An infectious disease that often occurs in school

School children often contracting the disease suffered from her classmates. Are together in one room class and sits adjacent to a sick child makes the little more vulnerable was exposed to an infectious disease. Mother, know the infectious diseases often occur in schools and prevention so that your little one is not easily hurt.

Children are more exposed to the risk of infectious diseases. This is because children do not yet have a system with strong body durability as adults. They also may not have the habit of healthy or should always be reminded by adults, such as the habit of washing hands before eating.

Disease to look out for while in school
The mother may have found the little home with a State of fever, lethargy, coughing, or complaining of a sore throat. A cough and sore throat become infectious diseases indeed often happen in school, but there are several other infectious diseases also have to look out for, including:

Acute respiratory tract infections (Respiratory)
The result is an infectious disease of respiratory infection in the respiratory tract that is often caused by a virus, but it can also be caused by bacteria. Influenza is one of the causes of Respiratory. Causes of respiratory viruses attack the respiratory system, so the symptoms that arise in the form of nasal congestion, sneezing, coughing, and a sore throat. Children will also experience a high fever for several days, weakness, headache, and muscle pain. In the case of heavier, this condition can develop into pneumonia.

How to treat flu done with the break, enough eating and drinking water to prevent dehydration. The mother may give a child a lot of flu drugs sold on the market in accordance with the symptoms experienced by the grassroots. Immunization is also important as a step of respiratory diseases Prevention.

Chickenpox
Chickenpox into an infectious disease that is common in public schools and infects a child under 12 years. Chickenpox is very easily transmitted through the air (sneezing and coughing), direct contact with the saliva of sufferers, or fluid from a chickenpox lump burst. The disease is characterized by fever, sore throat, dizziness, or abdominal pain that followed the appearance of skin rashes and small bumps containing the clear liquid. When contracted smallpox, the little one will feel the itch was incredible. But, scratching the bumps will cause scarring if infected with bacteria. Smallpox can be prevented by vaccination of varicella.

Conjunctivitis (red eyes)
Red-eye including a disease easily transmitted infection caused by a virus or bacteria. Red eyes occur due to inflammation of the conjunctiva, namely the tissues that line the inside of the petals and the white part of the eye. Symptoms include watery eyes, pain when a wink, swelling on the eyelid, eye itching, pus came out on to the eye if it is caused by bacteria. Conjunctivitis due to viral infections can be cured by yourself. However, if due to bacteria, antibiotic treatment is required according to prescription.

Gastroenteritis
An infectious disease is caused by a viral infection that attacks the digestive tract. The symptoms can cause diarrhea, fever, weakness, and abdominal pain. Several risk factors which can lead to children affected by gastroenteritis is sanitation and hygiene a bad environment, contact with diarrhea sufferers, or consuming food and beverages contaminated virus and bacteria.

Measles
Other named rubella measles is also a communicable disease that often occurs in schools. This disease is caused by a virus infection, measles can be symptoms of fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, and red eyes, and appeared in the whole body rash. The disease is spread through the air, and children can be contracted when inhaling air near the measles sufferers are coughing or sneezing.

Hair lice
Hair lice parasites that live by sucking blood from the scalp of humans. Although not dangerous, very disturbing because the hair lice cause itching and irritation on the scalp. Hair lice are very easily transmitted through contact with sufferers, for example, sitting next door or play with other children who have head lice hair. Hair lice are also easily moved if share clothing, hats, combs, and habits that often made the children while at school.

Scabies
Scabies or better known as scabies, namely the condition of milk mites into the outer layer of the skin. Symptoms can be either itching especially at night and appear reddish small bumps. Causes of scabies mites are very small so it is not visible to the naked eye.
This disease is very easily transmitted through physical contact or clothing worn by sufferers. For example, hang the clothes be shaken near shirt sufferers, or sleep on the mattress. No wonder if scabies is illnesses that often infect children who live in a boarding school.

Ringworm
Ringworm is an infectious disease caused by a fungus. Symptoms include red scaly patches of emergence and feel itchy. Vulnerable children exposed to ringworm if living in a humid environment, bathe in public baths, using a public swimming pool, or sharing equipment together with other people who contracted ringworm. Ringworm treatment is carried out by applying the antifungal cream.

Children are more susceptible to contracting because they tend to do the physical contact near one another and sharing personal items with her friends. So the little one was sick, not easy to do prevention and following healthy habits:

• Teach your little one the correct hand-washing habits.

• Provide appropriate vaccination schedule.

• Teach children not to share personal items with her friends. If the child is living in a dorm, be kali him with enough personal items, such as sheets, dinnerware, and towels, in order not to have to borrow on other children.

• Keep the environment clean homes and schools, especially food hygiene and toilet.

When children are exposed to infectious diseases that often appeared in the school, let him rest at home so as not to infect her classmates. When exposed to the flu, for example, children are advised not to enter the school at least a day until her fever has subsided and the symptoms improve.

Give your little one a balanced nutritious food, including vegetables and fruits. A menu of healthy foods can increase the durability of the body so that it is not prone to contagious diseases that often occur at the school. If necessary, consult the health condition of the grassroots on a pediatrician.