Monday, April 30, 2012
Monday update April 30th
The phones are non stop and the appointments are booking up very early in the day.
That being said, most of the illnesses are mild to moderate...nothing too scary out there.
I am seeing the remnants of hand foot mouth. Those blisters are hanging on for a while. We are giving kids the all clear to return to day care and school if they are fever free and feeling reasonably happy.
I may have spoken to someone today with a baby with slap cheek. That is another seasonal that comes along in the spring.
Usually when I start seeing it it comes in waves. I will update if I start seeing more or it.
We are seeing plenty of coughs and colds. There have been a few cases of roseola or similar virus syndromes ( that is the several days of high fever...okay looking child, then the fever goes down, out comes a rash all over the body and the kids are crabby)
I am seeing quite a few cases of conjunctivitis, as I mentioned last week most of those are going away on their own.
Half of the time when we have a fussy child with gooey eyes they also have ear infections, so that is something to keep in mind.
Stay well,
Judy
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2 comments:
Can you talk a little bit more about what the signs and symptoms of Slap Cheek are? I am looking online but would rather not =)
My son looks like he has some minor rash on his arms and little bit on legs but nothing on his face.
Looking online can always be somewhat alarming.
Slap cheek, just like the hand foot mouth is a vary variable virus.
Some kids are pretty miserable and have red cheeks on and off, fevers on and off and a lacy blotchy rash that moves around the body, loves the arms and legs. In some extreme cases the kids have lots of body aches and the fever can visit on and of for 2 weeks.
Other kids may have an afternoon with a red cheek...and that is all they ever do.
There is no treatment other than keeping them comfortable.
Most of us have had this as children, but in the remote case that we do not have immunity it is best to avoid contact with pregnant women
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