Area doctors' offices, hospitals packed with sick patients
(MCT) — BLOOMINGTON — Families shared more than traditions on Christmas.
Influenza, upper respiratory infections, gastroenteritis and a respiratory virus in children have been spreading throughout Central Illinois. That means many people have spent the days since Christmas dealing with fever, sinus congestion, cough and sore throat while doctors’ offices, urgent care centers and hospital emergency departments have been swamped trying to treat those symptoms.
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