If you live in areas where cases of swine flu was identified, and then fell ill with influenza symptoms, such as fever, stiff throughout the body, weakness, decrease in appetite, have a cold, sore throat, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea, you should contact a doctor or hospital that referred of this infection. As efforts to prevention of contaminate to other people, sufferer are advised to rest at home.

Such as influenza virus infection generally, most of H1N1 virus infection (the light) will recover by itself without the aid of drugs (self-limiting disease). Currently, H1N1 flu cases in the United States are mild and recover by themselves. Therefore, if influenza symptoms appear, as usual, what we can do is try to help troops immunity system (in the body) eradicate the virus with rest enough and eat nutritious food regularly. Adding vitamin or increase consumption of fruits that rich in vitamins can also help.

If the infection more seriously, your doctor can provide antiviral drugs. This medicine will eases symptoms and prevent complications such as pneumonia. Currently, effective antiviral medicines are available in some countries. There is a two-class antivirus, 1) adamantanes (amantadine and remantadine), and 2) inhibitor influenza neuraminidase (oseltamivir and zanamivir). Specific to swine flu attack at this time, provision of oseltamivir or zanamivir are recommended. The same medicine as that provided for handling of avian flu. Based on information from the Ministry of Health of Indonesia, in Indonesia still have 5 million doses of oseltamivir. So in this case Indonesia is ready.

The antiviral drugs should give not long after the diagnosis stated. The provision of drugs is done for 5 days. For adults, oseltamivir dose is 75 mg 2x per day. This drugs is category in C security category for use in pregnancy, meaning there is no research or clinical studies on the security medicines for pregnant women. Because the effect on pregnancy is not yet known, the use of this drug should be consider the risks and benefits. However, during this time, there no reports of oseltamivir or zanamivir side effects either  in pregnant women and infants who were born later.