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  • She went to the doctor (0 / 0)

    and got the medicated body cream on Tuesday of this week but the "Bugs biting my head" comment was on Wednesday morning.  The teacher sent her home that day and said they had to have a note from the doctor clearing her to come back to school, and she was there today.

    We don't think the school is going to send notes home - like they would do with lice.  They're protecting the family's privacy.  It's only because my friend called the girl's dad and asked for an explanation that we know anything.

    Perhaps it's not extremely contagious.  It just sounds really awful. And the fact that she came to school untreated for weeks is very sad for all involved.

    by MsMarvel on Fri May 09, 2008 at 12:08:17 PM PDT

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    • Skin contact, clothing, fabrics, or other items. (0 / 0)

      IIRC, it's relatively easy to spread. But the treatment kills it in a couple of hours - if she started treatment Tuesday, she ought to no longer have been infectious the next day. I'd certainly be on the lookout for it if she'd been at school with it so long without treatment.

      "You're never more alone than when you're alone in a crowd."

      by Expat Briton on Fri May 09, 2008 at 01:09:32 PM PDT

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        ..the treatment itself can cause itching skin, it may have been that that the girl was complaining about. If it wasn't a bad infection (and bad ones are visible), with any luck it won't have gone far.

        "You're never more alone than when you're alone in a crowd."

        by Expat Briton on Fri May 09, 2008 at 01:11:25 PM PDT

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    • It's incredible that they waited (0 / 0)

      to see a doctor about it.  My sister had scabies from camp one time and it took maybe one treatment with a medicated solution to clear it up - they let the child suffer for weeks?   Ugh.  

      I childproofed my house but they got back in somehow.

      by lonestar canuck on Fri May 09, 2008 at 01:29:59 PM PDT

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