It?s too bad they called it ?swine flu? because, in many cases, it doesn?t act like the seasonal flu. There is no fever lots of times so don?t use the lack of fever as an indication that you don?t have H1N1.

A study in the British medical journal Lancet has found that children suffering from swine flu may not show signs typical of the virus but report other symptoms which doctors must watch out for.

The observations have been made by doctors in Birmingham, UK, after studying the first wave of paediatric admissions for H1N1.The study suggests that instead of looking for the typical symtoms of swine flu like fever, cough and a running nose before recommending a test, doctors could go in for the same if a child has complaints like an earache and swollen eyes and suffers from underlying illnesses.

The Birmingham doctors found that besides cough, fever and running nose, many children who were later diagnosed with H1N1 came with symptoms like ear ache, photophobia, chest pain, swollen eyes and blood in vomit.

via Going by typical H1N1 symptoms in kids not enough: Lancet.

Ben Bernanke has proved himself a heroic fire-fighter, saving world from a calamitous spiral into debt deflation by showering markets with liquidity.

A good thing too. He helped cause the raging fire of 2007-2009 in the first place.

via The troubling side of Ben Bernanke ? Telegraph.