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Letter sent home about swine flu
Madison Local Schools sent a letter home yesterday with information about the swine flu.
The letter also assured parents that “Madison Local Schools will continue to monitor this ongoing situation and keep our staff, students, and community informed should the status of this health concern change.”
“At this point, it is way too early to be alarmed, but it is never inappropriate to be better informed and take any precautions possible to keep our students safe,” the letter states.
There have been no confirmed cases in local schools, thought a Springboro student who recently traveled to Mexico has been tested.
Warren County schools recently attended a meeting with county health officials, who said they would be providing directions as needed.
Madison’s letter to parents encouraged them to take their child to a doctor before coming to school if the child feeling ill with chills (sign of fever), headache, body aches etc.
“There is treatment for the flu if it is caught within the first 48 hours of the onset of symptoms,” the letter states.
It continues: “Symptoms of the swine flu closely resemble symptoms of the regular flu (influenza) and start with a high fever (over 101 and as high as 104), severe body aches, exhaustion, cough and runny nose. It is unlikely for one to just have a cough and runny nose if they have the flu - they are likely to have the other symptoms as well.”
“The incubation period (the time from exposure of someone with the flu until the time the symptoms start) is 7 days. That means if you know someone who was in Mexico or another affected area 2 to 3 weeks ago, and they are still well, they are not going to get the flu from that exposure. Also, if you know someone who has been experiencing the symptoms of a cold (cough, runny nose and fatigue), but no high fever - they do not have the flu.”
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