SHOOT: Those who dismiss H1N1 as 'hype' ought to remember three things:
1) The Southern Hemisphere flu season is just starting
2) It can be an unbearable experience
3) The WHO have the world at PHASE 5 (they haven't lowered this level despite declining media and public interest).
A runner with a trim muscular upper body, Bonilla says he is normally in good health, and never used to be concerned about flu. "I used to think it was just something that you got in the night and that was gone the next day," he says. He hoped it would be the same when he felt a sore throat and headache develop on April 22. But the next day his temperature shot up to 102 degrees and his throat closed so tightly he could hardly breathe. "I didn't want to upset my wife and daughters, so I tried to pretend it wasn't so bad," he says. "But then the pain became so much I couldn't even stand up or sit on the sofa. I just lay on the floor and tried to breathe." (Check out a story on whether the alarm over swine flu was justified.)
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Practise general preventive measures for influenza to prevent infection:
* avoid close contact with people who appear unwell and have fever and cough;
* wash your hands with soap and water thoroughly and often;
* practise good health habits including adequate sleep, eating nutritious food, and keeping physically active.
Source: WHO
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