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Flu Information

Welcome to our Flu Information web page. Stay healthy this flu season: Cover your cough, wash your hands and get a flu shot.

Enloe Flu Vaccination Clinics

Our three flu shot clinics took place in September 2011. Currently no other flu shot clinics are scheduled. If we were to provide additional clinics, we would post the information here as well as on our Flu Information Line at (530) 332-7017.

other local vaccination clinics

See the resources section below for more helpful flu and pertussis information.

Precautions against flu

Here are some preventative steps you can take to protect yourself and others from getting sick:

  • Get a flu vaccination. The best way to prevent the flu is by getting a flu vaccination each year. Some groups of people are very encouraged to get the shot, but the flu shot is not for everyone.
  • Avoid close contact with people who are coughing, sneezing, or otherwise sick.
  • Stay home from work, school and errands when you are sick – to prevent others from catching your illness.
  • Cover your mouth with your sleeve or a tissue when sneezing or coughing. Remind children of this often.
  • Wash your hands often with plenty of soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. Use waterless hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth after touching things, germs often spread this way. Children especially must be reminded of this often.
  • Avoid sharing food, eating utensils, and beverage containers, and bath towels, even toothpaste tubes.
  • Get plenty of sleep and exercise, manage stress, drink plenty of water, eat nutritious food, and not smoking will help you stay healthy.

What to do if you get sick

  • If you get sick, there are some simple things you should know so you can take care of yourself:  
  • Make sure you get plenty of rest and drink a lot of fluids.
  • Stay away from others as much as possible so you don't spread the flu to others. You should stay home from school or work until you have been fever free for at least 24 hours.
  • If you have special conditions, for example diabetes, asthma, emphysema or heart disease, contact your doctor to be safe.
  • Learn more about what to do if you get sick: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/whattodo.htm
  • Information for family caregivers: http://www.flu.gov/individualfamily/caregivers/index.html

Enloe offers two PromptCare clinics that can help relieve symptoms of illnesses such as flus or colds.

Know When to Seek Help  

Some people are more likely to get flu complications -- for example young children, people 65 and older, people with asthma, diabetes or women who are pregnant -- and they should talk to a health care provider about whether they need to be examined if they get flu symptoms. Also, it's possible for healthy people to develop severe illness from the flu so anyone concerned about their illness should consult a health care provider.

These are emergency warning signs of more severe illness:

In children

  • Fast breathing or trouble breathing
  • Bluish skin color
  • Not drinking enough fluids
  • Not waking up or not interacting
  • Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
  • Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
  • Fever with a rash

In adults

  • Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
  • Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
  • Sudden dizziness
  • Confusion
  • Severe or persistent vomiting
  • Flu–like symptoms that improve but then return with fever and worse cough

Anyone who has these emergency warning signs should get medical care right away. Learn about Enloe's Emergency Department.

Resources

INFluenza (THE FLU)

PERTUSIS