Swine Flu – How Close is it to You?

When we thought things could not get much worst on the heels of the global recession, we were ambushed with news of a deadly virus facing us. Yes this deadly virus is not confined to one or two countries but could affect all countries, all cities, all homes, all neighbors, and all homes! To make matters bad our leaders are still grappling for (if I may say) some hopeful solutions to tackle this threatening monster.

This monster we speak of is officially being referred to as the H1N1 virus. It began carrying the name swine flu but was aggressively renamed as the H1N1 virus because the swine/pig meat community was concerned that the name in its original form could damage their pig/swine meat sales. Congratulation to the pig meat community for a job well accomplished on the rebranding but God help us now as this new name has not brought us any closer to finding a wholesale solution to this virus.

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What Is Avian Influenza?

Avian Influenza is Infectious disease caused by the Avian Flu or H5N1 virus. This occurs primarily in birds and rarely in humans.

Initial symptoms of this disease are similar to those of other influenza viruses like fever, cough, sore throat, etc. However it quickly develops respiratory distress, respiratory failure and can lead to death. As of October 2007, total human cases in Indonesia were 111 cases with 89 fatalities reported by WHO.

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An Introduction To Migraine Headache

Headache is one common problem that everyone faces. Like other sicknesses, even headache has its genres depending upon nature and causes of headache. Headache could be the side effect of some diseases or it may trigger because of constant stress that you may have been facing in your life. Although, most types of headache could be effectively cured but one genre of headache is yet to be offered a permanent cure. Yes! I am talking about migraine pain that is still shrouded with mystery.

Medical science is yet to ascertain exact causes of migraine headache. In most of the cases migraine pain disappears suddenly after troubling you for quite some time. But it may worsen a person’s condition if it is a recurring one. It happens when you are afflicted with classic migraine pain.

In rare cases, the pain is termed as Status Migrainosus. This migraine pain persists till you undergo severe medication and take sufficient rest. This type of migraine completely disrupts your schedule. You are needed to take a break and relax for a couple of days. However, majority of folks suffer from common migraine pain which makes you fall on the bed. You are resilient enough to quickly come back to your routine after a common migraine.

Seeing the gravity of migraine pain, you are not recommended to use over the counter pain killers to subside your pain.

Most of the medical researchers claim that migraine pain could be due to variation in serotonin level. Serotonin is a brain chemical that is said to have its effect on blood vessels going to brain. Blood vessels keep swelling and shrinking due to varying level of serotonin. This variation beyond the normal range results in to migraine. But, factual evidences have not yet proved the perfection of this medical theory regarding migraine.

It’s not necessary that only adults might suffer from migraine, even a child could suffer from migraine if he/she remains in stressful situations. Children afflicted with migraine must not be allowed to use non-prescription pain killers. Such children are suggested to perform breathing exercises and other relaxation exercises.

If you are facing a recurring migraine pain, you must also keep track of the frequency of recurrence. It happens to be of great help for doctors in suggesting medication by ascertaining the gravity level of migraine.

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