When Do I Need to Seek Medical Help?

... your child is less then two or  your child has a certain chronic disease. Your child may benefit from Tamiflu, a perscription anti-viral medicine that may help reduce complications when used during the first 1 to 2 days of symptoms. The chronic diseases that may benefit from Tamiflu include chronic lung disease, asthma, cerebral palsy, diabetes, kidney disease, heart disease, cancer and HIV;

OR

... your child experiences these signs of flu complications:

fast or troubled breathing,
blue or gray skin color,
severe or persistent vomiting,
not drinking or urinating,
extreme irritability,
not waking or interacting as usual, or
a recurrence of fever after it has been absent for a day (for example if your child had a temp of 101 for several days and now its 103 degrees)

If your child falls into one of these high-risk groups or you think your child has another illness that places your child at high risk of flu complications, please call us.

Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention    

H1N1 - Important Information

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