Prepare your family for H1N1 by educating yourself!

H1N1 is serious and we all need to be prepared. Please read the following very carefully and spread the word to others. H1N1 isn't going away so we need to be prepared by being educated.

The predominant symptoms for H1N1 are fever, cough and/or sore throat. If you have these symptoms, stay home until 24 hours after your fever breaks without using a fever-reducing medicine.

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If you have these symptoms and are in one of the following high risk groups call your health provider for consideration for antiviral mediations -

• Children younger than 2 years of age.

• Adults 65 years of age and older.

• Persons with the following conditions:

Chronic pulmonary (including asthma), cardiovascular (except hypertension), renal, hepatic, hematological (including sickle cell disease), neurologic, neuromuscular, or metabolic disorders (including diabetes mellitus); Immunosuppression, including that caused by medications or by HIV; Pregnant women; Persons younger than 19 years of age who are receiving long-term aspirin
therapy; Residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care facilities.

The priority groups for H1N1 flu vaccination are:
pregnant women, people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age, health care and emergency medical services personnel with direct patient contact, children 6 months through 4 years of age, and children 5 through 18 years of age who have chronic medical conditions.

People, especially those at high risk for complications from seasonal and H1N1 flu should get two vaccines this fall: one for seasonal flu and one for the H1N1 flu.

To protect yourself from flu, wash your hand frequently, cover your cough with tissue or your arm and stay home when you are sick.

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