Health Information and Self Care Advice for Scotland

Key messages

• If you have more severe flu-like symptoms (whether or not potentially connected with swine flu) causing you concern and you are worried about your health you should contact your GP or NHS24 on 0845 4 24 24 24.   

• If you have returned from a country affected by swine flu and do not have flu-like symptoms, you need not stay off work and you need take no further action.   

• If you have been in close contact with a probable or confirmed case of swine flu and you develop flu-like symptoms, stay at home and phone your GP or NHS 24 on 0845 4 24 24 24.

Key Information

• Check your symptoms with our Self Help Guide. 
• For a more in depth explanation about swine flu, its causes, symptoms and treatment, visit our Health Library section on Swine flu.
• Use our quick links to find out more about vaccinations and seasonal flu.
• For quick questions and answers go to Swine flu Q&A.
• For information in other languages and formats go to Swine flu - alternative or translated version.   
• The Scottish Government's fast briefing is designed to provide quick questions and answers on swine flu.

Key Actions

Remember, preventing the spread of germs is the single most effective way to slow the spread of diseases such as swine flu.

You can protect yourself and your family by:

• ensuring everyone washes their hands regularly with soap and water, and
• cleaning surfaces regularly.

You can prevent a virus spreading to others by:

• always carrying tissues,
• using tissues to cover your mouth and nose when you cough and sneeze,
• binning the tissues as soon as possible, and
• washing your hands regularly.

For further information about Swine flu you can visit the Useful Resources links below.

The document(s) displayed on this page are Portable Document Format (PDF).  You can download PDF documents using Adobe Reader – available free of charge.

If your screen reader software (for example an audio-enabled web browser) is not compatible with Adobe Reader, Adobe provide a free online tool to convert the content of PDF files to text – so they can be understood by most screen reader applications.

If you would like a copy of any of the documents referred to on these pages in an alternative language or format, such as audio tape, large print or Braille, please contact the NHS Helpline on 0800 22 44 88.  Textphone users dial 18001 0800 22 44 88.