Swine Flu Causes, Precautions, Risks, Diagnosis & Treatment

The health authorities in Mumbai, Maharashtra are on their toes as Swine flu is back in the city with at least 4 people have been put on the ventilator support in the city. Since the beginning ot this year, a total of 142 cases of Swine flu have been reported from the different parts of the state. As per the reports published by the Maharashtra's Public Health Department, 7 people have already lost their lives due to the H1N1 virus- 2 in Pune, 3 in Kolhapur, and 2 in Thane in July. Mumbai alone has reported 43 cases of the H1N1, Pune, Palghar, and Nashik have recorded 23, 22, and 17 cases of the infection lately. Well, not even Maharashtra, a swine flu case has also been reported from the Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh. 

Although the WHO declared that the pandemic was over in August 2010, the disease made a comeback in 2013 and infected over 800 in Delhi alone. In 2020 start, the swine flu (H1N1 virus) has knocked on our doors with six Supreme Court judges falling prey to the disease. As newer cases lineup we should learn about the disease and take necessary precautions to safeguard our family members from it.

Swine flu is a contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus found in pigs. It is, in fact, a type of influenza in pigs, which gets transmitted to humans and attacks the respiratory tract (nose, throat, and lungs). The first-ever case of swine flu in humans was discovered in the year 2009 and the disease has soon declared