Swine flu is an infective disease caused by any one of the influenza viruses. The world saw its first pandemic of swine flu in 2009 when WHO raised a world wide pandemic alert to level 6on June 11 ,2009.

Methods

A retrospective study was carried out on the confirmed cases of H1N1 Swine flu admitted during 2017–2018 period. Cases were confirmed by Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT–PCR) done on their respiratory samples.

Results

Out of the 50 patients admitted with Swine flu, fever was the most common symptom 45 (90%), 29 were females while 21 were males. 6 patients expired in the study.

Conclusion

Swine flu is a potentially treatable condition if treated early in its course. It causes ARDS if untreated and is potentially fatal