NEW DELHI: Not just the common flu, H1N1 influenza or swine flu is also in circulation in the city. Recently, a 52-year-old man was diagnosed positive for the infection at Max Hospital in Patparganj. Doctors said he had been referred from another hospital with severe chest infection and his condition did not improve significantly despite medications.
"We put him on Tamiflu medicines from the first day suspecting swine flu. Later, tests confirmed the diagnosis. The patient has been shifted to another hospital which is designated to treat such cases," said Dr Mukesh Mehra, senior consultant, internal medicine at Max Hospital. He said the OPDs are flooded with patients suffering from flu-like illnesses which exhibit similar symptoms. "Generally, the symptoms go away in four to five days so we don't advise H1N1 confirmatory tests for all," the doctor added.
Link to 2013 thread: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=199729
"We put him on Tamiflu medicines from the first day suspecting swine flu. Later, tests confirmed the diagnosis. The patient has been shifted to another hospital which is designated to treat such cases," said Dr Mukesh Mehra, senior consultant, internal medicine at Max Hospital. He said the OPDs are flooded with patients suffering from flu-like illnesses which exhibit similar symptoms. "Generally, the symptoms go away in four to five days so we don't advise H1N1 confirmatory tests for all," the doctor added.
Link to 2013 thread: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=199729
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