Do's & Don't's about Swine Flu Virus (Novel H1N1 Virus)

Pandemic and epidemic outbreaks of different infectious disease are not uncommon in our world. Recently the world experienced a pandemic outbreak of swine flu virus (novel H1N1 virus). Regulatory agencies around the globe took tons and tons of the measures to halt the spread, however, it has proven to be spreading with considerably decreased pace.
For the understanding of a common layman, here are a few do's and don'ts about this infection.

DO'S:

- Regular hand washing (preferably after starting and ending any activity)
- Simple soap-water can be used to wash hands.
- Symptomatic monitoring (personal as well the of the whole family)
- Plenty of fluids everyday
- Nose washing (this can be done via pushing small amount of water into the nostrils and then sniffing out so that the nostrils get cleaned)
- Use masks whenever going into large gatherings.
- If develop some symptoms, isolate the person and provide rest
- Seeking immediate health care facility if observing any of the following symptoms
- mild fever, sneezing, runny nose, changed voice, sore throat, body ache
- H1N1 infection is NOT DEADLY at all. There are some risk population which might have some danger of getting the complications (those include pregnant women, children, people with chronic illness mostly old age etc)

DONT'S

- Don't be panic, its not fatal for everybody

- Avoid large gatherings

- Contacting plenty of people around you unnecessarily

- Hugging, handshaking, kidding multiple people

- Unnecessary use of OTC drugs/herbal drugs