This is a special type of seasonal flu most commonly seen in monsoon & post monsoon season in India.This is nothing but a special strain of Influenza virus.The main symptoms are high grade fever,cough,cold,vomiting.This makes it a little difficult to separate from common cold which has similar symptoms.This disease requires a good clinical judgement on part of treating doctor.The timely diagnosis of swine flu makes the big difference in the outcome of the disease.Over the years Dr.Bhatt has seen many cases of swine flu & treated most of them at home very successfully.The frequent media reports of deaths in swine flu has created a lot of fear in the minds of people about this disease.Dr.Bhatt always believes in educating the patient regarding disease & clearing all the myths & doubts surrounding the disease.There are certain group of patients like pregnant women,infants,asthma / diabetes/heart pateints etc…..in whom the special attention is needed & these are the cases if not diagnosed in time may get in to complications.There are certain international guidelines about SWINE FLU disease.At Dr.Bhatt’s clinic these guidelines are followed properly & that makes it easy for home management of SWINE FLU.This is a preventable disease & can be prevented by taking yearly vaccine. At Dr.Bhatt’s clinic INFLUENZA VACCINE is given round the year.Dr.Bhatt makes it a point to guide all the family members of the newly diagnosed SWINE FLU patient regarding self protection & prevention of spread of the disease in the family.Unfortunately over the years self medication & unsupervised over the counter use of drugs has lead to increase in the number of deaths in SWINE FLU. |
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