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Things to Consider...
Three key reasons you should keep your child home from school:
Temperature over 100.0 degrees F,
Is not well enough to participate in class, or
May be contagious
Signs indicating a child may be contagious include (not limited to):
Diarrhea,
Vomiting,
Abdominal pain lasting longer than 2 hours or intermittent abdominal pain accompanied by other symptoms, such as fever or diarrhea,
Rash with fever or behavioral symptoms,
Pink or red conjunctiva (whites of eyes) with white or yellow eye mucus drainage, often with matted eyelids after sleep and eye pain,
Strep throat (until 24 hours after treatment started).
Keep your child home from school for at least 24 hours after the last episode of vomiting or diarrhea. A child with a fever should not return to school until the temperature stays under 100.0 F for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicine such as Tylenol or Ibuprofen.
Be Alert to Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Pertussis (whooping Cough) is a bacterial respiratory disease spread through the air by direct face-to-face contact with a person who has active pertussis. It begins with cold-like symptoms and a cough that becomes worse over a period of 1-2 weeks. It is important you do NOT send our child to school if he/she is showing any symptoms of Pertussis. If you have any questions, you may contact the Dunn County Public Health Department at 715-232-2388, your medical doctor, or April Stoveren, RN at 715-643-3647, Ext. 140.
Red Cedar Medical Center, along with Boyceville Community School District and Menomonie School District, advise when to restrict attendance because of pink eye symptoms.
