Cryptosoridiosis
Your child is required to remain at home.
Cause/Symptoms:
Transmission:
Incubation:
Period of Communicability:
- Parasite
- Frequent, non-bloody, watery diarrhea with abdominal cramps and pain, fatigue, vomiting, and weight loss. Loss of appetite and vomiting are relatively common among children
- May be symptom free
Transmission:
- Fecal-oral route, including person to person, animal to person, waterborne (recreational or drinking water) and food-borne transmission
Incubation:
- 1 to 12 days with an average of 7 days
Period of Communicability:
- From onset of symptoms up to several weeks after symptoms resolve
We can discuss your child's return to daycare once all the following criteria has been met:
- Your child is no longer in any pain
- Your child is eating and drinking normally
- Your child can participate in all daycare activities
- At least 14 days have passed since the onset of symptoms/diagnosis
- A doctors note is required stating your child is no longer contagious
- The daycare diarrhea policy has been followed
- The daycare vomiting policy has been followed
Your child is required to remain home for at least fourteen (14) days, if not longer