Bird Flu

How to Identify Pandemic Bird Flu

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Pandemic bird flu is an outbreak of a new influenza A virus, mainly occurring in Asia, Europe and Africa. It is carried by birds and is rarely transmitted to humans. These steps will help identify pandemic bird flu in both birds and humans... more »

How to Raise Awareness About the Bird Flu

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Though disease control experts warn against the possibility of an impending epidemic, awareness of the potential gravity of the spread of the bird flu remains low. While human-to-human transmission of the virus remains rare, the avian influenza ... more »

How to Test Dead Birds for Avian Influenza

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Even though people equate avian flu with "bird flu" or H5N1, there are more than 140 types of avian influenza circulating in the world. Some avian flu circulates in wild and domestic birds without causing overt symptoms. Other types of avian ... more »

How to Recognize the Symptoms of Bird Flu

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The incubation period of avian influenza, or the amount of time that must pass between initial contact with the virus that causes the bird flu and the actual onset of symptoms, is not known. However, it is generally thought to be within one and ... more »

How to Prevent the Bird Flu

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As viruses are, by their very nature, difficult to treat, the best way to counter the effects of the bird flu is to prevent it altogether. There are a number of common-sense and not-so-common-sense things you can do to limit your and your ... more »

How to Diagnose Avian Flu

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Avian flu is commonly found in birds, but strains of the disease have recently been found in humans. The symptoms mimic typical flu symptoms, but are much harsher. Scientists fear a mass outbreak of avian flu among humans, but so far the disease ... more »

How to protect yourself from bird flu. 2-20-08

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Over 200 hundred deaths have come from the bird flu. A virus that has killed near 70% of the people who get infected, and many of the animals it comes in contact with... more »

How to Recognize the Types of Bird Flu

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Influenza viruses come in three major categories: A, B and C viruses. While birds can only be infected with influenza A viruses, the strains of bird flu that can transmit from birds to human have a considerable range of sub-types, depending on ... more »

How to blow your nose in the public

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Sometimes we felt sick like cough and cold and yet we still go out to work and cross the pedestrian. When you are outside like this setting, expect to breathe dusty air or dirty air from the cars or vehicles. And this dusty or smoky air can ... more »

How to Control a Bird Flu Outbreak

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Avian flu, or bird flu, is a global health concern. Bird flu is a virus that infects domesticated and wild birds causing illness and death. Infected birds can pass the illness to humans through contact with bird excretions or infected surfaces. ... more »

How to Diagnose Bird Flu

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In its initial stages, the bird flu, or avian influenza, manifests symptoms very similar to the common flu. However, serious and potentially life-threatening complications can develop, particularly in young or elderly patients or people who have ... more »

How to Explain Bird Flu to Kids

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Since children are particularly susceptible to contracting the bird flu, as well as more likely to suffer serious complications if they contract it, it is important to explain the disease to your kids. While flu shots can help protect against it, ... more »

How to Report a Case of Bird Flu

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The bird flu, or avian influenza, is of growing concern to disease control centers the world over due to fears that the virus may grow resistant to treatment and mutate to pass more easily between humans. If you have been diagnosed with the bird ... more »

How to Survive the Bird Flu

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Especially in rural areas of China and Southeast Asia, the bird flu is becoming an increasingly visible and alarming problem. Despite fears that the bird flu may one day become a pandemic, you can survive it if you know how to recognize the ... more »

How to Treat Bird Flu in Kids

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Should the unforeseen happen and one of your kids gets a case of the bird flu, it is important that you take prompt action to have a doctor treat it. Children, like the elderly and adults with weak immune systems, are more likely to contract a ... more »

How to Treat the Bird Flu

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Also known as avian influenza, the bird flu is becoming increasingly visible in North America due to an increase in the number of human infections. Most people who become infected do so through contact with infected domesticated poultry birds, ... more »

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