Swine Flu is one of the biggest concern of the people of Dhaka. It is spreading day by day just for the carelessness of the people. What is Swine Flu ? The answer is 2009 H1N1 virus which is referred to as swine flu is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This virus was first found in people in the USA and spreading person to person world wide. This H1N1 virus is referred to as swine flu cause many laboratory tasting showed that many of the genes in this new virus are very similar to influenza viruses that normally occurred to pigs (swine) in North America. But further study has shown that this new virus is very different from what normally circulates in North American pigs. It has two genes from flu viruses that circulate in pigs in Europe and Asia and bird genes and human genes. Scientists call this a quadruple reassortant virus. This virus is very dangerous for human. We need to prevent this virus for our betterment as we know that prevention is better than cure. First we need to know how this virus spread from person to person.
1. This virus spreads from person to person mainly by coughing and sneezing by people who is caring this virus.
2. People may become infected by touching something such as a surface or object with flu viruses on it and touching their mouth and nose.
Symptoms of Swine Flu:
Fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Severe illness and even death occur as the result of illness associated with this virus.
Now the first thing running in your mind is-" how can we prevent this." The answer is simple. We need to change our bad habits. The habits that we need to change are given below.
Things to do to prevent Swine Flu:1. Shield others from your coughs and sneezing by using tissue. It is a must for preventing this virus to spread. We should tell others who have a bad habit of not using tissue while sneezing and throwing cough here and there.
2. wash your hands often specially before eating something.
3. keep your hands away from your eyes, nose and mouth.
4. Maintain healthful habits, get enough sleep and exercise, drink fluids, eat well.
5. Keep your place and the whole Mega City that you love neat and clean.
6. Avoid contact with people if you or they are sick
7. Stay at home when you are ill.
If we can change our bad habits and do these things we will be able to prevent this dangerous virus from our city. We need to change quickly as this virus is spreading quite fast. Remember this is our city and only we can make it beautiful and peaceful and free from these kind of dangerous viruses........................
