Bird Flu

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Bird Flu
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Bird Flu

• Bird flu is the name given for a certain strain
  of the influenza virus that is generally present
  only in birds but can sometimes be transmitted to
  humans, further causing a serious illness.Bird
  flu tends to be carried by wild birds, which are
  not generally symptomatic from the virus and
  given to domestic birds, like chickens, turkeys,
  and ducks.Domestic birds tend to get either a
  very mild illness with some symptoms or a very
  serious illness causing death within days. The
  virus is very contagious among birds and is
  transmitted by their respiratory secretions,
  saliva, and feces.Humans can get this disease by
  coming in contact with infected birds or
  contaminated surfaces, like chicken coops and
  cages.The virus is not thought to be contagious
  from person to person. The virus is not passed to
  humans through undercooked poultry meat or eggs.

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Who is at risk of Bird Flu?

• Anyone having a close contact with birds has the
  potential to be infected with bird flu. In
  particular
• Poultry farmers
• Poultry handlers and processors
• Guests to poultry farms or petting zoos

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Prevention

• To prevent bird flu 
• If you are in an area where bird flu is a risk,
  protect yourself by practicing good hand hygiene.
• If you will be handling birds known or thought be
  infected, protect yourself with gloves, goggles,
  a medical gown, shoe covers, and a mask designed
  for very small particles, like a tuberculosis
  mask.
• There are some people who knows about
  transmission of bird flu between humans, but to
  be on the safe side, do not allow secretions,
  sneezing, or coughing to contaminate other
  humans, particularly children, the elderly, and
  the immunocompromised.

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Signs and Symptoms of Bird Flu

• Bird Flu causes a flu-like illness.
• Mild symptoms of bird flu include
• Fever
• Cough
• Feeling generally weak and achy (malaise)
• Sore throat
• More severe symptoms of bird flu include
• Pneumonia
• Respiratory failure
• Death

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Treatments Your Physician May Prescribe for Bird
Flu

• There is no specific treatment available for
  bird flu. Some medications (antivirals) that are
  used to treat human influenza may be helpful for
  patients with bird flu, but for both, these
  medications are designed to shorten the duration
  and severity of symptoms the illness must run its
  course.The earlier in the course of illness
  these drugs are started, the better. If one
  person in a family gets suffered from bird flu,
  the other family members should possibly receive
  an antiviral in order to protect against illness
  (however at this time the disease is not thought
  to be contagious person to person).There is a
  specific vaccine for one strain of bird flu the
  vaccine will be made available to the public in
  the event of an outbreak. The human influenza
  vaccine that the Centers for Disease Control and
  Prevention make public every year does not
  protect against bird flu.

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