If you are Short of Breath, and you have a fever... Please call before you go to the ER.
What if you are sick with a flu-like illness?
# 1. Check your temperature. Our bodies react to some illnesses by raising our internal temperature. Slightly increased temperature is not considered a fever and actually helps us fight off some cold viruses, etc. Higher temperatures >100.8 are often our body's first response to even a mild infection, but if it is very high (>101) or persistent (more than 24 hrs), a fever can indicate a more serious infection such as the flu, or in today's world, COVID-19.
# 2. If you have other symptoms, call your primary care provider. A cough is another Corona virus symptom, which is also a symptom of a cold, flu, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, etc. Please call before you go to see your doctor.
# 3. Protect yourself and others with good hand washing. Sneeze or cough into a tissue or your elbow, etc.