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• Lumps, rough spots, eroded • Limit alcohol intake. With the public health emergency
areas, loose teeth declaration expiring in May, free at-
• Protect yourself from the sun,
home COVID-19 tests will become
• Diffi culty chewing, swallowing, especially between 10 a.m. and 4

speaking, or moving your jaw or p.m. Use SPF 30 sunscreen. more diffi cult to find. However, the
Health Department has a large supply
tongue
• Always use lip balm with SPF 30 of free at-home test kits and is urging
• A change in the way your teeth or higher. residents to stock up now.
fit together when you close your

• Eat lots of fruits and vegetables!
mouth You can pick up free at-home test
• Have an oral cancer screening kits at the Federalsburg, Denton, and
• Painless lump or swelling in the
by your dentist during regular Greensboro branches of the public
neck
check-ups. library and at the Health Department’s
Risk Factors:
For more information, go to:
• Drinking alcohol in excess oralcancerfoundation.org and www.
cancer.org.
• Tobacco use
• Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Stock Up on Free COVID-19 Tests
infection
Th e Health Department urges Second Saturdays
• Poor diet residents to maintain a supply of at- of every month
• Exposure to sunlight for long home COVID-19 test kits so you Goldsboro Vol. Fire Co.
periods of time can always test when someone in 700 Old Line Road
your family has symptoms. At-home
Measures to prevent oral cancer: Food available from 7 AM until.
testing is also an important way to
For more information, call
• Don’t use tobacco in any form. confi rm you are no longer contagious
302-270-1948.
If you do, quit! after having COVID-19.

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