I Feel Sick. How long should you stay home? What about keeping my kids home from school? Always listen to your body and let that and your doctor be your guide. Read more stories about Your Health. Subscribe to our newsletter and receive email updates from Mount Sinai. Please enter a valid first name. Please enter a valid email. Learn more. Lisa Lockerd Maragakis, M. Unless it is an emergency, to reduce your risk of catching or spreading illness, stay home if you feel sick, even if your symptoms are mild.
Do not go to work, school or public places, and avoid public transportation. If your symptoms are severe or you feel like you need medical care, call before you go to your health care provider. Describe your symptoms over the phone. If you have a medical emergency, call and tell the dispatcher about your symptoms. Risk factors include being unvaccinated, attending indoor events, recent travel to certain areas or exposure to an infected person.
For instance, people calling Johns Hopkins Health System hospitals or clinics are asked:. This is crucial around the preparation and handling of food. Viral gastroenteritis is highly contagious and the virus can be spread for at least two days after diarrhoea or vomiting stops. As GPs, we would insist, for instance, that a chef not return to work until at least two days after their last vomit or loose bowel motion. This mild viral infection is particularly common in children in childcare and school.
As indicated by its name, it can cause small blisters on the hands, feet, the inside of the mouth and tongue, and also around the nappy area. HFMD can be spread from the fluid inside the blisters, but also from coughing and sneezing. The virus is in the bowel motions as well. Children should stay away from childcare or school until blisters are dry. Again, hand-washing is important to stop the spread. The blisters are no longer contagious once they dry, and the usual recommendation is for children to stay at home from childcare until they do.
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