If you are sick with flu-like symptoms. . .

. . .stay at home. If your condition worsens, call your doctor.

Flu-like symptoms include:

• Fever of 100 degrees of above
• Sore throat
• Aches
• And sometimes runny nose, loss of appetite, vomiting or diarrhea

Help protect yourself by:

• Washing your hands often
• Avoid touching your face
• Avoid crowds
• Practice good respiratory hygiene such as using tissue when coughing or sneezing.
• Avoid sneezing directly into your hands; sneeze or cough into the crook of your arm at the elbow.

Public Information sources for Swine Flu

• 1-888-777-5320 (toll-free)
• www.dshs.state.tx.us/swineflu
• May 5, 2009 News Release from DSHS