When Should Your Child Miss School?
Stuffy noses and stomachaches are not always good reasons to
keep a child home from school. Andrew Snyder, MD, pediatrician
at Hasbro Children's Hospital, says that as a general guide,
your children should not go to school with:
- an infectious or contagious disease,
- a fever of more than 100 degrees,
- vomiting or diarrhea,
- frequent or painful urination,
- a widespread rash, or
- an earache accompanied by fever.
Call your pediatrician if your child has any
of these symptoms.
Healthy children usually want to attend school and see
their friends. If your child asks to miss school often and does
not have any of the symptoms listed above, consult your doctor
to determine if there is an emotional cause. Children's
stress, sometimes created by events that seem insignificant to
adults, often manifests itself in vague complaints such as
headache or fatigue.
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