep from spreading your illness to others.

If you become ill and experience any of the following warning signs, seek emergency medical care.

In children emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:

  • Fast breathing or trouble breathing
  • Bluish skin color
  • Not drinking enough fluids
  • Not waking up or not interacting
  • Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
  • Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
  • Fever with a rash
In adults, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:
  • Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
  • Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
  • Sudden dizziness
  • Confusion
  • Severe or persistent vomiting

How serious is swine flu infection?
Like seasonal flu, swine flu in humans can vary in severity from mild to severe. Between 2005 until January 2009, 12 human cases of swine flu were detected in the U.S. with no deaths occurring. However, swine flu infection can be serious. In September 1988, a previously healthy 32-year-old pregnant woman in Wisconsin was hospitalized for pneumonia after being infected with swine flu and died 8 days later. A swine flu outbreak in Fort Dix, New Jersey occurred in 1976 that caused more than 200 cases with serious illness in several people and one death.

Can I get swine influenza from eating or preparing pork?
No. Swine influenza viruses are not spread by food. You cannot get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork products is safe.

 

 



如何防範豬流感?
1. 若出現不適症狀如感冒、傷風等,應第一時間看醫生。
2. 使用紙巾後不要隨意亂丟。
3. 勤於洗手,並且勿與人握手、親嘴。
4. 遠離公共場合。

甚麼是豬流感?
  • 一種奇特的混合體。
  • 包含人流感病毒、禽流感病毒和豬流感病毒特徵。
  • 此病毒是通過人傳人,主要受感染者是年輕人。
  • 染病者最初出現類似普通流感症狀,包括發燒、咳嗽、喉嚨痛、氣促、肌肉和關節疼痛,在5天內會惡化成嚴重呼吸道疾病。

    豬流感問與答
    問:不接觸疑似流感症狀患者,就不會染豬流感?
    答:是的,但因豬流感患者在發病前一天到發病後7天都有傳染力,旁人可能在無症狀下遭感染。

    世衛4級警告,豬流感可能透過人傳人,隨時會全球大爆發!
    第1級:人類感染風險低
    第2級:人類感染風險高
    第3級:不存在或者只存在極為有限的人傳人風險
    第4級:有證據顯示人傳人風險增加
    第5級:有證據顯示病毒明顯具人傳人性質
    第6級:.流行病病毒有效地且持續性地具人傳人性質
  • Color Blind Drivers

    Hi, my name is Marron.  I am color blind since I was born.

    This is the normal traffic light most of you would see



    when I look at exactly the same traffic light, this is what I see instead.



    So do you think I will stop or drive through when you see the light is RED ?

    Ok, let me start the story from the beginning then.  I started learning to speak when I was about 1 year old.  My mom always pointed to my truck and teached me, "RED truck!".  When I said ".... truck ...." at 3 years old then she would repeat a few more times of the words "RED" just to make sure I got the color right.  I still have the picture of my RED truck, see below.


    I also have another toy, the GREEN car !  My dad always taught me to get the color right too, "GREEN" car !  See !  Its almost purely GREEN except the steering and wheels.


    When I approached my 10s, mom bough me a RED shirt.  I love it and I still keep it for my kids today !
    Then before I went to my prom night, my mom bought me a GREEN dress.  It stunned the whole dance floor that night.

    So when I see this,
    I actually think like this ...
    and when I see this, my brain tells me this ...

    So it doesn't really matter what I see actually.  Ahtough when I see a green item, I will say "This is Red".  You look at it and it is Red to you too.  So when I said, "pass me the red sauce", you would most probably pass me the right bottle.

    So do you think I will stop or drive through when you see the light is RED ?


    Tuesday, April 28, 2009

    Cameron picture slideshow

    Cameron Highland April 2009

    Went up to Cameron Highland last weekend, it is still quite cooling.  Took a lot of pictures ...





    Tip of accessible Gunung Berinchang, very well scribbled ..





    Strawberry, the great, the young and the dead ....


    Our first stop at strawberry fram, ironically enough it leads you to no where ...

    NO ENTRANCE !!




    Saturday, April 18, 2009

    As Genius as an Idiot

    2008 Beijing logo

    I have had this for a long time now.  I didn't really want to share this to public because it may 'damage' China's image but for the sake of openess in Internet and that its an past event, now I post it up for some who hasn't seen it before ...




    Who is responsible for your manager's fault ?

    make some cookies for my party tonight!
    working hard ...
    boss: turn up the fire !  cook faster !
    "but it'll burn the cookies"
    boss: just do what I say !
    so its burned
    what to do now ?
    serve pork chop then.
    boss is never wrong,
    even if he is, you are responsible for it

    Skilled Hardworking employee = success ?

    a pig with talent
    can crow like a roaster
    hunts rat like a cat
    work like a sheep dog
    others asked why you always cross boundary ?
    "in today's world, we need multiple skills to survive.  I even have certs for all these!"
    one day boss still slaugher him
    unbelievably asked, why ?
    nothing to it, I just want some pork chop
    result lays on what boss wants you to do,
    not what you can do.

    Friday, April 17, 2009

    take care of your private part - female

    self grow human tissue - nail

    Have you ever had a broken nail ?   .... that it is growing back ?  .... This is what it may look like, as sickening as it seem, everything is back to normal ( well, almost ) just about 2 months later ....

    manner - a question of to whom ?

    I forgot where I saw this, its in one of the offices ....  pretty creative I think ....

    Wednesday, April 15, 2009

    Turkey is Huge ...

    Friendster Cafe Damansara Perdana

    I visited Friendster Cafe @ Damansasra Perdana yesterday 


    The outlook is pretty cool actually especially with the name itself - which btw has nothing to do with friendster network.

    After browsing the whole menu, I decided to take the set lunch menu.  Actually I wasn't hungry and just wanted to taste their coffee but none of the items on the menu is attractive enough.  Cost is a concern too, a cup of coffee is about RM 6 and the setup lunch is RM 12 which comes with normal brew anyway.  Since this is my first time, lets taste the food too ....



    Look nice isn't it ?  But no, the taste is plain.  The button mushroom is not even the top grade can food.  The best part is the bowl, that's it.  I had to pour a lot of pepper to improve the taste.

    This is the outlook inside ...



    Main dish served ...

    Fish fillets with cheesy sauce.
    The bottom part is actually mach potato


    Freshness of Fish - average frozen food, the pan friend actually gives people a sense of not so fresh
    taste of Fish - plain, very plain and still have some fishy taste
    taste of sauce - nice !  very cheesy indeed

    Overall still very plain, I need to add salt, pepper and finally ask for tabasco sauce.

    Nice environment, nice outlook, nice waiter ( hmm... ), nice customers but no good food.

    Oh, the coffee is relatively ok, second to the cheese sauce.

    Oh ya, Wifi is great ...

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