Yes, Swine Flu again. It turns out that Swine Flu is now in our town of Greenwich CT. So I will put up a checklist here......Not that any Genome Readers would be interested, but when you google Steven Murphy......this is what shows up. So I figure that I should place a checklist here.
Temperature > 101° over last 48 hours yes____________no__________
Chills (physical shivering at room temperature) yes______ no _______
Headache yes _______ no _____
Myalgias yes ______ no _____
Arthralgias yes _______ no ______
Sore throat yes _____no ______
Dry cough yes _______ no _____
Productive cough yes _____no ___
Nausea yes_______ no _____
Diarrhea yes ____ no____
CXR with infiltrate yes _____ _ no ____
Family members with similar sickness yes ___ no ___
Contact with patient with novel H1N1 (swine) influenza _____________
Travel to Mexico 3/09 or later _____________________________
Other travel ____________________________
There you have it. If you have 2 or more of these symptoms, you should be seen and evaluated.
203-863-4195 or 888-584-8999
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People with regular exposure to pigs are at increased risk of swine flu. More than 1100 people worldwide have died from swine flu since it emerged in Mexico and the US in April, according to the latest figures from the World.
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