What illnesses are you seeing?

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Community Health, School Health.

Massachusetts- Grades K-3

Three weeks in and I have already had several Strep, Hand foot and Mouth, and a terrible cold with fever and lingering cough. Oh, and about 10 fever and vomiting. And a few impetigo. Not even September yet...

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Specializes in School health, pediatrics.

I have many colds/seasonal allergies. A couple suspected strep but no word back from the parents, and alot of general blah due to near 90 degree days all week.

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Im in Mississippi and we are having the usual back to school problems. We always have strep throat and URIs. One school is having to deal with fifths disease.

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Allergies, one kid that puked followed by a gaggle of "I have what she has", and some missing mommy tummy aches. A few parents remarked about there kids being "so sick from the germs at school" but none of their children missed school so...

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Specializes in Cardiology, School Nursing, General.

Getting a lot of seasonal allergies/ colds. Lot of fevers, but nothing so worrying.

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