- Are your kids sufferingfrom any of the following symptoms(INFLUENZA LIKE ILLNESS-ILI)
Δ Fever > 100 deg F
ΔUpper respiratory symptoms
Δ CoughΔ Sore throat.
Δ Head ache, body ache, fatigue diarrhea and vomiting have also been observed
YOU ARE CATERGORIZED ACCORDING TO ILLNESS AND PREEXISTING ILLNESS RISK FSCTORS
- Category A- mild fever plus cough / sore throat with or without body ache, headache, diarrhoea and vomiting
- Category-B (Bi) Category-A plus high grade fever and severe sore throat
(Bii) Category- Any mild ILI in people with co-morbidities
Pregnant women
Lung/ heart / liver/ kidney / neurological disease, blood disorders/ diabetes/ cancer /HIV-AIDS
On long term steroids
Children — mild illness but with predisposing risk factors.
Age 65 years+.
Category-C
· Breathlessness, chest pain, drowsiness, fall in blood pressure, haemoptysis, cyanosis
· Children with ILI (influenza like illness) with red flag signs
(Somnolence, high/persistent fever, inability to feed well, convulsions, dyspnoea /respiratory distress, etc).
· Worsening of underlying chronic conditions
CATEGORY 1; SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT
CATEGORY 2: SPECIFIC TREATMENT AND MONITORING
CATEGORY 3 : IN HOSPITAL TREATMENT
WASH YOUR HANDS, AVOID CONTACT WITH SICK PATIENT, BE ON A HEALTHY DIET
Superintendent, ICH.