basically i was on a cocktail of medication for the past 6 months and in my area there are increasing numbers of swine flu deaths what can i do to prevent this i have a weak immune system please help!
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Be clean. Wash your hands. And when you go to the store make sure you keep germ x with you so you can clean up after wards. And eat yogurt to help your immune system. Like I think it is yoplait or danactive that helps.
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Hey there, someone just asked a very similair question so don't mind if I copy my answer to him onto yours, I think it applies to both of you. I understand and you have every right to be scared because you are an 'at risk' group. But there is no point in wondering if you are going to catch it. One might even go as far by saying that anxiety lowers the immune system even more and you would be increasing your chance on catching swine flue by worrying about it. It sounds far fetched, doesn't it? If you avoid people with flue symptoms, which I'm sure you do as you have auto immune illness, you can rest assure the flue is not just going to sneak up on you and take over. I believe that right now, the chances of catching swine flue if you take the precautions you already take because of your health issue are just as big as getting hit by I car if you decide to make a long walk today where you need to cross streets at some point. Stay positive, don't let the media scare you. The media is starting to loose interest in talking about the American presidency and the world wide recession and have switched over to swine flue and the early death of Micheal Jackson. If Micheal Jackson didn't die and he wouldn't be taking so might news time, swine flue would have been talked about even more. That's how the media works. Happy stories don't sell. Don't let one virus that is spoken of much right now put you down. There will be a solution at some point. Just keep yourself healthy as you can and stay happy.
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Yes you want to start at your immune system. One way to do that is taking an optimal amount of vitamins and minerals. You won't be able to get enough from eating since you already have a weak immune system. You need to find a high quality multivitamin and take extra Vitamin C. Stay away from stress, junk and fast food and toxin chemicals. I strongly recommend Usana Health Science multivitamins because they are truely the best and very affordable. They are at pharmaceutical grade listed in the Physician Desk Reference (PDR). Don't take my word for it and do your research. I can tell you what they have that can help you boost your immune system if you want more info. Good Luck
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