Appropriate Use of Sick Days

Hi everyone, Just a few days before match day (I matched in Neurology) and I get shaking chills, fatigue and muscle aches. I'm pretty sure this is the flu, despite getting my flu vaccine! It has me thinking, what sort of symptoms or illnesses would constitute appropriate use of sick days in residency? I don't plan on using them for a runny nose, but what about severe gastroenteritis (vomiting every few hours)? Symptoms like I have now? Or should it be limited to things that require ER visit... Appropriate Use of Sick Days
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