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Drive-Through SEASONAL FLU
Clinic
(for 18 years or older)
October 10
9am-3pm
Huron Valley Ambulance
1200 State Circle
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108
Public
Walk-In SEASONAL FLU Clinic
September 14, 2pm-4pm
555 Towner, Ypsilanti, 48197
September 24, 5pm-7pm
Jarvis Stone School
7991 N. Territorial, Salem Township
For clinic information
call 734-544-6700
Information
about WC Public Health
2009 Influenza (H1N1)
vaccination clinics
will be posted on eCentral soon!
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The Washtenaw County Public Health Department and the CDC say
"Take 3" steps to fight the flu this season. These actions will protect
against the new H1N1 too!
Flu is a serious contagious disease. Each year in the United States,
on average, more than 200,000 people are hospitalized and 36,000 people
die from seasonal flu complications. This flu season could be
worse. There is a new and very different flu virus spreading worldwide
among people called 2009 Influenza A (H1N1)
(also known as Pandemic, Novel, or Swine flu). This virus may cause more
illness or more severe illness than usual.
2009 Influenza A (H1N1) is a new flu virus of swine origin that first
caused illness in Mexico and the United States in March and April, 2009.
It’s thought that 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) flu spreads in the same way
that regular seasonal influenza viruses spread, mainly through the
coughs and sneezes of people who are sick with the virus, but it may
also be spread by touching infected objects and then touching your nose
or mouth. 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) infection has been reported to
cause a wide range of flu-like symptoms, including fever, cough, sore
throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. In addition,
many people also have reported nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea.
The
Washtenaw County Public Health Department urges you
to take the following three actions to protect yourself and others from
the flu:
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Take time to get vaccinated
- CDC recommends a yearly seasonal flu vaccine as the first and
most important step in protecting against seasonal influenza.
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While there are many different flu viruses, the seasonal flu
vaccine protects against the three seasonal viruses that research
suggests will be most common.
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Vaccination is especially important for people at high risk of
serious flu complications, including young children, pregnant
women, people with chronic health conditions like asthma, diabetes
or heart and lung disease and people 65 years and older.
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Seasonal flu vaccine is also important for health care workers,
and other people who live with or care for high risk people to
prevent giving the flu to those at high risk.
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A seasonal vaccine will not protect you against 2009 Influenza
A (H1N1).
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A
new vaccine against 2009 Influenza A
(H1N1) is being produced and will be available in
the coming months as an option for prevention of 2009 Influenza A
(H1N1) infection.
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People at greatest risk for 2009 Influenza A (H1NA) infection
include children, pregnant women, and people with chronic health
conditions like asthma, diabetes or heart and lung
disease.
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Take everyday preventive actions
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Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or
sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
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Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you
cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also
effective.
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Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this
way.
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Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
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If you are sick with flu-like illness, CDC recommends that you
stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to
get medical care or for other necessities. (Your fever should be
gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.) Keep away from
others as much as possible. This is to keep from making others
sick.
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While sick, limit contact with others to keep from infecting
them.
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Visit the CDC
website to find out what to do if you get sick
with the flu and how to care for someone at home who is sick with
the flu.
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Take flu antiviral drugs if your doctor recommends them
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If you get seasonal or 2009 Influenza A (H1N1), antiviral drugs
can treat the flu.
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Antiviral drugs are prescription medicines (pills, liquid or an
inhaled powder) that fight against the flu by keeping flu viruses
from reproducing in your body.
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Antiviral drugs can make your illness milder and make you feel
better faster. They may also prevent serious flu
complications.
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Antiviral drugs are not sold over-the-counter and are different
from antibiotics.
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Antiviral drugs may be especially important for people who are
very sick (hospitalized) or people who are sick with the flu and
who are at increased risk of serious flu complications, such as
pregnant women, young children and those with chronic health
conditions.
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For treatment, antiviral drugs work best if started within the
first 2 days of symptoms.
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Flu-like symptoms include fever (usually high), headache,
extreme tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose
muscle aches, and sometimes diarrhea and vomiting.
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For questions or further information, please contact Public
Health Communicable Diseases at 544-6700.
Check the latest local influenza surveillance data
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