Paratyphiod Fever

Your child is required to remain home.

Cause/Symptoms:

• Bacteria.
• Fever, headache, malaise, anorexia, infrequent stools and possible rash on trunk.

Transmission:

• Fecal-oral route, either by direct contact with an infected person or indirectly through ingestion of contaminated water or foods.

Incubation:

• 1 to10 days.

Period of Communicability:

• From onset of initial symptoms, and up to 2 weeks after.

Your child can return to daycare, once all the following criteria has been meet:

• Your child can eat and drink normally
• Your child can participate in all daycare activities
• A doctors note stating: your child has had three (3) consecutive stool specimens are negative is required.
  
• At least 15 days have passed since the onset of symptoms/diagnosis
  

Fever

• 48 hours from the time the fever reducing medication are out of your child system (8 to 10 hours after taking last dose) and fever has not returned
• 48 hours free of any fever reducing medication or any other medication that can mask symptoms of illness.
• If no medication is given - 48 hours starting one (1) hour after you discover your child’s fever has broken

Your child is required to remain home for at least fifteen days (15), if not longer.