Tag: child illness (articles)

27 May 2020 3 min read

Educators Know The Difference Between Cold, Flu and CO-VID 19

Childcare Articles

As the winter approaches, while working in a service, Educators and children will be prone to colds and flu this season and with the coronavirus epidemic still, around, symptoms can be similar.

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5 Apr 2017 4 min read

Measles

Child Health and Safety

Measles is a serious disease that is easily spread through the air. Immunisation is effective in preventing the disease. All children and adults born during or after 1966 should be vaccinated with 2 doses of measles containing vac...

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26 Aug 2015 5 min read

Influenza (Flu)

Child Health and Safety

Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is caused by a highly contagious virus that is spread by fluids produced during coughing and sneezing, or by direct contact with those fluids on surfaces. 

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13 Aug 2015 4 min read

Whooping Cough

Child Health and Safety

Whooping cough is a highly infectious diseases. It takes 7 to 20 days after infection for symptoms of whooping cough to appear. It begins like a cold and then it causes uncontrolled coughing and vomiting for up to several months.

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4 Jul 2015 4 min read

Hand Foot and Mouth Disease

Child Health and Safety

Hand foot and mouth disease is a mild illness common amongst children who attend childcare. The most typical symptoms are blisters in around the hand, foot and mouth.

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26 Dec 2014 8 min read

Gastro In Children

Child Health and Safety

Gastroenteritis (gastro) is a very common illness in infants and children. It is usually caused by viruses that infect the bowel. It tends to be more common during the winter months.

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