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Waking up and going to pick up the children to take them to school to discover that one of them is drenched in sweat and has

a fever

.

I think it is

a scene with which any father or mother will be identified

.

The question too often

will be whether to give him something to lower it and take him to school anyway or not

, especially if there are no grandparents to turn to or if at work they do not give us facilities when this happens.

But, whenever the child is sick, should he stay at home or can we still take him to school?

Can it infect the rest of the classroom?

If you are a father or a mother looking for answers, this is your article.

Place the thermometer in your child's armpit

and, in the time it takes to go up, you will know for sure.

My son has a fever.

Do I take it to school?

The idea of ​​medicating the child and sending him to school can be tempting at times, especially when he is on his fifth contagion and we have barely been in the school year for a few months, but it is beyond all logic.

Firstly, because

we don't know if he will be able to infect the rest of his classmates

, and secondly, because the effect of the medication will last a few hours, his condition will worsen and this will have a negative impact on his school activity.

If you have a fever, there is no school.

And if he has runny nose?

It's complicated, because

many children spend almost the entire winter with some runny nose or cough

, especially the first years of compulsory schooling.

But we must assess the intensity of the symptoms, and that will give us the answer.

In general, those runny noses or that cough are due to respiratory viruses that simply cause mild symptoms, without actually having a significant fever.

The moment of maximum contagion will coincide with the days with the most symptoms

, so once those days have passed and although there is still some cough and mucus left, you can return to school normally.

And with other diseases?

The

Spanish Association of Primary Care Pediatrics

, in response to this question often asked by parents and teachers, has drawn up a

list of diseases called school exclusion

.

These are some examples of the most frequent.

Illnesses with which NOT to take your child to school

  • Acute gastroenteritis.

    It is recommended that the child does not go to school until

    24 or 48 hours have passed without symptoms

    , since the risk of contagion is high while the diarrhea lasts.

  • Bacterial tonsillitis.

    Twenty -

    four hours after starting the antibiotic treatment

    there is no longer any risk and the child can return to the classroom without any problem, as long as the fever is controlled and the child is well.

  • Flu.

    It is advisable in these cases that the child does not go to school until he has been without fever

    for at least 24 hours

    .

  • Mumps.

    The contagion occurs through the respiratory route, so it is advisable not to take it to school

    until five days have passed since the onset

    of symptoms.

  • Whooping cough.

    In these cases, the child

    should not go to class until five days

    after starting the antibiotic treatment.

    After these days, you may continue to cough, but there is no longer any risk of contagion.

  • Impetigo.

    It is an infectious disease and highly contagious by direct contact, so it is recommended that you do not go to school

    until 48 hours after starting the

    antibiotic treatment.

Illnesses with which you CAN take your child to school

  • Molluscum contagiosum.

    One of the classics in many classrooms in our country and that brings parents to the head, but despite this, the period in which our child can infect others is not entirely clear and

    the incubation period is up to 7 weeks.

    , so you can go to school normally.

  • Worms (oxyuriasis).

    These types of

    infections are very common

    in schoolchildren, but their presence is not a reason to leave the child at home in any case.

  • Mouth-Hand-Foot.

    Another of the classics, especially up to three years of age and therefore more common in nursery schools.

    Before the symptoms and visible marks on the mouth, hands and feet appear, it is very likely that the child is already contagious, and after overcoming it, he can continue to infect for weeks.

    This means that, once

    the days of fever are over

    , I can go back to school.

  • Kissing disease (mononucleosis syndrome).

    As in the previous case, we cannot know at what point the child will stop transmitting the virus once the symptoms subside, this can happen for months, so

    whenever the symptoms allow it, they can go there

    without any problem.

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