How Sick is Too Sick for School?
How Sick is Too Sick for School?
Please use these guidelines when deciding whether or not to send your child to school due to illness.
Please use these guidelines when deciding whether or not to send your child to school due to illness.
Your child should not come to school if:
Your child should not come to school if:
*They have a temperature over 100.0 F. (Remember that Tylenol, Motrin, etc. can mask the effects of a fever). Try to take your child's temperature before you give fever-reducing medicine. Children should be fever free without fever reducing medication for 24 hours before returning to school.
*They have a temperature over 100.0 F. (Remember that Tylenol, Motrin, etc. can mask the effects of a fever). Try to take your child's temperature before you give fever-reducing medicine. Children should be fever free without fever reducing medication for 24 hours before returning to school.
*They have vomiting and/or persistent diarrhea.
*They have vomiting and/or persistent diarrhea.
*They have a persistent red sore throat, especially if the tonsils are enlarged.
*They have a persistent red sore throat, especially if the tonsils are enlarged.
*They have a severe cold with fever, sneezing, and thickening nasal discharge
*They have a severe cold with fever, sneezing, and thickening nasal discharge
*They have a cough that keeps them awake at night, worsens with increased activity, or is combined with other symptoms.
*They have a cough that keeps them awake at night, worsens with increased activity, or is combined with other symptoms.
*They have a severe persistent earache.
*They have a severe persistent earache.
*They have redness in the whites of the eyes, yellow eye discharge and matted lashes are symptoms of conjunctivitis (pinkeye). A doctor should be consulted for treatment as this is highly contagious.
*They have redness in the whites of the eyes, yellow eye discharge and matted lashes are symptoms of conjunctivitis (pinkeye). A doctor should be consulted for treatment as this is highly contagious.
*They have a rash that is all over the body, blistery, oozing, or painful. This could be a sign of a contagious infection, such as chicken pox. Please consider checking with your child's doctor or the school nurse before you send your child to school.
*They have a rash that is all over the body, blistery, oozing, or painful. This could be a sign of a contagious infection, such as chicken pox. Please consider checking with your child's doctor or the school nurse before you send your child to school.
*Please keep your child home until they have not had vomiting, persistent diarrhea, or a fever (without medication) for at least 24 hours! (If at school they have a fever over 100.0 F or vomiting/persistent diarrhea, your child will need to be picked up at school.)
*Please keep your child home until they have not had vomiting, persistent diarrhea, or a fever (without medication) for at least 24 hours! (If at school they have a fever over 100.0 F or vomiting/persistent diarrhea, your child will need to be picked up at school.)
Remember, the suggestions above should be considered a guide.
Remember, the suggestions above should be considered a guide.
If you are still unsure whether to send your child to school, please call your medical provider or the school nurse for further guidance.
If you are still unsure whether to send your child to school, please call your medical provider or the school nurse for further guidance.
References:
Centers for Disease Control. (2022).