Treating a child with COVID

We talk with a Bellin Health expert about how to care for children after a COVID-19 diagnosis.

HAVE FEARED.THOUSANDS OFCHILDREN ARE BACKIN CLASS..

ANDALREADY WE'RESEEING POSITIVECASES IN OUR LOCALSCHOOLS.IN TONIGHT'SREBOUND REPORT...NBC26'S MATTJARCHOW TALKS WITHA LOCAL DOCTORABOUT WHAT TO DOAFTER A POSITIVEDIAGNOSIS... ANDSTEPS YOU CAN TAKETO KEEP OTHERS INTHE HOUSEHOLDSAFE.AS STUDENTSRETURN TO THECLASSROOM..DOCTORS SAYPARENTS NEED TOKNOW..WHEN KIDSSHOULD STAY ATHOME."The biggest thing withstarting school is notsending your kids toschool when they're sick."DR. LAURAGALLISTEL..APEDIATRICIAN ATBELLIN HEALTH..SAID THERE ARE A LOTOF SYMPTOMS TOWATCH FOR."That's the hard part withthis."WHETHER IT'S AFEVER OR COUGH ORBODY ACHE..IT NEEDSTO BE TAKENSERIOUSLY."The best thing is justcalling your doctorbecause we askquestions.

Sometimes wedon't need to see the kids.Sometimes it's justrunning a test, sometimesit's not, but really rightnow we just want toidentify who hascoronavirus so we canreally try to minimizeexposures to other peopleand keep everybody safe.""So if a child is sick, he orshe should stay home.

If itis coronavirus, that meanstwo weeks at home.

Otherfamily members will alsohave to quarantine, butthere are ways parentscan try to keep other kidssafe and healthy in thehouse so they can at leastcontinue to learn online.""One of the biggest thingsI think is everyone doesvery good hand washing.We should have all beendoing it anywhere, butafter the bathroom - soapand water, after you playoutside, before you eat -soap and water.

Makesure your kids are doingthat right now."DR. GALLISTEL SAID ITIS POSSIBLE..ANDRECOMMENDED..TODO SOME SOCIALDISTANCING AT HOME.."The best is to keepeverything as separate aspossible.

If you havebathrooms, the child thathas coronavirus can use adifferent bathroom.

If not,if you want to wipe stuffdown after they're in thereand just be diligent aboutthat kind of stuff to try tominimize infection asmuch as possible."..ANDREMEMBER..PEOPLECAN SPREAD THEVIRUS..BEFOREDEVELOPINGSYMPTOMS....MATT JARCHOW, NBC26.SHOU