{"id":3982,"date":"2020-08-04T16:57:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T23:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/campus-health-services\/?page_id=3982"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:11:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T23:11:23","slug":"covid-19-testing-follow-up-and-symptom-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/campus-health-services\/covid-19-testing-follow-up-and-symptom-management\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Testing: Follow Up and Symptom Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>COVID-19 Testing<\/h1>\n<h2>Follow Up and Symptom Management<\/h2>\n<h3>What happens now that I\u2019ve gotten tested?<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>You must quarantine\/isolate until you receive your test results.\u00a0 This helps protect others and save lives<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Negative test results<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In general, it takes 2-6 days for results to come back- but it could take longer.<\/li>\n<li>Will be sent via your confidential campus health services message portal. Please check there daily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Positive test results<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It generally takes 2-6 days for results to come back- but could take longer.<\/li>\n<li>A Campus Health Services provider will contact you directly via phone or text to discuss positive results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/symptoms-testing\/testing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDC: Testing for COVID-19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CDC: Discontinuation of Isolation for Persons with COVID-19 Not in Healthcare Settings<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Managing Symptoms at Home<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Most people with COVID-19 will develop mild or moderate symptoms that can be managed at home.\u00a0 Treatment does not involve a cure, but helps to relieve symptoms.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow your medical provider\u2019s recommendations<\/li>\n<li>Manage a fever by using an over-the-counter fever reducer such as acetaminophen (Tylenol)<\/li>\n<li>Manage a cough by using over the counter cough and cold or flu medicine<\/li>\n<li>Manage headaches\/body aches with ibuprofen or acetaminophen<\/li>\n<li>Soothe sore throat using throat lozenges and or acetaminophen or ibuprofen, drink warm beverages throughout the day. Try breathing steam or gargling with salt water.<\/li>\n<li>Get plenty of rest<\/li>\n<li>Drink lots of liquids<\/li>\n<li>Avoid alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Continue taking any prescription medications as prescribed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CDC: What to Do If You Are Sick<\/p>\n<h3>If you develop severe symptoms<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact a medical provider right away or call 911.<\/li>\n<li>Let them know you have COVID-19<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 Testing Follow Up and Symptom Management What happens now that I\u2019ve gotten tested? You must quarantine\/isolate until you receive your test results.\u00a0 This helps protect others and save lives Negative test results In general, it takes 2-6 days for results to come back- but it could take longer. Will be sent via your confidential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":505,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3982","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/campus-health-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/campus-health-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/campus-health-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/campus-health-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/campus-health-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3982"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/campus-health-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7624,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/campus-health-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3982\/revisions\/7624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/campus-health-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}