Untreated, ear infections can lead to more serious complications, including mastoiditis (a rare inflammation of a bone adjacent to the ear), hearing loss, perforation of the eardrum, meningitis, facial nerve paralysis, and possibly -- in adults -- Meniere's disease.
DHEC publishes the School and Childcare Exclusion List each year. The Exclusion List explains how long an ill child, student, school employee, or childcare employee should stay out of school or childcare, and what is needed before the child/student or employee is permitted to return.
School starting age should change, says minister. Read more about sharing. Rules that mean children must start school the September after their fourth birthday are flawed and must change, England's schools minister has said. The September cut-off can mean some children are almost a year younger than others when they start in reception. Nick Gibb said some parents felt forced to send their children to school before they were ready. Parents know their children best, said Mr Gibb in an open letter to councils, school and parents.