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Q : How safe is air travel with an baby of two month? what precautions should be taken while travelling?

Q : Are Homoepathy and Ayurvedic medicines really effective for prevention? If no, are there any medicines in allopathy that can be used for prevention?

Q : How to detect swine flu ?

Q : whether using homeopathy dose can prevent us from swine flu

Q : 1 month back my daughter (4 and half years) had a viral(seasonal) fever, and I consulted with Dr. and he says it is a normal viral infection and prescribed Anti-biotic along with Paracetamol. With in 4 days she recovered and now she is fine. Now i am panicking about swine flu. Can i continue antibiotic to my daughter even is she is not having any fever?

Q : Whether the virus spreads from the infected person to others in AC Halls with out touch

Q : I have no perceptabl cough or cold systems. I am feeling feverish for the last two days but the thermometer does not report anything more than 98.6. But my breathing is labored and feel fatigue around my ribs, I feel a stretch around my eyes. I saw a GP who thought I am heading for a normal flu (not H1N1) Shall I ge myself tested?

Q : if there's no case of swine flu in the city then also theres a possibility of swine flue danger?

Q : how the person can know that he has swine flue?

Q : would it be advisable to have MEAT b'se of swineflu?

Q : hi , had 100.3 fever yesterday. fever in control however have sneezing and running nose. No sore throat or breathing trouble. Should I consult a doc.

Q : 1 am 29 yrs old from mumbai,chest pain since 15 days(no difficulty in breathing as such),cough,low grade fever on and off upto 99.5 F...Chest X ray says left hilum prominent,suggestive of underlying adenopathy.....doctor suggested to go for CT Scan of Chest......i am worried about swine flu....should i go for swine flu detection first or should i get the CT Scan done?as chest pain is a symptom of swine flu,and also swine flu and pneumonia are correlated,so worried about swine flu....also worried for checking swine flu at centre,as my immunity level is low at present due to illness,so might catch the virus at centre...kindly advise,considering the chest pain and all,should i go for the swine flu test?

Q : Hi, Im shashnak. I have some irrigation in my throat last 10 days. and one day i have also fever and i take medicine and fever gone out. Some cold also last two days. specially, when i am out of home. I have consult with doctor, he told that some minor infection in throat. and cold from wet from rain. Please confirm to me may i go for test or not.

Q : Hi, Im shashnak. I have some irrigation in my throat last 10 days. and one day i have also fever and i take medicine and fever gone out. Some cold also last two days. specially, when i am out of home. I have consult with doctor, he told that some minor infection in throat. and cold from wet from rain. Please confirm to me may i go for test or not.

Q : i am suffered from fever,cold and cough from last 2 days but fever is normal and cough is very hard . what can I do?

Q : these symptons are very common to simple flu so how we will know that the persons suffers from swine-flu ot home level test....

Q : Dear Sir, I had dizzynes on 19th aug night n when i got up next morning i had fever so i visited the doctor n he said its a viral fever but today agin i have dizzynes n feeling confertable i do have bit of cough.

Q : hi doctor, it is just a quick enquiry, i had fever 2 days back, i took a crocin and it was alright the next day, but still i had cough and cold, i visited a medical practitioner , though i dont have fever continuously occationaly during night i feel some was feverish, doctor told me it is because of the cold, please advice ??

Q : Is swine flu always accompanied by fever? What if a person is only experiencing a cold or cough without fever. Is there reason to be alarmed?

Q : Dear Sir, If Tamiflu can cure Swineflu, whu the death of the affected patients keeps raising daily