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Has a
fever above 100.4 degrees orally or 99.4 degrees rectally (please note that skin and ear digital thermometers are very unreliable!)
Is irritable, cries constantly, or seems very sleepy or difficult to awaken
Is hard
to keep awake and refuses to eat normally
Has difficulty breathing or seems to be breathing more rapidly
than usual
Had diarrhea in the past twelve hours that would run out of a diaper, has a foul infected
type odor, or would be so difficult to control that your child could not make it to the toilet without soiling clothing or
messing up the bathroom or classroom
Has vomited two or more times in the past 24 hours or once in the
past eight hours
Complains of constant stomach pains or walks stooped over and holding his stomach
Has sores in the mouth or is drooling because it hurts to swallow
Has a skin rash that
includes pus bumps, water blisters, or oozing crusty areas (impetigo), or is associated with fever
Has
pinkness or redness in the whites of eyes with crusting or drainage of yellow or green pus
If skin or
whites of eyes become yellow or jaundiced
Has untreated head lice, scabies, or strep throat
Has an unexplained swollen joint, arm or leg and won’t move the arm or stand on the leg
Has
a headache for more than twelve hours not relieved by Tylenol
Has a croupy or wheezy cough or coughs
up a lot of green or yellow phlegm
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