What should parents do if their child has flu-like symptoms?
• If your child has mild illness, he should stay home from school or child care until he has been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications. • Any child younger than 3 months who has a fever (rectal temperature of 100.4°F or higher) should see a pediatrician. • In a child older than 3 months, how high the fever is, is not as important as how he or she feels and acts. Bring your child to the pediatrician if she is very sleepy or has little energy to play, is very irritable and cannot be comforted, has trouble breathing, is not drinking well or is otherwise not acting normally. • If your child has underlying health problems (for example, heart or lung problems, weakened immune system, chronic kidney disease, sickle cell disease, asthma, or a severe neurological disorder not including ADHD or autism), see a pediatrician as soon as mild flu symptoms start. • If your child is otherwise healthy, call your pediatrician to see if an appointment is needed. • If your
