Emergency Warning Signs

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Here are some 'emergency warning signs' that require urgent medical attention.

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

• --Fast breathing or trouble breathing
  --Bluish 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

For detailed description of H5N1 cases, see clinical features from WHO
See also: Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Infection in Humans The Writing Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation on Human Influenza A/H5. New England Journal of Medicine. Sept 29, 2005

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Immunization Action Coalition

Seek emergency medical care
http://immunize.org/catg.d/p4073.pdf

if you or a family member shows the signs below – a life could be at risk! ---CONTINUED---