Note: People with COVID-19 may experience cold and/or flu-like symptoms, regardless of vaccination status. If you have recently been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, and you are experiencing cold or flu-like symptoms, please contact your primary care provider or the HCC at 503.943.7134, and report your symptoms immediately using the COVID-19 Self-Reporting Form. Do not attend any in-person classes, athletic practices, or clinicals until you have spoken with a healthcare provider.
Cold symptoms can typically last 7-14 days, including:
Colds typically cure themselves--it is important to get extra rest and drink lots of fluids. Antibiotics will not help you recover from a cold; they do not work against viruses, and they may make it harder for your body to fight future bacterial infections if you take them unnecessarily.
Please make an appointment with the HCC or your primary care provider if you have:
The Health and Counseling Center is a firm believer that the best flu treatment is prevention. The flu vaccine is available for free at the HCC, or at any local pharmacies where your insurance is accepted. To make an appointment to get the flu vaccine at the HCC, call us at 503.943.7134.
Flu symptoms can typically last 10-14 days, including:
Most people with the flu have mild illness and do not need to seek medical care from a nurse or nurse practitioner. If you are sick with flu symptoms, in most cases, you should stay home from work, school, travel, shopping, social events, and public gatherings. Get lots of rest, drink lots of fluids, and avoid contact with other people. The CDC recommends that you stay home for at least 24 hours (except to get medical care or other necessities) after your fever is gone. Your fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine, such as Tylenol®.
Please make an emergency health appointment if you have:
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