Seasonal Influenza
Most people who get sick with Seasonal Influenza virus in the U.S. recover at home without treatment. If your child has flu-like symptoms, please keep him or her at home for seven days or 24 hours after symptoms resolve, unless given other instructions by your pediatrician or their staff or school nurse.
Seasonal 2008-09 Influenza A virus was resistant to the antiviral Tamiflu. We have alternative treatments to make your child feel better. Please schedule an appointment or contact your child's pediatrician at the first sign of:
- Fever
- Extreme Tiredness
- Headache
- Dry Cough
- Sore Throat
- Runny Nose
- Vomiting
Seasonal flu can become complicated . Seek IMMEIDIATE medical care if your child becomes ill and experiences any of the following warning signs:
Fast breathing
- Trouble breathing
- Bluish or gray skin color
- Not drinking enough fluids
- Not urinating as much as usual
- Severe or persistent vomiting
- Not waking up or interacting as usual
- Being so irritable that your child does not even want to be held
- Fever returns after being absent for a day, or a significant change in fever pattern occurs. For example, it was 101 degrees Fahrenheit for several days and now it's 103 degrees.
It's important that your child not be exposed to other children who are sick, and that if your child has a flu-like illness that he or she does not expose other people, in order to keep from spreading illness. If you need to bring you son or daughter to the the Pediatrician's office, Pediatrics@Nite ; please bring only the sick child and one adult. Keep your other children healthy by keeping them home. During Seasonal Flu avoid close contact with sick people and long waits such as can be expected in the Emergency Room.
You can decrease the severity and spread of both seasonal flu and Influenza A 2009 H1N1 by immunizing:- Children 6 month to 21 years of age with seasonal flu vaccine available in your pediatrician's office. Pediatrics@nite May have Flu Shots and Flumist during the 2009-10 Season please call or email us.
During the Influenza season you only have 24 hours to get treatment. So do not delay your visit to your doctor or Pediatrics@Nite when they are not available.
Below are links that may be very helpful to you and your family when dealing with the Flu.
Podcast
- Influenza and Children Podcast
- Children w/ Asthma Flu Podcast
- 3 Late Season Flu Reminder
- Seniors: Vaccinate for Your Health's Sake!
Web Pages
This web site was updated Sept 18, 2009
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