How Does Swine Flu Kill You?

There are many people who ask the same question about the H1N1 virus. How does the Swine Flu kill you? The way that Swine Flu kills you puts it in the same category as the Spanish Flu. They both had similar ways in which it causes death. Ironically, both Swine Flu and the Spanish Flu never really deliver the killing blow. The real culprit and answer to the question, "How does the Swine Flu kill you?" is stunning.

When the body senses a new type of pathogen that invades the body it turns into military mode. Unfortunately, the body is also nuke-happy when it doesn't know how to kill or get rid of a foreign invader. So in response to something like the H1N1 virus it would most likely send a barrage of attacks at the virus. Many times the actually gets rid of the virus, but so many other times it get rid of more than just the virus. It gets rid of the person itself. According to Wikipedia, a cytokine storm is that very scenario. A cytokine storm is when the body bombards itself with so many active cells trying to fight the H1N1 virus that it ends up getting in its own way. It is a form of uncontrolled activity, but it is not really considered to be cancer. This type of uncontrolled growth is actually much worse since it can quite possible kill you 1000 times faster than most cancers.