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Monkeypox: What You Need to Know
Category:: safety_and_prevention
In the rare event that an adult in your household develops monkeypox, share this information with your pediatrician and discuss what you can do to protect your child from infection. Here is information from the American Academy of Pediatrics about monkeypox.
Meningitis—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
An infectious disease causing swelling or inflammation of the tissue covering the spinal cord and brain.
Molluscum Contagiosum—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
A skin disease caused by a virus, somewhat similar to warts
Measles—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
Yes.
Lyme Disease (and Other Tick-borne Diseases)—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
An infection caused by a type of bacteria, known as spirochetes, that is transmitted when particular types of ticks attach to a person’s skin and feed on that person’s blood. These ticks are very small, only a few millimeters (about the size of a freckle); the ticks that transit Lyme disease are
Influenza—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
A contagious disease caused by a group of respiratory viruses called influenza viruses
Lice (Pediculosis Capitis)—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
Yes, at the end of the program or school day.
Impetigo—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
Impetigo is a common skin infection caused by streptococcal or staphylococcal bacteria.
Herpes Simplex (Cold Sores)—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
In early childhood, herpes simplex virus most commonly causes blister-like sores in the mouth and around the lips and on skin that is in contact with the mouth, such as a sucked thumb or finger.
Hepatitis A Infection—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
Fecal-oral route: Contact with feces of children who are infected. This generally involves an infected child contaminating his own fingers, then touching an object that another child touches. The child who touched the contaminated surface then puts her fingers into her own mouth or another person’s
Hepatitis B Infection—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
Yes, if a child with known hepatitis B exhibits any of the following:
Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
A common set of symptoms associated with viral infections that are most frequently seen in the summer and fall. Despite its scary name, this illness generally is mild. Most commonly caused by coxsackievirus A16 and enterovirus 71.
Haemophilus influenzae Type b
Category:: infectious_diseases
Depends on the site of infection. May include
HIV/AIDS—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection affects the body in a wide variety of ways. In the most severe infection, the virus progressively destroys the body’s immune system, causing a condition called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). With early testing and appropriate treatment, children
Giardiasis—Child Care and Schools
Category:: infectious_diseases
An intestinal infection caused by a parasite (Giardia intestinalis)
