From: Lorraine Dowdy, DO	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Miami	Language: English

H1N1 Swine Flu. This video, courtesy of Wired.MD, reviews all aspects of Swine Flu. Swine flu is a virus that mostly affects the lungs. H1N1 spreads through the air in small droplets. Symptoms include fever (greater than 100), sore throat, headache, muscle ache, dry cough, runny nose, tiredness and weakness, diarrhea, and vomiting. Some patients will need antiviral medication, such as Tamiflu.

From: William Marshall, MD	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Rochester	Language: English

Swine Flu Questions: Dr. William Marshall, an infectious disease specialist at the Mayo Clinic, answers your questions about swine flu. The most common symptoms are similar to the usual influenza- muscle aches, respiratory illness, fever, cough, and severe fatigue. Fluid and rest are the mainstay of treatment. Some people will need an antiviral- such as tamiflu.

From: Isaac Eliaz, M.D., L.Ac., M.S.	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Santa Rosa	Language: English

Sore throat, stuffy nose, feeling achy? You may have caught that nasty cold that's going around. but, then again, maybe you caught the flu. Dr. Isaac Eliaz shares with us the difference between between a cold and the flu, so you can deal with your symptoms more effectively.

From: Richard Bradley, MD	Category: Infectious Disease
City: V A Hospital	Language: English

Swine Flu: Dr. Richard Bradley, an emergency medicine physician at the Univ. of Texas, discusses swine flu, including the symptoms that you should be worried about. Fast breathing, blueish skin color, listlessness, a high fever and a rash are worrisome.

From: Rima Khabbaz, MD	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Alexandria	Language: English

Dr. Rima Khabbaz, Dr. CJ Peters, Dr. Ali Khan, and Dr. Brain Mahy discuss the Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome. It is transmitted from rodents, and is an airborne infection. It is transmitted from rodent to human, but not between humans. The symptoms begin about 3-6 weeks after exposure. Early symptoms include fever, muscle aches, headache, and abdominal pain. It has a 35% mortality rate from respiratory failure.

From: Becky Kuhn, MD	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Long Beach	Language: English

Becky Kuhn, MD co-founder of GLobal Lifeworks, covers critical basic information about HIV and AIDS. HIV is a virus that causes the sisease AIDS, which can be fatal. THere are treatments but no cure. HIV is spread by contact between body fluids (blood, semen, vaginal fluids and breast milk) and mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth, and genitals). It is spread by sexual contact, injection drugs, from mother to child during childbirth, or nursing, and (early in epidemic) blood transfusions.

From: Lorraine Dowdy, DO	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Miami	Language: English

MRSA-Methicillin Resistant Staphlococcus Aureus. This staph infection is resistant to penicillin and related medications. Hospital exposure is the most common cause, although it now occurs in the community. Skin infection that appears as a bug bite, that progresses to large boils or red painful areas is the most common problem, although some people will develop pneumonia, or blood infection. Antiobiotic treatments include tetracycline, and the sulfa drugs.

From: Carolyn Nelson, DO	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Farmington Hills	Language: English

Flu Vaccination, Dr. Carolyn Nelson. Flu vaccination is the best way to prevent the flu. It reduces your chance of getting the flu by 70-90%. Groups at high risk should get the vaccine: Pregnant women, children over 6mo, people over age 50, people with chronic medical conditions.

From: Cornelia Dekker, MD	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Stanford	Language: English

H1N1 Vaccine. She expects that the side effects and risks of the H1N1 vaccine will be similar to the standard flu vaccin. Patients at high risk, such as pregnant women and children greater than 6 mo are high priority for vaccine. Simple ways to prevent H1N1 spread includes spreading out when kids are in tight spaces/lines, and sneezing into the crook of your elbow, and wash your hands frequently. Dr Cornelia Dekker. Pediatric ID, Stanford Univ.