Aust swine flu cases top 10,000

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Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has described as "ludicrous" claims that swine flu will kill at least 10,000 Australians without vaccination.

More than 20 people have died and 10,000 people have the virus - health authorities say hospitals are already at capacity and they are worried the system will not be able to cope.

The concerns come as the company developing the swine flu vaccine, CSL, begins selecting hundreds of volunteers in Adelaide to undergo clinical trials next week.

Health authorities say swine flu is becoming the main flu this winter but the difference is that no-one has immunity to it, so there is a greater chance people will develop complications like pneumonia.

Forty-nine-year-old Jonathan Bass contracted swine flu on a flight from Sydney to Perth two weeks ago. Within days, he found himself in the emergency ward of Royal Perth Hospital fighting for his life.

Mr Bass is a unique case for doctors because has no underlying medical problems.

"I wasn't feeling that well and all of a sudden it hit without really any warning on Wednesday morning; I just couldn't move," he said.

"I was so sick and crook, I just had totally no energy, and couldn't get up anywhere, so they called the ambulance and took me off to hospital.

"And then when it got to Thursday night I was quite worried about the way I was feeling because I was having real problems breathing, and they were quite concerned."

Mr Bass said he thought he was close to dying.

"Once they found out it was swine flu, they treated me for the swine flu and I had pneumonia too, so once they started treating that I did start feeling a bit better," he said.

"But it did take still a little while before I started being able to breathe properly and get on top of it."

'August will be the worst'

Infectious diseases expert Professor Raina MacIntyre is part of the influenza advisory group to Australia's chief medical officer Jim Bishop.

She says August will be the worst month for swine flu, with thousands of deaths.

"If you look at deaths that are directly related to influenza and also to pneumonia, which is the most common complication of influenza, we could be looking at anything in the ball park of 10,000 deaths to 20,000 deaths," she said.

Currently there are 123 people with swine flu in hospital, the majority of those are in Victoria. But Professor MacIntyre says hospitals across the country are under intense pressure.

"It means there will be significant bed block, emergency departments will be full, intensive care beds and other high dependency beds will be full," she said.

"And there'll be longer waiting times, longer length of stay of patients, and difficulty moving patients through the system and making room for the new patients that need admission.

owen_carol

大家一定不要轻视猪流感，澳大利亚现在已经10000人了，死了20人了，估计 会更严重。每个人都要保护好自己。
和1918年的西班牙流感比较一下，个人感觉比较温和症状的第一波应该是过去了，第二波应该是比较严重的。希望大家都重视。

year2k

这是症状,在网上找到的.



人类感染猪流感表现出的症状与普通流感症状相似，如发烧、咳嗽、咽喉肿痛、身体疼痛、头痛、发冷及易疲劳等。还有人感染猪流感病毒后表现出腹泻及呕吐的症状。

The symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people have reported diarrhea and vomiting associated with swine flu.


What are the symptoms of swine flu?

Although uncomplicated influenza-like illness (fever, cough or sore throat) has been reported in many cases, mild respiratory illness (nasal congestion, rhinorrhea) without fever and occasional severe disease also has been reported. Other symptoms reported with swine influenza A virus infection include vomiting, diarrhea, myalgia, headache, chills, fatigue, and dyspnea. Conjunctivitis is rare, but has been reported. Severe disease (pneumonia, respiratory failure) and fatal outcomes have been reported with swine influenza A virus infection. The potential for exacerbation of underlying chronic medical conditions or invasive bacterial infection with swine influenza A virus infection should be considered.

dustonly

[s:2] 快开学了。。人又聚集了

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liuna

因为接种猪流感。害得我那七个月的胎儿流产。