Self-help guide: Flu-like illness

Self-help guide

Flu-like illness

Before using this guide

If you're asking on behalf of someone else, please make sure the person is:

  • conscious and alert
  • responding normally to you

If not, phone 999 and ask for an ambulance.

This guide is specific to NHS Scotland services. It'll tell you what to do next based on your symptoms. It won't give you a diagnosis.