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Health Tips
10 Quick Wellness Tips
- Increase your water intake.
- Regular exercise (5 times per week, 30-45 minutes).
- Get plenty of good quality sleep.
- Maintain a balanced diet of good carbohydrates (fruits, veggies,
grains, and legumes), good fats, and protein.
- Take nutritional supplements targeted to your specific needs
as well as eliminate fast foods and saturated fats.
- Wash your hands frequently and practice "Good Hygiene."
- De-stress your mind and body with yoga, meditation or spiritual
practices.
- Detoxify your system and take an antioxidant.
- Have fun laugh every day. Humor is good medicine.
- Develop positive personal and professional relationships.
Protect Yourself From Swine Flu (H1N1)
What can I do to protect myself from getting sick?
There is no vaccine available right now to protect against
H1N1 flu, but here are some everyday actions that can help prevent
the spread of germs that cause respiratory illnesses like influenza:
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.
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.
Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
Try not touch surfaces that may be contaminated with the flu
virus. 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.
If you get sick with influenza, stay home from work or
school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Symptoms of Swine Flu
Symptoms are also similar to a typical flu infection 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, according to the CDC.
Like seasonal flu, swine flu may cause a worsening of underlying
chronic medical conditions.
Swine Flu Treatment
There are four different antiviral drugs that are licensed
for use in the US for the treatment of influenza: amantadine,
rimantadine, oseltamivir and zanamivir, according to the CDC.
The most recent swine flu viruses in humans are resistant
to amantadine and rimantadine. At this time, CDC recommends the
use of oseltamivir or zanamivir for the treatment and/or prevention
of infection with swine influenza viruses.
There is a vaccine to protect pigs from swine flu, however,
there is currently no vaccine for humans.
More information: www.CDC.gov
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