Pregnant women risk of Swine flu confirmed

Pregnant women are to be given priority when it comes to swine flu treatment after a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that they are four times more likely to need hospital treatment than the general population.

Without anti-viral drugs like Tamiflu or Relenza pregnant women are likely to develop complications. In study that looked at 34 confirmed cases of swine flu infection among pregnant women, 11 had to be admitted to hospital. This was more than four times the rate seen in the general population. Six of the eleven women eventually died. Which on reflection is a shocking statistic. None of the women were given anti-viral drugs during the first 48 hours of getting the infection.

It seems that we do indeed need to worry for a small yet incredibly significant section of the population. Tamiflu needs to given out to women that are at various stages of their pregnancies so that they are prepared for the worse. We need to do all we can to protect the carriers of our young from the growing impact of swine flu.

For more information go to:
http://www.swine-flu-facts.org/