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How would you handle this? Dcb is 3 yo and was here yesterday and was totally fine with little or no bug bites at all. He showed up this morning covered in red dots and bug bites. His mom said a mosquito must have gotten in his room last night and gave me benadryl cream. Once she left and I finished serving breakfast I looked a dcb and he does have a few large mosquito bites on his face and arms but he also has some red dots and other red areas on his skin that are definitely not mosquito bites (on his face, back and arms). He has on jeans and this afternoon he pulled his pant leg up to scratch and his legs are covered with red bites of some sort. He has no fever and has not been scratching at all this morning or really until I saw him just now. What should I do with this child? ( my mind freaks out and thinks chicken pox or hand foot and mouth but it could be something minor). Thoughts?
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I would send DCB home and request a visit to the doctor before he is allowed to return to care.
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ditto on what PP said.
Don't let dcm bully you and don't let her try to diagnosis child.
rule is that the child needs to be seen by a medical doctor and can only return with doctors note with diagnosis and treatment plan. child can NOT return with a note that says, not contagious, can return to care.
Once you know what the child has, you are the one who decides if you can continue to meet the child needs and all of the other children in your care as well.
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Are the bites in clusters?
Bed bugs? My bites from bed bugs looked like spider or mosquito bites at first because my body responded to the bites like an allergy and swelled up...it was awesome. Then a few days later the swelling went down and there were 3-4 bites where I thought there was just one.
I still have flash backs.
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Could be flea bites .Comment
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What if it is fleas. Do I send him home? Make him stay home 24 hours? Tell my other parents? Last week I had a dcp say they think their daughter had flea bites and said they have no pets and was kinda of thinking she gto them here but I have no pets and keep my home very clean and my kids and my husband and me are fine.Comment
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You're in TX? Could be chiggers, even in October.Comment
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So is the child at your house????
I would close and clean my entire house!
(I found this info on a website for bug control)
"A major area of concern is very young children. Children spend a large amount of time on the floor and seem to have the desire to put everything in their mouth.
Since fleas can carry tapeworm parasites, if a child manages to swallow one, there is a high chance that they could develop an infection and will need to be treated with the necessary medication. It can sometimes wreak havoc on a young digestive system."
to the bolded above! ^^
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Several other threads about fleas
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Flea bites can be serious depending on where the fleas came from , they can cause illness , infection and diseases ( such as cat scratch fever , typhus and even plague ).
I had a dcg years ago who would get flea bites ( badly ) every time she went to the grandparents home . It got so bad I had to tell the parents I could not accept her into care with the severity of the bites . The grandparents refused to treat their home so I had to tell them I would have to file a report of neglect if they continued to let the dcg be in those conditions . She did get sick from the bites and ended up with infections from scratching the bites .Comment
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I am because yesterday when she picked him up I told her that they are not mosquito bites and she asked me what they were and I told her I am not sure but she needs to have them checked out. Then this morning she brings him and drop him off and doesn't think it is a big deal that he has been sleeping with the cat that must have fleas and she will check it out when she gets home. I just sent dcb home because now that I have read what you guys have posted I realize how serious this situation is.
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