h1n1 tips. to help you and your family

You may not have any cases of swine flu in your town but it's better to be safe than sorry. You can get swine flu by someone coughing,sneezing, touching contaminated material and them tuching your mouth or nose.

So here are some tip to help you.

Tip (1)

Wash your hands often  follow these rules of  handwashing

Hold your hands under warm running water lather up with sope start rubbing hands togeter,getting the back of the hands,fingernails around the wrists as well . Do this for 10-15 seconds. Do this befoure you preparing food ,eating, smoking, applying make-up and after going to the bathroom

tip(2)

Use  alcohol -based hand sanitizer if soap and water are not at hand. But do wash hands as soon as you can 

Tip(3)

If you are about to sneeze and there are no tissue at hand do so in your sleeve.

Tip(4)

Don't leave tissue laying around this can spread germs around if you don't and yo don't want to do that

 Tip(5)

if you are feeling sick call your dockor before you go because you don't want to get anyone else sick.

Tip(6)

Try to avoid people that are sick

Tip(7)

If you no someone that has swine flu stay away from them tell thay get well

 Tip(8)

Cean surfaces such as doors handles often. No special agent needs to be used, just your normal cleaning produck.The swine flu bug cannot breed on dry surfaces . So clean surfaces and door handles regularly.

If your child gets the swine flu  thay may show symptoms such as fever , fatigue,sore throat, chills, muscle pain, headaches etc. take your child to the doctor who may give your child an antiviral medication and to keep your child at home.

Hope these tips will help you