Swine Flu Information

What should I do if I get sick?

If you live in an area where
swine Influenza cases have
been identified and become ill
with influenza-like symptoms,
including fever, body aches,
runny nose, sore throat, nausea
or vomiting or diarrhea, you may
want to contact your health care
provider. They will determine
if testing or treatments
needed.

If you are sick, you should stay
home and avoid contact with
others as much as possible to
keep from spreading your illness.
Do not go to work or school if ill.
Cover your mouth and nose with
a tissue when coughing or
sneezing. This may prevent those
around you from getting sick. Put
your used tissue in the waste
basket. Cover your cough or
sneeze if you do not have a tissue.
Then, clean your hands. Do so
every time you cough or sneeze.

What You Can Do
Washing your hands. Use soap and water by first wetting your hands with lukewarm water, adding soap, lathering and rubbing hands together for at least 15 seconds, rinsing with lukewarm water, and completely drying hands with paper towels.

If you or your family becomes ill with flu-like symptoms, let your doctor know.
Most cases of influenza in humans are caused by human flu virus. However, in the unusual event that you are inflected with a swine flu virus, the health department will want to talk with you about your illness and make sure other people you live and work with are not sick with the same virus.
Influenza medications are available to treat swine flu in people. These medications should be started in the first 2 days of being ill to be most effective.
It is important to know if swine flu viruses are spreading among people so that public health authorities can work to prevent future cases.