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Jr Kids Church and Nursery Child Health Guidelines COLDSWhen to stay home with a cold:If the nasal secretions become thicker, yellow, and green, especially if accompanied by a fever, an earache, frequent night waking, or a peaked look this is a stay-home-and-call-the-doctor cold. Your baby may have an ear or sinus infection. COLD VERSUS ALLERGIESAllergic noses are clear and watery, they run and drip, and are accompanied by other allergic signs: watery eyes, wheezing or a past history of allergies. In general, allergic children are noisy (sneezy and wheezy), yet they don't act sick. They may attend and are not contagious. The nasal drainage from a cold is too thick to run; it dangles. Also, with a cold there are other signs of infection such as fever. Children with colds act sluggish or cranky and may be contagious.COUGHSAny cough accompanied by fever, chills, and coughing up of green or yellow mucus warrants medical attention and absence from nursery or Jr Kids Church. Your child can return when the fever subsides and he/she feels better (usually in a few days).FEVER If your baby has a fever (persistent temperature of at least 101?F) it is prudent to keep him/her out of nursery or Jr Kids Church until you ask your doctor whether he/she is contagious.SORE THROATSSore throats, especially those associated with fever and throat are very contagious and are a red light for attendance until the fever and the throat spots are gone.EYE DRAINAGE or CONJUNCTIVITUSSome runny eyes are due to conjunctivitis (often called pinkeye), a contagious infection. If the eyes are bloodshot in addition to draining, this is contagious pinkeye. The baby may attend as long as treatment by an antibiotic eye ointment or drops has begun. If the eyes are not bloodshot, this is seldom contagious conjunctivitis, and your child may still attend.CHICKENPOXChickenpox is one of the most contagious of all childhood infections and a sure prescription to stay home. It begins as a flu-like illness (low-grade fever and tiredness), and the spots usually appear a day later. Initially, they resemble tiny bites over the back, chest, abdomen and face. Child can return once all the spots are scabbed over, about a week after they first appear.DIARRHEA ILLNESSES506730016637000Frequent, watery, mucousy, and sometime bloody diarrhea is a sure indication to stay home, both for your baby's sake to prevent an outbreak in the nursery or Jr Kids Church. HEAD LICEA child with head lice must not attend until they are treated and no more lice is present. ................
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