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Prevention Tips
- Use these strategies to prevent the spread of virus
- Wash your hands with soap and water
- Cover mouth and nose when sneezing and coughing
- Handle food with clean hands
- Properly immunize your child (see the childrens immunization schedule)
- Give healthy food including fruits and vegetables
Watch Out
- No urine output in 8 to 12 hours
- Dry cracked lips and/or mouth
- No tears when crying
- Seizures
When to See Doctor
Consult a doctor if your child is- Younger than 4 months old and has a temperature of 100.4ø F or greater
- Constantly crying, irritable, inconsolable and behaving sick
- Drooling more than usual and having difficulty swallowing
- Has a stiff neck or headache and fever.
- Has purple spots (rash) on the skin
- Has difficulty breathing, unless it is due to a stuffy nose
- Having febrile seizures
- If fever persists for more than 3days