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Some complications among pregnant women as the Swine Flu continue to spread

across the country, and soon to the world, and that this high-risk group

needs to take antivirals as soon as infection is suspected.  Just like what

happen to a pregnant woman in Texas who suffers and died of Swine Flu

infection.  Medical officials believe that pregnant women are at higher

risk of complications of influenza, whether it’s the seasonal influenza or

pandemics of the past.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigates twenty

cases of pregnant women with the swine flu, most of them experienced

complications.  Complications can include pneumonia, dehydration and

premature birth.  It is very important that doctors who are caring for

pregnant women they suspect may have influenza, that they issue prompt

treatment with antiviral medicines – the Tamiflu and the Relenza.  Doctors

can be hesitant to take care of pregnant women with antiviral drugs and

pregnant women may be disinclined to take them out of fear that they may

pose a risk during pregnancy.

The benefits of using the antiviral drugs to treat influenza in a pregnant

woman outweigh the theoretical concerns about the drugs strongly say by the

medical experts who have looked into this situation.  Of the three

swine-flu related deaths in the United States, one involved a 33-year-old

pregnant woman from Texas who had other health problems before she was

infected with the virus.

From the undetermined source that only one out of three Americans would get

Swine Flu vaccine.  So, it means the vaccine manufacturers have no enough

capability to do more drugs against the outbreak.
There are many people who become ill don’t seek medical attention and are

never tested for this strain of flu especially if they only knew that they

only have simple kind of flu.

In other news that we’ve read about the number of Swine Flu cases from

hospital records doesn’t match with the real numbers suspected because they

declined to seek medical attention.

The report also suggested that the true number of – largely unreported –

swine flu infections in Mexico, the outbreak’s epicenter, possibly had

already reached 32,000 cases and approximately 1% of them are pregnant

women too.  The World Health Organization’s official tally for Mexico stood

at 2,059 confirmed human infections, including 56 deaths.

The United States has now surpassed Mexico – believed to be the source of

the outbreak – as the country most affected by the epidemic, according to

WHO statistics.  The agency reported that there are 6,497 confirmed cases

of swine flu in 33 countries, with Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom

having the most cases outside of the United States and Mexico.

In the meantime, back in Mexico, federal health officials said that the

worst seemed to be over despite more deaths, toll rose to 58 deaths and

2,282 confirmed cases of swine flu – a rise of two deaths and 223 more

cases. 

World Health Organization expert expressed support for the more selective

use of antiviral medicines such as Tamiflu and Relenza against Swine Flu

even though the pregnant women and the doctors of the pregnant women are

declining the use of antiviral drugs.  According to health officials that

there are some European countries aggressively take antiviral drugs

throughout their population to save themselves. 

While countries like the United States and Mexico, they are trying to save

their patients with underlying conditions and also the other groups at

risk, such as pregnant women and be treated.  Swiss drug maker Roche

Holding AG offered a charitable work to donate some of their Tamiflu

supplies to the WHO enough for nearly 6 million people.