Infectious and Communicable Disease Prevention

• Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer frequently
• Protect yourself by staying six feet or more away from others
• Wear a well-fitting mask
• Get an adequate amount of sleep
• Eat a varied diet

• Fever or chills
• Sore throat
• Muscle or body aches
• Cough
• Loss of taste or smell
• Headache
• Fatigue
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

• Bluish lips or face
• Rapid breathing
• Trouble breathing
• Persistent pain or pressure in the chest
• Confusion
• Difficulty waking up

• Get tested if you have any symptoms.
• If you test positive, contact your RA, Residence Life (reslifequarantine@liberty.edu) and follow CDC guidelines for quarantine.

• See a doctor
• Follow your doctor’s recommended treatment. Depending on your symptoms, your doctor may suggest:
  • Plenty of water
  • Liquids with electrolytes
  • Rest
  • Vitamin D3
  • Zinc
  • Fever-reducing medication
  • Famotidine
  • Anti-viral therapy for COVID (Paxlovid)
  • Medication for your breathing

Virginia Department of  Health (VDH) COVID-19 Therapeutics Virginia

Virginia Department of Health (VDH) COVID-19 Vaccination Response 

Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Treatments 

• Yearly flu vaccine
• Covering coughs and sneezes
• Frequent hand washing

• Avoid close contact with people who are sick

• Clean and disinfect surfaces

• Fever or feeling feverish with chills
• Cough
• Sore throat
• Runny or stuffy nose
• Muscle or body aches
• Headaches
• Fatigue (tiredness)
• Vomiting and diarrhea (this is more common in children than adults)

Doctors test for flu primarily through Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests (RIDTs), and the doctor obtains the results in 10-15 minutes. A Rapid Molecular Assay is another test doctors can perform. These results take 15-20 minutes and are more accurate. Both of these tests are done with a nose or throat swab.

Antiviral Medications

• Tamiflu
• Zanamivir (Relenza)
• Peramivir (Rapivab)
• Baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza)

• Wash hands
• Use hand sanitizer
• Avoid skin-to-skin contact or contact with body fluids
• Do not share personal items such as towels, clothing, hairbrush, pillows, or bedding
• If traveling to Central and West Africa, avoid contact with animals that can spread the monkeypox virus. Also, avoid sick or dead animals and animal bedding

• Fever
• Headache
• Muscle pain
• Shivering/Chills
• Blistering rash that will crust
• Swollen lymph node
• Exhaustion

Healthcare providers typically diagnose Monkeypox based on symptoms. See a healthcare provider for diagnosis.

• Follow your healthcare provider’s recommendations:
  • They may recommend vaccination.
  • There is no cure for Monkeypox, but your healthcare provider may recommend antiviral therapy.

There is no vaccine to protect against mononucleosis. However, you can protect yourself by not:

• Kissing
• Sharing drinks
• Sharing food with people who have infectious mononucleosis or have not been infectious
• Sharing personal items, such as toothbrushes, with people who have infectious mononucleosis or have not been infectious

Symptoms of infectious mononucleosis usually appear four to six weeks after you have been infected with EBV. Symptoms may develop gradually and may not all appear simultaneously. Symptoms include but are not limited to:

• Extreme fatigue
• Fever
• Sore throat
• Head and body aches
• Swollen lymph nodes in the neck and armpits
• Swollen liver or spleen or both
• Rash

Healthcare providers typically diagnose infectious mononucleosis based on symptoms. See your healthcare provider for diagnosis.

Depending on the severity of symptoms, a healthcare provider may recommend treatment of a specific organ system affected by infectious mononucleosis. See a physician or the student health center for treatment.

While there is not a vaccine for mononucleosis, you can help relieve symptoms by:

• Drinking fluids to stay hydrated
• Getting plenty of rest
• Taking over-the-counter medications for pain and fever

You can protect yourself by following:

• Good hand hygiene etiquette, especially after coughing and sneezing and before preparing foods or eating
• Good respiratory etiquette by covering your cough or sneeze.

Group A strep pharyngitis is a pharyngitis that commonly presents with

• Sudden onset of sore throat
• Pain with swallowing
• Fever
• Headache
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Vomiting

History and clinical examination can be used to diagnose viral pharyngitis when clear viral symptoms are present. Viral symptoms include

• Cough
• Rhinorrhea
• Hoarseness
• Oral ulcers
• Conjunctivitis

The differential diagnosis of acute pharyngitis includes multiple viral and bacterial pathogens. Viruses are the most common cause of pharyngitis in all age groups. Experts estimate that group A strep, the most common bacterial type, causes 20% to 30% of pharyngitis episodes in children. In comparison, experts estimate it causes approximately 5% to 15% of pharyngitis infections in adults.

Based on the severity of symptoms, a healthcare provider may recommend treatment of specific medication affected by group A strep pharyngitis. See a physician or student health center for treatment.