The Deadly A/H1N1 flu virus
Chilean health authorities on Friday reported two newly-confirmed A/H1N1 flu deaths, which brought the country’s overall flu-related deaths to 19, out of a total of 7,342 infections.
One of the victims, a 36-year-old student paramedical technician, was viewed as an unusual case, because he did not have any pre-existing conditions. He died of pneumonia after being hospitalized on June 28 in the Conception Regional Hospital, where he had been doing his medical practice.
The other victim, a 38-year-old truck drier named Anselmo Urrutia, had suffered complications relating to obesity. He died of multiple organ failure in Santiago’s Chest Hospital in the early hours of Friday.
Urrutia was transferred to the hospital on June 20 from the southern city of Puerto Montt. He had been breathing with the help of a respirator since June 17, when he was diagnosed with pneumonia.
the use of face masks and boosting your immune system by taking lots of vitamin-C is still an effective way of preventing the spread of the Swine Flu virus.
i always advice my kids to wear face masks when going into crowded areas. swine flu is really scary and i dont want my kids getting infected by it.
I have a relative who got the Swine Flu in Mexico. It is a good thing that he already recovered from this disease.