冷 & 流感
Getting Ready for 冷/流感 Season
Be Proactive and Get Vaccinated!
- While there are many different flu viruses, the flu vaccine protects against the three viruses that research suggests will be most common.
- The CDC recommends most people older than 6 months get the flu shot.
Take Everyday Preventive Actions
- Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when 你咳嗽或打喷嚏. 扔掉纸巾 in the trash after you use it.
- Wash your hands often with soap and warm water (at least 20 seconds), especially after 你咳嗽或打喷嚏. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are an alternative but not as effective 在洗手.
- Avoid close contact with sick people.
- Stay home from work or school and limit contact with 其他人 when you are sick to protect 其他人. Don't share food or drink items, utensils, tooth
- brushes, cigarettes, joints, or any other item that has been in contact with the mouth, 唾液等. 另一个人的.
- Take care of yourself: eat healthy food, drink plenty of water, exercise, get plenty of rest, do not smoke and avoid alcoholic beverages.
- Make sure your immunizations are up to date, including the annual flu shot.
制作“感冒/流感工具包”
Seasonal flu viruses cause many people to become sick each year, so it is wise to 实践的预防. 不要毫无准备! Get a “cold/flu” kit together before 你生病了.
建议的项目包括:
- Thermometer (contact health provider if fever is 101 or greater for 3 or more days)
- 洗手液
- 组织
- 对乙酰氨基酚
The CDC recommends that universities do NOT require a doctor’s note to confirm illness 或恢复. In accordance with this recommendation, the 菠菜网lol正规平台 学生健康中心 does not issue doctor’s notes, sick notes or “excuses” for Influenza like Illnesses (伊犁).
Not having students come in for sick notes also helps to limit the spread of Influenza Like Illnesses (伊犁) to students seeking treatment for other injuries or illnesses. It also helps to maintain student/professor communication as the context for determining whether course requirements are being met or not.
- There is no need to contact your health care provider unless you have any of the following 症状或状况:
- A fever of 101 or greater for 3 or more days
- Shortness of breath or chest pain
- Dizziness/fainting/confusion
- Persistent vomiting or diarrhea
- Symptoms that last for more than 10 days or are getting worse
- Very young children or the elderly (65 yrs or older), pregnancy, chronic lung disease, heart disease, neurological conditions, weakened immune systems)
2. Stay home to take care of yourself if you do not have any of the above symptoms or fit any of the above categories
3. Check out these sites for more Self Care tips:
4. 遮住咳嗽!
