
How To Rule Out Influenza?

Should we be concerned about exposure of others who worked daily with him and especially my son who shared an apt with him???? Should we have a nasal swab done? My son did NOT get a flu shot. Is tambiflu and/or Abx prophylactically indicated
Needs immediate evalaluation
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the query
Sharing an apartment with a patient with such rapid course of an infective disease calls for a check up. The infection might not show up in the first 4-8 days and this is known as an incubation period, following the incubation period comes the infective period. This is how you should go about it
1. Get a complete blood count and x ray done
2. I recommend starting prophylactic dose of Tami Flu
3. Watch out for fever, cough and breathlessness
4. I do not recommend vaccination at this point for the next two weeks.
5. Throat swab should be sent to check got influenza
I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me
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