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Cold Self-Care Guide for On-The-Go-Hokies!

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Self-Assessment: Step Four

Taking temperature

Select Your Symptoms

(If you are experiencing emergency warning signs, seek immediate medical care)

You should call your health care provider if you experience any of the following:

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Within the first 24 hours if you think you might have an influenza like illness (ILI). The “flu” is characterized by sudden onset of:

  • All over BAD body aches/headache
  • Fever higher than 100
  • Extreme exhaustion/malaise (feel so weak that you can barely get out of bed)

Also commonly experienced with the Flu:

  • Chest discomfort and cough (can become severe)
  • Stuffy (congested) nose
  • Sneezing
  • Sore throat
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Symptoms that have not shown improvement within seven (7) days
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Persistent, frequent cough that is continuous throughout the day for more than seven (7) days

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Ear pain, loss of hearing, blood or discharge from the ear

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Severe headache and confusion or the worst headache you have ever had with no relief with Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen.
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Stiff neck
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Rash
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Temperature of more than 100° F. that either

  • Does not reduce with the use of Acetaminophen (Tylenol®). Ibuprofen (Motrin® or Advil®)

  • Lasts for more than 5 days
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Temperature of more than 103° F.
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Chest pain, wheezing, or shortness of breath
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Swollen and tender lymph nodes in the neck, groin, and armpits

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Are pregnant and have ILI symptoms

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Enlarged tonsils that inhibit swallowing, choke you, alter your voice, or are coated with white or yellow discharge

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Severe facial pain
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Symptoms that get worse after getting better
AND/OR
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Have a history of diabetes, heart, kidney or lung disease and have ILI symptoms.
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Have a history of strep infections and have ILI symptoms
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I DO NOT IDENTIFY WITH ANY OF THE PREVIOUS STATEMENTS.

 

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Emergency Warning Signs

If you experience these emergency warning signs, you should seek medical care right away!

In children:
 
  • Fast breathing or trouble breathing
  • Bluish skin color
  • Not drinking enough fluids
  • Not waking up or not interacting
  • Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
  • Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
  • Fever with a rash
In adults:
 
  • Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
  • Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
  • Sudden dizziness
  • Confusion
  • Severe or persistent vomiting

 

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