When should you call your physician?

    Call your physician if you note the following:

       1. Fever recurs after it has gone for1-2 days, or you continue to have high-grade fever after 4 or 5 days.
       2. Cough becomes wheezy, with difficulty in breathing and the presence of bloody or yellow-green mucus and phlegm.
       3. You have chronic illness (e.g., asthma, cancer, diabetes, kidney problems) or your chronic condition worsens.
       4. Ear pain and/or ear discharge.
       5. Prolonged headache, confusion, frequent muscle twitching, seizures or convulsions and general body weakness.
       6. Bleeding in any part of your body.
       7. Rapid or irregular heartbeat.

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