WHO urges fast antiviral treatment for suspected H1N1

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WHO urged prompt antiviral treatment for suspected H1N1 flu

18/10/2009 By david Liu

Saturday Oct 17, 2009 (foodconsumer.org) -- The World Health Organization warned

doctors...to treat suspected H1N1 flu cases as quickly as possible with

antiviral drugs...

According to WHO data, the currently circulating H1N1 flu virus is more damaging

to young people than older people...

Nikki Shindo, WHO's Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response Department was

quoted by the Boston Globe as saying " It's not like seasonal influenza. "

Seasonal flu affects more elderly people than children. " It can cause very

severe disease in previously healthy young adults. "

Shindo made the comments at a special three-day meeting in Washington in front

of more than 100 health specialists from all over the world. The WHO's medical

specialist said the virus appears more able than the seasonal flu virus to get

deep in the lungs. Once settled there, it can cause viral pneumonia which can

lead to severe lung damage and a life-threatening condition called acute

respiratory distress syndrome...

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