Remember, fever is a symptom indicating the presence of an illness. Abrupt onset of fever, chills, headache and sore muscles. Runny nose, sore throat, and cough are common. Your child should remain home from school until symptoms are gone and the child is without fever for 24 hours. Lice are small grayish-tan, wingless insects that lay eggs called nits.
Nits firmly attach to the hair shafts, close to the scalp.
They are small white specks usually found at the nape of the neck and behind the ears. After receiving treatment with a pediculicide shampoo and nits have been removed, your child must be seen by the school nurse before returning to school. Your child should remain home from school until receiving 48 hours of antibiotic therapy and sores are no longer draining. Redness and swelling of the membranes of the eye with burning or itching, matter coming from one or both eyes, or crusts on the eyelids. Your child should remain home from school until receiving 24 hours of antibiotic therapy and discharge from the eyes has stopped.