Can't send dd to nursery with conjunctivitis, can I?

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DD goes to pre school, she had a sticky eye on friday and I sent her to school, seems to have got worse over the weekend, even tho she has had eye drops, so am thinking I cannot send her to school tomorrow.

I am also thinking maybe I should take dd to the doctors to see if I can get stronger eye drops. But saying that her eyes have been better during the day today as I have kept her indoors all day.

Hmm advice needed please.

No you can't. Its very contagious. She most likely needs some antibiotic eyedrops.

No, you can't, it spreads like the plague.

BTW my GP was reluctant to give drops- says it clears up anyway in time.

Hope she is better soon.

Yeah, it is what they call 'self limiting' usually but does sometimes need a kick. Best get it looked at IMO.

Actually, NHS Direct advice is that you don't need to keep them away from school here

Wow, I'm surprised. In that case the child can go to school but I might ask the school of their policies by phoning in the morning.

The nurseries and schools local to here accept children provided they have drops. I was very surprised to learn that after dd1 went back to nursery after a case of conjunctivitis.
Dh is a gp and very reluctant to prescribe for conjunctivitis. Hates the nursery policy as it makes people treat when it's not always necessary

Myabe it depends on the nursery's policy? My DD's nursery policy explicitly says she can't come in with conjunctivitis/ sticky eye, and when I chanced it, sent us home .

Did you get given a sickness policy at any point happened?

Yes, I can see why the policy could cause misuse of antibiotics. I feel very strongly about that.

Conjunctivitis can be either bacterial or viral (you can't tell without tests; and that would take days).

Both versions are highly transmissible and nasty to have (though unlikely to cause serious problems). You probably will get antibiotics from your GP: they typically reduce the duration of bacterial conjunctivitis to the somewhat shorter duration of viral conjunctivitis.