It is possible to find out about a swine flu infection very quickly, Anna Popova, head of Rospotrebnadzor, said.
Popova stated: if a person becomes infected with the swine flu virus , the initial symptoms of the disease can appear within a very short time. The time of their occurrence depends on the dose in which the infectious agent enters the body, as well as on the ability of its immune system to resist the virus.
According to Anna Popova, the incubation period for swine flu is a maximum of a week. In some cases, the first signs become noticeable as early as two hours after infection.
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“The minimum incubation period from the moment of infection to the first symptoms can be several hours ”, – RIA Novosti quotes her words.
The chief sanitary doctor of the country also noted that it is almost impossible to independently determine by the symptoms of malaise felt by a sick person what kind of infection struck him – swine flu, covid or other acute respiratory viral infections. Only doctors can do this through tests.
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“Swine flu, coronavirus and other respiratory infections begin the same way – with fever and general malaise,” she said Anna Popova about this.
Earlier, the MedikForum.ru portal wrote that the doctor named the “first three steps” to be taken if you suspect SARS.
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Anna Popova Health Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare