Can anyone please update me on school attendance if child is asthmatic in relation to CV

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Dd (12) is asthmatic and had a bad case of pneumonia several years ago.

Ex DH has come down with all the symptoms of CV and as a secondary school teacher, he's urging me to keep DC (both secondary age) at home.
He's in a lot of pain (lungs) and anxiety is understandably heightened.

Schools are open of course, and most likely will be until Easter. I don't know what the current advice is for school and asthmatic children. I emailed the school for advice five days ago, no response...

Thank you

My DS has brittle asthma (now at uni) we've been following asthma UK guidelines; basically ensure your asthma is under the best possible control, i.e. keep taking you inhalers including your preventer, I have advised him to have good stock of inhalers etc, currently no one is advising asthmatics to self isolate. I've also spoken to doctors and this involved in infection control at work they agree.
But his university has now closed from yesterday afternoon no classes everything on line, which freaky is bait f a relief, he will avoid crowed places cages etc and we discussed hm coming home for Easter but I probably present the biggest risk to him due to my job. We also talked about his job (its outside) and he gets there by bus luckily very few passengers on it, Ive advised him to try keep a 2m distance where possible between him and other passenger and keep the window open and obviously hand washing etc.
You can only do the best you can he's on a smart regime and his asthma controls is better he came through his last severe cold well without requiring oral steroids, or frequent use of Ventolin etc.

"which freaky is bait f a relief, he will avoid crowed places cages" = which frankly is a bit of a relief, he will avoid crowded places classes etc.

Thank you tiredwardsister, I'll make sure she's up to scratch with inhaler regime. Fingers crossed your son stays well

www.asthma.org.uk/advice/triggers/coronavirus-covid-19/
Above are the current guidelines for those with asthma.

I was actually thinking about keeping my child home who has multiple chronic conditions.

But I think it really depends on where you are. Do they get in contact with many people on the way to school, like taking bus or train? Is there a case in your town? Do you live in the big city? That kind of thing makes difference, I think.
It's up to you really, if school won't give you the authorised absence. You can keep them off school, but maybe need to pay fine if needed. But if the money or the health, I know which I would choose.

Dd is mildly asthmatic, DH wants me to keep her at home from Monday
She’s 15 and pretty healthy in general amd we’ve been making sure she uses her brow inhaler religiously. Part of me thinks he’s overreacting , especially since he works in a large office in a busy city centre but I’m not 100% sure

Make your own risk assessment, schools have neither the authority nor the expertise to make it for you.

If you want to keep her off, don’t wait for permission.

Noblegiraffe, it's great for you to make a comment like this, the very respected secondary teacher who we all are familiar with. Thank you.

Thank you but to be honest I just don’t know
She wants to go to school. It’s a small school and she doesn’t use public transport to get there which might make a difference
We wouldn’t face a fine either for her not going though

Op, tbh, if your dc is 12, you would know what to expect.
My dc is 12 too, with multiple illness. He even lacks one of his organs and under going immuno therapy, too. So, I really think my ds is someone I should keep at home, but I have to make decisions according to what's best. You need to think about what is best for your child.

Asthma is not a risk factor for CV.

According to asthma.org it could set off her asthma
So while she doesn’t have an increased chance of getting it it may be more dangerous for her than for someone with healthy lungs

@Tippexy those with underlying respiratory conditions e.g. asthma are in the risk group for coronavirus as it can cause an exacerbation of their asthma. This is what concerns me about my DS2,. Any respiratory infection even the common cold can exacerbate symptoms and can be very serious especially for those with brittle asthma. But many have very mild asthma,: the very occasional use of a reliever and will probably be fine.
You need to look at the individual child/adult and weigh up the risks

I’m a head of year who decides on authorising attendance..firstly it takes us about a year to take parents to court for persistent poor attendance and in the past 3 years only 1 case In my large secondary
has actually got that far. I can say with absolute certainty attendance is not going to be on at least my schools radar at the moment and I can’t imagine any school in the land will be trying to enforce that at the moment. The problem is there is no “guidance” as this is new to us all; we can all only do what is right for our families.

Really worried about my dd who has severe asthma and unsure what to do whether to send her to nursery tomorrow or not. I have agreed to put her on a background drug that she had and it really affected her behaviour but given the risk with this virus I'm going to let her have it for a few weeks. She already is on the limit of medication she can have. She did have a temperature of 38.7 the other day but nothing else so far.

@hamalooya government guidelines are a temp over 37.8c requires 7 days of isolation this temp would not be uncommon in a small child but I would have thought 38.7c definitely means 7 days of "self isolation".

Yes just checked that but she has regular temperatures in the winter due to her asthma but I'm going to keep her off now anyway after taking some advice as she is vulnerable.

Thanks again everyone. Think I'll keep her off. Yes, not worried about being fined....

I've kept my Y9 DS because he has asthma. I've also had a transplant so now have to self isolate for 12 weeks.

My heart says keep him off but I'm not sure what school/local authority can do if he stays off.

Very little guidance for in between age groups. He's 5ft 10 and a child in a mans body.