H1N1 virus

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With the start of the new year H1N1 virus strain or the so-called swine flue appeared all around the world. Balkan countries have not been exempt with new cases of swine flu appearing every day. According to the confirmed data from the hospitals more than 14 cases of H1N1 virus infections have been reported in Macedonia and more than 20 people have been placed under caranteen where 1 person has died. 2 persons have died in Romania and 2 cases of swine flu have been reported in Bulgaria, a 34-year-old and a 4-year-old child. 8 persons have been hospitalized in BiH and laboratories' tests have confirmed H1N1 infections with 30 people. A 37-year-old woman has died in Kosovo due to the complications caused by the swine flu.

Doctors are warning that patient numbers will grow in the coming weeks, and the H1N1 infection will become widespread. Read more:

http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2013/01/29/feature-04

Although doctors are recommending vaccination against this virus strain there are more and more people in the world opposing to this vaccination. The reasons for this are serious diseases reported with large number of children and people appearing after vaccination like Guillain-Barre syndrom (GBS) and narcolepsy.

Parents are preparing to sue the Government after their children took a swine flu vaccine and promptly started sleeping up to 19 hours a day...
You can more read on this link:

http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/Parents-claim-swine-flu-vaccine-link-children-s/story-17994416-detail/story.html

Emelie Olsson is one of around 800 children in Sweden and elsewhere in Europe who developed narcolepsy, an incurable sleep disorder, after being immunised in 2009 with the Pandemrix H1N1 swine flu vaccine made by British drug-maker GlaxoSmithKline. Picture taken January 20, 2013.(source: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/emelie-olsson-sleeps-during-daytime-stockholm-photo-075922056.html)

 

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Experts claim that in the clinical description of the diseased with this virus dominating symptoms include coughing, high temperature, headaches and increased muscular pains. Doctors also recommend avoiding spending time in the confined spaces with large number of people, but also consuming adequate diet with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, a lot of sleep and increased physical activity.