Swine Flu Alert - General Awareness, Symptoms and Precautions

Swine Flu death toll rises to 14 in India (dated 12th August '09). As an Indian, Its more important to spread the general awareness about the swine flu. What is Swine flu?, How it is spread?, What are the symptoms?, How to prevent getting it?, Can it be treated?. I hope this post would be very useful to all of us and Guide us against Swine Flu.


Swine Flu virus also called H1N1 started in Humans from Mexico in April 2009. In such a short duration flu has affected people at global level and has triggered World Health Organization (WHO) to declare public health emergency. To Know More about Swine Flue - Read here.

Why it is called Swine Flu ?



Laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new H1N1 Virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America and It can spread from one people to another people and causing illness in people.

How it is Spread ?



Influenza is mainly passed from person to person through droplet transmission. This occurs when a sick person coughs or sneezes contaminated droplets into the air, and a healthy person either inhales them or gets them on their hands and then later transfers them to their mouth, nose or eyes.

What are the Symptoms ?



1) Fever, cough, sore throat, muscle and joint pain, headache, runny nose, chills and fatigue.
2) Has difficulty breathing or chest pain.
3) Has purple or blue discoloration of the lips.
4) Is vomiting and unable to keep liquids down.
5) Has signs of dehydration such as dizziness when standing, absence of urination, or
6) In infants, a lack of tears when they cry.
7) Has seizures (for example, uncontrolled convulsions)
8) In children other warning signs include irritability, failing to wake up and interact and Not drinking enough fluids.
9) If you become ill and experience any of the following symptoms, consult your Physician immediately

Who is at the higher risk of Swine flu H1N1?
Pregnant women, young children, people with chronic medical conditions and people 65 and older

How to Prevent Getting it ?



1) Stay at home, Drink a lot of liquids and Get plenty of rest.
2) Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.



3) Do not smoke or drink alcohol.
4) Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
5) Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.
6) Avoid close contact with people who are sick/
7) Try not to touch surfaces that may be contaminated.

Can it be Treated ?
The US authorities say that 2 drugs commonly used to treat flu, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem to be effective at treating cases that have occurred there so far. However, the drug must be administered at an early stage to be effective. Use of these drugs may also make it less likely that effected people will pass the virus onto others. The US scientists are already developing a bespoke new vaccine, but it may take some time to perfect it, and manufacture enough supplies to meet what could be huge demand. Furthermore, these vaccines might have hazardous side effects.

Can I still eat and prepare pork?



Yes, you can eat pork and pork products which is properly handled and cooked. When anything is cooked at high temp, virus / bacteria die.

How can I prevent the spread of influenza virus at my home?
You can prevent the spread of influenza virus by keeping surfaces (especially bedside tables, surfaces in the bathroom, kitchen counters and toys for children) clean by wiping them down with disinfectant.

6 Ways to Increase Your Immunity From Swine Flu :-
1) Taking good care of your health can reduce or eliminate your risk of contracting the flu. The key is to keep your immune system strong by following these simple guidelines.
2) Lose Weight: New data has suggested that obesity, especially extreme obesity (BMI over 40), raises swine flu victims' chance of dying. The study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, looked at the cases of swine flu patients at a Michigan hospital, all of whom had to be placed on ventilators due to the severity of their illness. Being overweight reduces your immunity and therefore chances of contraction increases while recovery too becomes difficult.
3) Exercise: Blood circulation is required for your immune system to perform at its best for you. Spend 20-30 minutes daily by raising your heart beat to 130 beats per minute. Any form of exercise - running, weight training, playing sports like squash, tennis help.
4) Eliminate Sugar From your Diet: Apart from a number of health problems like cancer, sugar is also responsible for faster aging and reducing your immunity against diseases. Avoid all forms of white sugar starting today.
5) Stop Junk Food: Similar to Sugar, junk food has an immediate, weakening effect on your immune system.
6) Get Plenty of Sleep: Too little sleep may reduce levels of leptin, possibly causing people to gain weight, develop diabetes, and weaken your immune system. Getting around 7 hours of qood quality sleep is sufficient. Note that excessive sleeping too is dangerous to your health.

Relax: If you feel overwhelmed by stress, your body will not have the reserves it needs to fight infection. Long-term stress causes excessive wear on the body and activates a deterioration of the immune system.

Important Fact
Consult Gov hospital only, none of the private hospital got the medecine.

Q. Is it curable ?
Ans. Yes, ofcourse but only in gov hospitals.

Swine Flu Pandemic kit -
To protect yourself use this kit - Link

Test Cost -
Its done free in 19 laboratories across the country.

For Latest and Updated News regarding Swine Flu - In.com provides you - Go Here.

For Detailed Information on How to Protect yourself from Swineflu - Here is one small Powerpoint Presentation on Swine flu - Please download and Read it - Link (file size - 850 KB)

This could guide you to the right hospital - Information about Hospitals and Laboratories (with address and Phone numbers) to cure Swine flu - Govt. Authorized Hospitals to Cure Swine Flu - Download it - Link (Wordpad file - 60 KB)

Please Link back this article and spread the Awareness :-)

Sources are taken from Google - OUG - Health Forums.

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Access All your Google Services at One Click - GButts

First of all im very much worried because I made only two posts this week. I hate my Internet service provider. Its sucks because most often the cables being cut by digging and other construction or some server repairs :( Coming back to the title, Access all your Google services at one click using GButts.



GButts is a Firefox Addon which helps you to display all of your Google Services as buttons just next to your address bar or anywhere you like it. You may even ask me " I have a Google Toolbar, Why should i go for this? ", but I prefer its more comfortable than Google toolbar. lets see how ?



How to Setup GButts ?

First Install the GButts Extension (Mozilla Add-ons) and Go to View > Toolbar > Customize.

Now Drag n Drop the GButts Toolbar in your Firefox window near addressbar or anywhere you like it.



Some Features of GButts Extension are :

# It has all the Google Services, You have to check or uncheck the boxes according to your needs.



# It has two ways for displaying the icons. (i) Toolbar view (ii) Dropdown view
(i) In Toolbar view you can set as Horizontal and Vertical type of view .
(ii) Dropdown menu with a Vertical Orientation on the toolbar is a good feature to conserve space.



# You can also change the Tab Behaviour by Opening every service in a New Tab.

# You can do all this customization by clicking on the Settings button in the toolbar.



# If you use different Google services often every day, GButts can provide a very efficient way to access those services without affecting your browser’s performance or cluttering up your toolbar interface.

GButts Firefox Addon - Download

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Foller.me and Sub DiggerPlus - Bookmarks for 11th July

Today with this two websites you can surely develop your presence on social media networks. One is twitter and another is Digg. With the title of the post itself you can guess something! Yeah you're right, foller.me is about twitter and Sub Diggerplus is all about Digg. Now let's see how they are helpful to us.



1. How to find Whether the Tweeter is worth Following ?

Foller.me is a Twitter service which provide you with the most detailed information about a specific Twitter user in the least amount of time! It scans the user based on their latest 200 tweets and It builds up three tag clouds: topics, #hashtags and @mentions, all based on the user’s recent activity, and excluding all stop words!



All we need to do is, just type the username of the twitter and hit ENTER. Wait for few seconds and you ll be provided with Quality informations about the tweeter. Do visit this site and experience it! Comments are always welcomed (-:

foller.me - Homepage

2. Quickly Access your Digg Friend's Submission :

Digg is a social news website made for people to share whatever they like. Each and every second there is a new content to read in digg. so it may be a tough task to catchup the post which your friend's digg out. To make it easy here comes the Sub Diggerplus.



Sub DiggerPlus acts as a tool empowering you to see what your friends have been posting recently and it also filters the post and arranges according to the topic and column title. Your friend's submission are presented in real time and it has an option to label stories as Read and Unread. Its is compatible with Firefox, IE and Chrome. All you need to do is, Just enter your Digg's username and your friend's submission will be listed out.

Sub DiggerPlus - Homepage

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Check my Colors and TwoQuick - Bookmarks for 10th July

Today you got two useful sites to be Bookmarked!! One is about websites' contrast colors and another is about search engines :-) Let's see now -



1. Check the color combinations for your Blog/Website :

Let's imagine a case : If a user reads your blog/website and finds it tough because of the color combinations used foreground and background, He/she hates to come back to your blog. So this site is an interesting solution for you to check foreground and background color combinations.



This site also includes some test based on the algorithms suggested by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). That is why it seems to be a highly reliable tool for you to make an accurate colors' management.

Checkmycolors - Homepage

2. Search Google and Twitter side-by-side :

Yeah! Now you can using this Twoquick for searching Google and Twitter side-by-side. Twoquick can be described as a very simple and useful tool that was designed with the purpose to give you the chance to find anything you need on Google and Twitter at the same time. The only thing what you need to do is, simply put your search keywords in the textbox and click on "search". It divides the page into two and shows the result of Twitter on right side and Search results of Google on left side of the page.



The results will provide users with all the attractive benefits of the real-time and social dimension of Twitter mixed with the high effectiveness provided by Google Search. In this way you have the opportunity to search for information on Google and be informed about what people are saying on Twitter. Must take a look at this site -

TwoQuick - Homepage

Don't forget to read How to extract the color codes from Blogs/Websites.

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Adobelearn and Mozillaca - Bookmarks for 9th July

yia sas readers!! As i have mentioned yesterday, I'll be sharing two bookmarks with you now. Today you got two beautiful websites to be Bookmarked!



1. Learn anything about Adobe product completely :

Are you much interested in learning about Adobe products like Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, Page Maker, Frame maker, etc ?? If that is your case you'll enjoy this site with more fun and knowledge. Adobelearn.com is an Online resource where you ll learn anything about Adobe products in an easier, faster and Completely.



This site not only gives you tutorials about Photoshop or Flash, it also has some tutorials about Flex, ColdFusion, Premiere, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, etc. You must surely give a visit to this site and check out your if there is a tutorial of the product you want to use. It's an Best resource for web design students :-)

Adobelearn - Homepage

2. Microblogging service from Mozilla Firefox :

This is specially for Firefox developers and Mozilla lovers :-D Yeah! Mozillaca microblogging service from Mozilla is same like Twitter where you can send messages to your friends and fans using the Web, RSS, or instant messages in no more that 140 words. For this you need to register, Login and send messages.



Mozillaca has an greater advantage of sharing information to fellow Firefox developers and In this way anybody that is part of the Firefox developing community can get in touch with others who think about the same things, and have similar minds. You must give this site a visit.



Mozillaca - Homepage

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Bookmarks for the day - 8th July

We daily come across thousands of Websites and we Bookmark it ! I'm also one among them. so, I thought why shouldn't i share my bookmarks which i do daily, to my valuable readers :) Henceforth ill be sharing 2 bookmarks a day :-) so excluding these bookmarks ill be daily blogging about general tech news, internet guides, social media informations, some new apps and etc..



Here is the Bookmarks for the day - 8th July

1. Make your Own Twitter Logo in 3 seconds :



Yeah! Here is the "Twitter logo Generator". Its an interesting way to create your own logo. simply enter your name and press 'Make' and download your logo. The logo generated is of same font and color of the twitter logo. It also provides advanced options like changing the text color, outline color, font size.





Twitter logo Generator - Homepage

2. Chat with a Stranger !! - Omegle



What is Omegle? Its a chat room that pairs you with anyone who is logged into Omegle
and it is identified only as a Stranger. You can chat about anything you like until he/she frustrates and disconnect from the conversation. You can start another converstation immediately. It’s free-for-all. The Chats are completely anonymous.

Omegle - Homepage

I have added a New Label/Category called " Bookmarks " on this blog's sidebar. so You can click that and view all my Bookmarks.

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