• Mumps - keep at home until the swelling subsides, and inform your doctor
• Whooping cough - keep at home for at least 7 days after starting treatment and your doctor should be notified
• Glandular fever - stay at home until recovered from the symptoms. They may feel tired for many weeks but can attend school if feeling well enough
• Chicken pox - keep at home until at least 6 days from the appearance of the rash
• Measles - keep at home at least 4 days after the appearance of the rash, and notify your doctor
• German measles - keep at home until they have recovered from the symptoms, keep them away from pregnant women
• Hand, foot and mouth - keep at home only whilst unwell
• Impetigo - keep at home until treatment started
• Conjunctivitis - keep at home until treatment started
• Head lice - keep at home until treatment started, household and close contacts should also be treated
• Cold sores - no exclusion from school necessary
• Stomach upsets - keep at home whilst unwell with vomiting and diarrhoea

Useful Websites

• Stalbridge Surgery has prepared a list of useful websites for patients
• Online Medical Dictionary compiled by The CancerWEB Project.

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