Re: Three new cases of swine influenza in the county
http://hd.se/skane/2011/01/03/fallen-av-svininfluensa-okar-i/
Swedish to English translation
Published January 3, 2011, at. 11:41
Updated 16:30
Fallen from swine influenza increases in Scania
The number of infected swine flu continues to increase. More and more people are now also subject to the Scanian health centers on issues related to vaccination.
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Facts influenza vaccination
This year's seasonal flu vaccine protects against the three types of influenza that is expected to have the largest distribution, where influenza A (H1N1) in 2009 is one of them.
The vaccine Pandemrix protects against swine flu. Those who were vaccinated during the last season is still generally good protection.
Welfare has identified a number of risk groups who are at increased risk of suffering from severe influenza illness or have serious complications of flu. This includes those with a basic underlying disease that might deteriorate seriously. The following risk groups are advised to take seasonal influenza vaccine:
* Persons over 65 years
* Patients with chronic cardiac and / or lung disease, and certain other chronic diseases
* People with extreme obesity
* People with severe infection defense of illness or medication
* Children with multiple disabilities
* Pregnant women who have not previously been vaccinated against A (H1N1)
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Scania. The interest to be vaccinated against swine flu have increased after a second influensav?g now begun to withdraw over Sweden. In Sk?ne, visiting an upward trend in infection rates. On Monday morning, the number of confirmed cases of swine flu, 23 of them.
The figure was a few hours later revised to 37 cases after more laboratory samples have been screened.
- But even that figure is uncertain, it can be more than that. The lab has not had time to go through all the samples because of weekends, "says Per Hagstam, infectious disease physician in Infectious Disease and Health in Sweden.
During New Year Sweden got its first death in the swine flu when a seven-year boy died in hospital in Helsingborg. The boy belonged to one of the divisions and had underlying chronic disease that made him ran great risk.
According to the National Board is the majority of new cases reported in Sweden who are not vaccinated the previous year.
The UK has already had several serious cases and several deaths by the A (H1N1) 2009. There you can see is that the flu hits hardest the same groups that last year, otherwise healthy people who are younger than 65 years and pregnant women and people with underlying illnesses.
To reduce the risk of becoming infected by the flu or other contagious diseases is to be careful with hand hygiene.
Nina Sk?ldqvist
nina.skoldqvist @ hd.se
042-489 90 19
