Illness Symptoms
This illness often starts with a runny nose and cough.
Answer: What is a cold?
If your fever is over 100°F (and you are not taking fever medicine), you should do this.
Answer: What is stay home?
This is a common normal body temperature in Fahrenheit.
Answer: What is 98.6°F?
If someone’s illness is dangerous (bad trouble breathing, not waking up, chest pain), you should go here fast.
Answer: What is the emergency room?
This easy step with soap and water can help stop many illnesses.
Answer: What is washing your hands?
Not being able to taste or smell well is a sign of this illness.
Answer: What is COVID-19?
Even if you take Tylenol or Advil, you need to do this if your temperature was still over 100°F without it.
Answer: What is stay home?
If your temperature is above 102°F, you should do this.
Answer: What is call a doctor or seek medical care?
For a very sore throat, trouble breathing, or bad ear pain, you should go here if your doctor is closed.
Answer: What is urgent care?
Shots for the flu or COVID-19 are called this.
Answer: What is a vaccine?
Fever, aches, and chills are common with this sickness.
Answer: What is the flu?
If you throw up or have diarrhea, you should do this before returning to school.
Answer: What is stay home until you feel better and are not sick?
You should not go to school if your temperature is this or higher, when not taking any medicine.
Answer: What is 100°F or higher (without medicine)?
If you can’t visit the doctor in person, you can use this kind of video or phone appointment. (think electronic)
Answer: What is telemedicine?
These two healthy things help your body fight sickness: good food and sleep.
Answer: What are eating healthy foods and getting enough sleep?
Babies have this a lot, but it is now serious for teens and adults/elderly people...with this can have noisy, hard breathing and trouble eating.
Answer: What is RSV?
If you have a rash and bad headache, you need to do this and also tell an adult/parent family member.
Answer: What is stay home and tell an adult/parent family member. or see a doctor?
Temperatures that reach this high (over 104°F) mean you should go here right away.
Answer: What is go to the emergency room?
After going to urgent care or the ER, you should always do this soon with your regular doctor.
Answer: What is follow up?
You should keep away from friends who have a cold or fever for this reason.
Answer: What is to keep germs from spreading?
A red, sore throat with white patches could be a sign of this.
Answer: What is strep throat?
If a doctor says you have something that spreads easily, you should do this until it’s safe.
Answer: What is stay home until the doctor says you can go back?
You can check body temperature by mouth, underarm, or this way.
Answer: What is rectally (with a thermometer in the bottom)?
Someone with mild symptoms can often get help from this health worker, not just a doctor. (new vocab word maybe!!- harder question, they usually are seen as "full doctors" but are just underneath one)
Answer: What is a nurse practitioner?
This means covering your coughs, washing up, and not sharing drinks to protect all. Keeping your self clean, well groomed and your clothes clean as well means this.
Answer: What is good hygiene?