Please be considerate o others by staying away from entry doors when smoking. It's probably no surprise to any of you that we have a viral illness on campus which could be influenza. Until public health officials confirm that is influenza, we will call it a viral illness. Symptoms include sore throat, painful cough, body aches, chills and moderate to high fever. Risk of this type of illness is greater if you are under stress, eating poorly and not getting enough sleep.
Treatment depends on the severity of the symptoms.
Do not use aspirin-containing products to reduce the risk of complications of Reye's syndrome. Warm salt water gargles help ease sore throat pain. Humidifiers help protect dry irritated nasal passages and throats. Unless a secondary bacterial infection develops, antibiotics are not indicated. If you have prolonged high fever, sever cough, earaches, or stiff neck, call the Health Center, Ext.