Go through these in order and stop at the first one that applies. If you are reading this for someone else, answer for them.
1
Is any of this happening now?
Call 911
Seek urgent or emergency help for:
Severe trouble breathing or coughing up more than a small streak of blood
New confusion, seizure, fainting, or marked weakness
Severe headache with neck stiffness
Rapidly worsening illness in someone with a weakened immune system
These symptoms can have several causes.
Other emergency signs, for anyone
Someone who is struggling to breathe, gasping, choking, or cannot get words out
Someone who has chest pain, tightness or pressure lasting more than a few minutes
Someone who has sudden weakness or drooping on one side of the face or body, slurred speech, or sudden confusion
Someone who is unconscious, or cannot be woken
Someone who is bleeding heavily and it will not stop with firm pressure
Someone who has had a seizure that will not stop, or does not wake up afterwards
Someone who has lips or skin that look pale, blue, grey or blotchy
Someone who you believe has taken an overdose or swallowed something poisonous
2
Is any of this happening?
Be seen today
Contact your treatment team promptly if lesions are spreading, symptoms return after improving, or medicine causes persistent vomiting, severe diarrhoea, yellowing of the skin or eyes, dark urine, unusual swelling, or a widespread rash.
Seek same-day medical care for a painful red eye, light sensitivity, eye swelling, or changes in vision.
They need urgent assessment rather than confirming sporotrichosis by themselves.
3
Does any of this apply?
Book an appointment
Arrange a routine medical assessment if you have a skin bump or ulcer that does not heal, particularly after a thorn injury, gardening work, handling moss or soil, or contact with a cat that has skin sores.
A line of new bumps moving up an arm or leg also needs assessment.
Every sign above is quoted from the sofidex article on Sporotrichosis. If you are not sure, err upward — it is always reasonable to be checked.