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NC reports 6-year-old is 1st death of flu season
North Carolina health officials say a six-year-old is the state's first death from the flu this season.
02/20/2012 6:07 PM
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DHEC Schedules Flu Clinics For The Upstate
The Department of Health and Environmental Control has scheduled flu clinics for locations around the Upstate.
09/28/2011 10:05 AM
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Is It Too Early To Get The Flu Vaccine?
Flu shots are available at pharmacies across the Upstate. Many of you have been asking 7 On Your Side if it's too early to get a flu shot.
09/22/2011 3:18 PM
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Flu Shots Now Available From Doctors, Drugstores and Schools
The Buncombe County Health Department is making it convenient for you to get a flu shot this flu season.
09/20/2011 12:04 PM
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Flu Vaccine Now Available in SC
DHEC says getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself from the flu.
09/12/2011 1:42 PM
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FLU SYMPTOMS

Fever (usually 101 +)
Severe aches and pains in joints and muscles
Ill appearance with warm, flushed skin
Headache
Dry cough
Sore throat
Runny nose

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WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STAY HEALTHY

Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hands cleaners are also effective.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.
Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people.
If you get sick, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them. Stay home if you are sick until at least 24 hours after you no longer have a fever (100°F or 37.8°C) or signs of a fever (without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.

HEALTH RESOURCES:

In children emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:

Fast breathing or trouble breathing
Blue-like 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, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:

Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
Sudden dizziness
Confusion
Severe or persistent vomiting

If you have one of these health conditions -- asthma, arthritis or lupus, diabetes, cancer, HIV/AIDS, heart or kidney disease, or morbid obesity -- and you develop flu-like symptoms, contact your health care provider or seek medical care.

(Source: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)

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