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Ask your doctor when your child can be around other children after she's had a cold. She’s the most contagious two to four days after her cold symptoms started, but she may still spread the virus up to a week later. One common rule that schools use is that a child can return 24 hours after her fever has broken on its own, without using a fever-reducing medicine.
Check with your child’s school or daycare to make sure there aren’t other guidelines. Follow your instincts too; if your child is still tired after a night of coughing, then she needs more rest. If she’s bouncing off the walls at home, then she’s probably ready to be around other kids.
Check with your child’s school or daycare to make sure there aren’t other guidelines. Follow your instincts too; if your child is still tired after a night of coughing, then she needs more rest. If she’s bouncing off the walls at home, then she’s probably ready to be around other kids.
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