<p>I looked this up for you on the Clemson U website–</p>
<p>According to your school:</p>
<p>"If you have flu symptoms – fever, cough, sore throat, a runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue – you should isolate yourself from others and not go to class until 24 hours after your fever subsides.</p>
<p>You should seek medical attention if you are concerned about your illness or have a condition that puts you at increased risk of severe illness, including asthma; other chronic pulmonary, cardiovascular, hepatic, hematological, neurologic, neuromuscular or metabolic disorders, such as diabetes; and immunosuppression, including that caused by medications or HIV. If you have increased fever, shortness of breath, chest pain or pressure or rapid breathing you should seek medical attention immediately.</p>
<p>Redfern Health Center starting flu triage by phone
Students who have flu-like symptoms will be able to call Redfern Health Center and speak to a nurse who can assess their symptoms to see if they should see a doctor or stay home and care for themselves.</p>
<p>The telephone triage service will start Monday (Oct. 5). Students who have flu symptoms - a fever, cough, sore throat, a runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue – and are concerned can call the appointment line at 656-1541.
They will be referred to a nurse who may recommend that they make an appointment to see a doctor. If the symptoms are not severe and there are no other risk factors the nurse may recommend that the student just isolate herself or himself from others until 24 hours after the fever is gone.</p>
<p>Absence from class notification
To notify their professors that they have the flu and request an excused absence from class, students should use the Notification of Absence system in Blackboard (MyCLE) and check “Flu” as the reason for the absence.
Those with questions about the documentation of absence from class should contact the Dean of Students’ office at 864-656-0471.</p>
<p>Box meals are available for isolated students
Clemson Dining Services is offering a flu meal kit option for those that have isolated themselves due to the flu. To use this service you will need to follow these steps:
• E-mail David Ledbetter, <a href=“mailto:dledbet@clemson.edu”>dledbet@clemson.edu</a> each evening before 8 p.m. to arrange to have a meal kit available for pickup the next day. This order must be placed each day you are sick for the following day’s meal. Include the following information: your name, your student ID number for your meals to be deducted (Meal Plan, Tiger Stripe and Paw Points may be used), your residence hall and whether your meal will be picked up at Harcombe, Clemson House or Schilleter (closed on weekends).
• Give the person who will be picking up your daily meal a signed note stating you give them permission to use your meal card for this purpose. This will be cross-checked against the e-mail signup you have sent to <a href=“mailto:dledbet@clemson.edu”>dledbet@clemson.edu</a> the evening before.
Flu meal kits will contain a combination of the following: bottled water, ginger ale, sport drink, snack crackers, Jell-O, microwavable soup, whole fruit and apple sauce."</p>
<p>Take care of yourself. One test is just one test in the grand scheme of things.</p>