Is Swine Flu dangerous

Answer 1

The 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Swine Flu is a new strain of flu. It has proven to be very highly contagious, but vaccines have now been developed for it. The best way to avoid the dangers of this virus is to get the vaccination. The symptoms are pretty miserable for most people, even if it is not as deadly as some types of flu (like bird flu), or as deadly as was initially feared, why be sick like that if you can be vaccinated to prevent it?

Just like any other flu that you could catch, the severe respiratory symptoms, like pneumonia, can be serious and even deadly. But the early monitoring is suggesting mortality rates are lower than feared and the chances are better of your surviving. With the right anti-viral medications, you can lessen the symptoms and shorten the duration of the episode.

Be sure to: wash your hands as much as possible, cover your cough with your ELBOW (NOT YOUR HAND), do not touch your face...for protection!

99% of all people tested in the US for the type of flu they have are being found to have the swine flu during the time when normally we would see the seasonal flu. The CDC advises that you be vaccinated as soon as you can be as we enter the fall and winter flu season. The swine flu vaccine is included in the regular flu vaccination for the 2011-2012 flu season in the US.

Swine Flu can be dangerous to people who have underlying chronic diseases, are pregnant, are a young child, or others with immature or under-functioning immune systems. But to the average person it is less likely to make its full effects on you.

See the related questions below for more information about those at higher risk and the vaccines approved for A-H1N1/09.
Swine flu is only about as dangerous as seasonal flu. I am a doctor and work at Southern Orthopedic Medical Center located in Atlanta Georgia. If you take the right precautions, it can help prevent you from getting sick. More people are getting sick with common seasonal flu than the swine flu. Be sure to wash your hands, and stay home when you ARE sick, to prevent anyone else from getting sick, and also to help yourself.

Answer 2

Swine influenza, or flu, is a contagious respiratory disease that affects pigs. When the flu spreads person to person, instead of from animals to humans, it can continue to mutate, making it harder to treat or fight, because people have no natural immunity.

---CNN.com

Answer 3

Yes, for some people it is, especially the very young, very old, those with underlying medical conditions or immuno-suppression, as well as pregnant women. In the US it is estimated that each year approximately 36,000 people die from influenza. The mortality rate for "regular" seasonal flu is higher than that manifested by the H1N1/09 pandemic swine flu, although many people also died of this disease. Most people, however, recover quickly from the flu without any serious complications.

Answer 4

Yes it is

It can be, yes. But seasonal flu kills more than swine flu does by a large margin. Swine flu is normally not fatal.

Answer 5

yes because this flu is dangerous that is why you needed to get a vaccine

Answer 6

If not treated, swine flu is fatal.