H1N1 Flu Prevention - Spiral Eye November 2009 Newsletter

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H1N1 Flu Prevention
Dilbert

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H1N1 Flu Prevention

Red Flag

If you have the flu, a fever that goes away, then comes back is a red flag, according to Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN.
This could indicate a life-threatening secondary infection, such as bacterial pneumonia.
Contact your physician immediately.


Virus Prevention
Good advice from a doctor

The portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it's almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not as much a problem as proliferation is.

While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps, not fully highlighted in most official communications, can be practiced.

1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications).

2. "Hands-off-the-face" approach.
Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat or bathe.

3. * Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (or Listerine).
H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/ nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms.
Simple gargling prevents proliferation.
Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.

4. * Clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water.
Blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.

5. * Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C (citrus fruits).
If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.

6. * Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can.
Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction.
They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.

I would add to this -
7. Get plenty of sleep. 8 hours may not be enough, especially in the darker, colder months of fall and winter.
Sufficient rest is crucial to a healthy, well-functioning immune system.
Caffeine is no substitute for enough sleep.

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Dilbert

(as a customer reaches out to shake hands)

"Whoa! Get that disease-infested paw away from me!
Don't you follow the news? Shaking hands is so 2008.
No offense, but you look more like a virus incubator than a vigorous hand-washer.

So why don't you pull that death stick back in your sleev and we can pretend this ugly incident never happened.
And if it's not too much to ask, could you exhale towards things I'm unlikely to touch?
Ok, now that the pleasantries are out of the way..."

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