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Would you send 5yo to school with these symptoms...

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coffeepleeease · 18/10/2021 07:12

She's had a cold and cough for a week (not Covid). Had last Monday off school as she had a high temp in the night and was bringing up a lot of phlegm. Been fine since, still congested and coughing but happy in herself in the day, just tired from getting disturbed sleep. She's woken up this morning coughing so much she's brought up phlegm again, but she's happy in herself. Would you send her in to school? (If she doesn't being up any more phlegm obviously, it's been once so far when she first woke up). 🤔

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MichelleScarn · 18/10/2021 07:18

I've found with this bug they're OK as you say in the day just nights are disturbed. If she is ok and school accept, then I'd let her go in, otherwise if they are off for every single typical bug they have they will miss so much school.

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coffeepleeease · 18/10/2021 07:22

@MichelleScarn

I've found with this bug they're OK as you say in the day just nights are disturbed. If she is ok and school accept, then I'd let her go in, otherwise if they are off for every single typical bug they have they will miss so much school.
That was my thought, she had last Monday off and 2 weeks before that 2 days off for another cold! Just wish she didn't have such a sensitive gag reflex bless her - don't want her bringing up phlegm at school 😕
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WhateverIdo · 18/10/2021 07:25

I'm confused. Is she coughing up phlegm (this is a good thing, she's clearing her own chest)
Or is she coughing so much she's vomiting?

If she feels okay I'd send her after some calpol

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coffeepleeease · 18/10/2021 07:27

@WhateverIdo

I'm confused. Is she coughing up phlegm (this is a good thing, she's clearing her own chest) Or is she coughing so much she's vomiting?

If she feels okay I'd send her after some calpol

Sorry very little sleep may have meant my post wasn't clear 😴 it's definitely phlegm, which I know is a good thing, but just not sure if school will see it that way if she does it in class
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Fizzgigg · 18/10/2021 07:34

@WhateverIdo

I'm confused. Is she coughing up phlegm (this is a good thing, she's clearing her own chest) Or is she coughing so much she's vomiting?

If she feels okay I'd send her after some calpol

I never understand this. If she's I'll enough to need calpol then she should be at home. What happens when it wears off and she feels awful?

In this case if she's fine in herself though I'd send her in (my 2 have just come.out the other side of exactly this).

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coffeepleeease · 18/10/2021 07:37

Fizzgigg I won't be giving her Calpol, she's not needed it yet throughout the illness. She's saying she feels well enough to go to school which is a good sign!

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HeartvsBrain · 18/10/2021 07:47

No, I wouldn't send her if she was my child, this is because if she has had a bad night and is tired, and is also feeling even a little under the weather, it will be horrible for her that she can't have a little lie down, and maybe a cuddle with her caregiver.
Also, I had hoped that since Covid, people might think twice before sending their children to school, or going into work themselves while they are still infectious - and unless she has a blood test, or someother invasive test, neither you or a doctor would know if she was infectious still. There might be guidelines for how long someone is likely to be infectious after first showing symptoms, but they are not much more than educated guesses really for things like colds and flu.
How about we help the country's finances, and the health of the population, by not spreading our germs when at all possible?

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coffeepleeease · 18/10/2021 07:50

@HeartvsBrain

No, I wouldn't send her if she was my child, this is because if she has had a bad night and is tired, and is also feeling even a little under the weather, it will be horrible for her that she can't have a little lie down, and maybe a cuddle with her caregiver. Also, I had hoped that since Covid, people might think twice before sending their children to school, or going into work themselves while they are still infectious - and unless she has a blood test, or someother invasive test, neither you or a doctor would know if she was infectious still. There might be guidelines for how long someone is likely to be infectious after first showing symptoms, but they are not much more than educated guesses really for things like colds and flu. How about we help the country's finances, and the health of the population, by not spreading our germs when at all possible?
I completely get your point, but that means she would so far have had 2 weeks off school for colds since starting in September even though she's been fine at school, and would likely have this week off too. That's a huge amount of education she'd have missed out on for colds. Adults would miss an awful lot of work too !
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FlatteredFool · 18/10/2021 07:52

No I wouldn't send her in. Ds has similar and is up and down. He gave it to me and I now have a severe chest infection requiring two lots of antibiotics and 2 weeks of steroids plus extra inhalers. I could send him in as under normal circumstances I would but not since covid. If he brings covid home I'm likely to end up in ITU. I'm always more conscious now of how my child's germs might impact others.
I'd be wanting the GP to listen to her chest to check for infection considering the cough has worsened.

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