The following is specific instructions regarding flu-like symptoms. Flu-like symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. If you become ill and experience any of the following warning signs, seek emergency medical care.

In children, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:

• Fast breathing or trouble breathing
• Bluish or gray skin color
• Not drinking enough fluids
• Severe or persistant vomiting
• 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

In adults, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:

• Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
• Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
• Sudden dizziness
• Confusion
• Severe or persistent vomiting
• Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough

Our office will NOT be administering the H1N1 vaccine due to limited supply. Your county health department will have the vaccine. Please call your local health department for information about when the vaccine will be available, who will be given the vaccine, and how much the vaccine will cost. We do not have this information but the health department does.

For more details about the influenza virus please refer to http://www.cdc.gov/flu/

For more details on the H1N1 please refer to http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/qa.htm

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