Swine Flu Symptoms Explained And Suggested Alternatives to Drugs!
© By Lena Sanchez

The question I have been asked often lately is ?What are the Swine Flu H1N1 Symptoms?.
 
So decided it was time to let my readers know the answers, but also to say don't panic if you have them. Swine flu is the fear used to make billions for the drug companies this year. Now they can sell two flu vaccines instead of just one. Sadly most of the world has bought into that fear but I do not want my readers to be among those!

H1N1 - better known as Swine Flu - has the same symptoms as the regular flu.  I've passed on several articles written by scientists who refuse to buy into the latest health panic. These scientists tell us that the Swine (H1N1) flu is no more dangerous than the regular flu that passes through the world every year. In fact less people will die from the Swine flu than will die from the regular flu! Click and Read one respected opinion at Health News
 
Swine Flu *H1N1) Flu Symptoms are:

FEVER and sometime chills:
Fever is a necessity to the immune systems cleaning department. Without it serious illness can occur. The physicians are geared to relieving a parent's anxiety and therefore force the fevers down interrupting the immune systems work and setting the body up for a prolonged illness. Not to be lowered unless it goes above 103.5 to 104 in children and 103 to 103.5 in adults.  Left alone, a fever will not exceed 106 degrees as a rule. If that is necessary it is better to do it naturally with water than with drugs. Use room temperature water and bath or shower and air dry will lower fevers faster than drugs.

Only about 4 percent of children experience fever-related convulsions, with no serious aftereffects, so do not panic should that happen.

Both adults and children: A fast (on distilled water, or at least diluted vegetable juices) should be continued for twenty-four hours after the temperature has returned to normal.

A good rule to remember is that the bowel can be cleared of toxins by enemas in twenty-four hours; the blood in three days; the liver in five days, providing no food is eaten. The liver, one of the major organ fighters of the immune system, is much too busy with eliminating the problem it perceives to be happening to be bothered with the task of filtering out food toxins and digesting food. Great strain can be taken off that organ if no food is given. Not only does fasting lower the temperature but relieve the distress giving the liver a greater ability to eliminate the problem.
 
 
COUGH;
Another of nature's natural cleaning process. Should not be completely stopped! Severe cough can be taken care of with natural remedies and an action the body uses to rid it of toxins and poisons in the throats filters.
 
We simply drink honey lemon tea several times a day as it not only helps calm a cough - don't completely quiet as cough or you interrupt natures work!
 
1 Tablespoon lemon Juice
1 Tablespoon Locally harvest honey
8 ounces of hot water
 
Mix and drink while warm as possible to drink.

OR

Honey/Garlic Cough Syrup

6 fresh garlic cloves (minced)
2 cups purified/filtered water
1 tablespoon white vinegar
3/4 cup honey

Bring water and minced garlic to a boil. Turn burner off and let steep for about 20 minutes OR put into Vita Mixer and liquefy (no vitamixer? let set until cool, then strain). Add vinegar and honey mix well and let sit until cool, then refrigerate.
1 Tablespoon three or four times a day. Much better than any over-the-counter cough preparations!

SORE THROAT;
Sore throats can be painful and annoying. Fortunately, most sore throats are caused by a minor illness and go away without medical treatment.

Several conditions can cause a sore throat.

Viral infections
Many sore throats are caused by a viral illness, such as:
The common cold, the most common type of viral infection.
Infection of the voice box (laryngitis)
Mononucleosis (mono, "the kissing disease"), a viral infection that tends to cause a persistent sore throat.
Other viral infections, such as mumps, herpangina (Herpangina is a viral infection that causes sore throat and pus-filled sores on the throat, tongue, tonsils, and roof of the mouth. The illness is not serious and often goes away in less than a week.), or influenza.

Bacterial infections
A bacterial infection may also cause a sore throat. This can occur from:
Strep throat, which usually does not occur with congestion or a cough.
An inflammation or infection of the tonsils (tonsillitis) and sometimes the adenoids (adenoiditis). Inflammation of the epiglottis (epiglottitis).
Inflammation of the uvula (uvulitis). In rare cases, a sexually transmitted disease (STD), such as gonorrhea or chlamydia. If you have engaged in high-risk sexual behavior, consider whether gonorrhea or chlamydia may be present.

Irritants and injuries
A sore throat that lasts longer than a week is often caused by irritants or an injuries, such as: Throat irritation from low humidity, smoking, air pollution, yelling, or nasal drainage down the back of the throat (postnasal drip). Breathing through the mouth when you have allergies or a stuffy nose. Stomach acid that backs up into the throat, which may be a symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Although this often occurs with heartburn and can be distinguished from a viral or bacterial sore throat.

An injury to the back of the throat, such as a cut or puncture from falling with a pointed object in the mouth.

Chronic fatigue syndrome, a condition that causes extreme tiredness.
Treatment for a sore throat depends on the cause. You may be able to use home treatment to obtain relief.

Because viral illnesses are the most common cause of a sore throat, it is important not to use antibiotics to treat them. Antibiotics do not alter the course of viral infections. Unnecessary use of an antibiotic exposes you to the risks of an allergic reaction and antibiotic side effects, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rashes, and yeast infections. Antibiotics also may kill beneficial bacteria and encourage the development of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria. I have found that most sore throats disappear within hours of using 3 Tablespoons of Ionic Silver Water as a gargle and swallow two or three times a day.

RUNNY NOSE;
Another of nature?s forms of clearing the body of irritants and unless the mucous is dark green not to be a problem. We have found that by doing a saline or silver water wash can help it be less bothersome for a few hours. 
 
BODY ACHES;
Will subside once the body begins to recover and not something to create a health problem but will create discomfort so sleep! Lots of rest and sleep. The body will be happy to let you rest if you listen to it.
 
HEADACHE;
There are a multitude of reasons for headaches but flu headaches will usually subside once the virus is on it's way out of the body. Again the natural treatment for flu headache is rest and sleep with lots of fluids. In severe headaches a simple Distilled warm water enema can relieve the symptoms if it is caused from the toxins in the body. If you think you must take something other than fluids and rest The herbs Fever Few or White Willow Bark can be taken every few hours. Solaray brand has mixed both for pain and can be found at your health food store called "Relief Blend SP-10".
 
FATIGUE;
A natural feeling that comes with just about all viral illnesses and some  other illnesses. The body requires lots of sleep and if you have the flu the sleep will allow your body to heal itself during that resting time!
 
Some People with swine flu also have had diarrhea and vomiting.
 
Not every one with swine flu is going to experience all of these symptoms. Those who will are most likely suffering from other health issues before contracting swine flu?
 
Most people will only have two or three of symptoms.
 
But these symptoms can also be caused by many other conditions and may not mean you have swine flu so don?t panic. Neither you or your doctor will know based on just these symptoms whether you've got swine flu. There has been developed a fast swine flu test but sadly there are just as many false positives with it as there are true positives so even then you may never know for sure if you have or had swine flu.
 
What to do if you are suffering from any viral or bacterial infections;
LOTS OF SLEEP as you body is capable of repair while you sleep, if you fail to do that you can expect to be ill much longer!
LOTS OF LIQUIDS, not soups or anything containing protein or sugars or artificial sugars. Or simply follow a 24 hour fasting on distilled water, or at least diluted fresh vegetable juices. Pure fresh squeezed juices  is the best.
 
If you don't have the flu or are out in the public a lot to be exposed and have on existing health problems you should have already been building a stronger immune system. My recommendations for doing that can be found at the Flu Fighting Trio  even a few days of building can lighten the flu should you be exposed before your immune system is as strong as it needs to be?