Advice for unwell children There is very useful and accurate guidance on how to judge when your child is unwell and required the attention of a doctor, you can use this to assess your own child in much the same way as your doctor will assess young children in the surgery. This is available for free at http://www.whenshouldiworry.com The NHS Child Health App is available here for iPhone and Android Minor Head Injury Advice is available at NHS Choices Head Injury Advice Fever advice from http://www.kevinmd.com/ Time off School or Nursery for Infections Exclusion for five days: rash - chickenpox* (NOTE: You can use ibuprofen for children with chicken pox if •from paracetamol alone is not effective), measles starting antibiotics - whooping (pertussis) •from onset of swollen glands - mumps •from German measles (rubella): days from onset of rash •six Scarlet fever: can return 24 hours after commencing appropriate antibiotic treatment•antibiotic treatment •child recommended for the affected child Exclusion condition has settled for 24 hours salmonella; shigella (Diarrhoeal illnesses) •giardiasis; Exclusion until lesions crusted or healed lesions are crusted and healed, or 48 hours after commencing antibiotic treatment Shingles only if rash is weeping and cannot be covered •exclude Exclusion from school until treated •scabies With respect to hepatitis A: is no justification for exclusion of well older children with good hygiene who will have been •there much more infectious prior to the diagnosis. Exclusion is justified for five days from the onset of jaundice or stools going pale for the under fives or where hygiene is poor (2)
Advice for unwell children There is very useful and accurate guidance on how to judge when your child is unwell and required the attention of a doctor, you can use this to assess your own child in much the same way as your doctor will assess young children in the surgery. This is available for free at http://www.whenshouldiworry.com The NHS Child Health App is available here for iPhone and Android Minor Head Injury Advice is available at NHS Choices Head Injury Advice Fever advice from http://www.kevinmd.com/ Time off School or Nursery for Infections Exclusion for five days: •from rash - chickenpox* (NOTE: You can use ibuprofen for children with chicken pox if paracetamol alone is not effective), measles •from starting antibiotics - whooping (pertussis) •from onset of swollen glands - mumps German measles (rubella): •six days from onset of rash Scarlet fever: •child can return 24 hours after commencing appropriate antibiotic treatment•antibiotic treatment recommended for the affected child Exclusion condition has settled for 24 hours •giardiasis; salmonella; shigella (Diarrhoeal illnesses) Exclusion until lesions crusted or healed lesions are crusted and healed, or 48 hours after commencing antibiotic treatment Shingles •exclude only if rash is weeping and cannot be covered Exclusion from school until treated •scabies With respect to hepatitis A: •there is no justification for exclusion of well older children with good hygiene who will have been much more infectious prior to the diagnosis. Exclusion is justified for five days from the onset of jaundice or stools going pale for the under fives or where hygiene is poor (2)
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