In the recent years the outbreaks of swine flu has affected most of the regions of the world. Among these regions Mexico, Canada and USA are at the high risk of swine flu. In USA approximately 50 states have been found infected with the virus of swine flu. Texas is also one of them. The report after the survey of positive swine flu cases in Texas what cities shows that nearly every city in Texas is infected with swine flu. The report says that 4998 positive swine flu cases have been found in different cities of Texas out of which 181 patients died.
Positive swine flu cases in Texas what cities are most affected
In Texas almost all the cities reported cases of swine flu after swine flu was officially acknowledged to be present in United States of America. Floyd, Lubbock, Baylor, Dallas, Ellis, Denton ,Fisher, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, Angelina, Bowie, Lamar ,Morris, Rusk, Smith, Upshur , Montgomery , Galveston, Harris, Jefferson, Orange, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Caldwell, Falls, Hays, McLennan, Van Zandt ,Brazoria, Fort Bend, Travis, Williamson, Bexar, Gonzales, Guadalupe Karnes, Maverick, Val Verde, Victoria, Andrews , El Paso , Cameron, Hidalgo, Nueces , San Patricio, Starr, Webb , Nacogdoches, Brazos are the some of the places in Texas where positive swine flu cases have been found. Seeing the infection rate and number of deaths schools were closed in Texas until the normalization of the situation. Even after resumption of activities many schools opted to cut down on sports and other group activities to prevent spread.
A number of people were found to have mild symptoms of swine flu and some suffered from severe symptoms. The Centers for disease control and preventions has declared it a pandemic in Texas. This was so because many clinicians felt that the actual figures may be far more than that reported. The actual number of patients might be ten times than officially reported figures. To combat swine flu the health officials worked hard on providing information to the people so that they can recognize the disease and also save them and their family from swine flu. The swine flu virus spreads from person to person very fast and also develops in the body of a person at high speed. So it is difficult to recognize swine flu easily through symptoms. This is so because the symptoms of swine flu are similar to the common seasonal flu. Sore throat, tiredness, coughing and sneezing, headache and muscle pain, fever are the common symptoms of swine flu. There can also be vomiting and dehydration in some people.
If you are a resident of any of the above cities or you are planning to travel to any one of these cities then you must comply with the standard precautions prescribed by CDC to save yourself and your loved once. The inconvenience caused by swine flu is far more than that caused by following precautionary measures.