Communicable and Infectious Diseases
The following chart, taken from the Rules and Regulations of the Illinois Department of Public Health, will help in diagnosing and treating some common childhood ailments:
|
Disease |
Symptoms |
Exclusion from School |
|---|---|---|
|
Chicken Pox |
Rash (successive crops of red dots that turn into fluid-filled blisters and then dry up to form scabs), fever |
Not less than five days after appearance of eruption |
|
Mumps |
Fever, nausea, pain, and swelling of jaws |
Nine days after onset of swelling |
|
German Measles |
Rash (small pinkish red blotches beginning behind ears and on face), slight swelling of neck glands |
Seven days after rash onset |
|
Measles |
Starts like a cold with fever, watery eyes and nose, sneezing, and slight cough |
Four days after appearance of rash |
|
Scarlet Fever and all Strep Infections |
Fever, vomiting, sore throat, rash (pinpoint dots) on upper parts of neck and chest, strawberry tongue |
24 hours after treatment has been received |
|
Pinkeye |
Redness of the eye with itching and burning of the lids and discharge |
24 hours after treatment has been received |
|
Impetigo |
Skin infection (yellowish crust) |
24 hours after treatment has been received |
|
Pinworm |
Itching of anus |
24 hours after treatment has been received |
|
Head Lice and Nits |
Itching at nape of neck and around ears |
Until treated with medicated shampoo |
All symptoms must be gone before a child returns to school.