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.
If the suspension will harm your child's educational progress, ask the school officials to help avoid these outcomes for your child. 1  Ask the school to provide all of your child's school assignments so your child can complete them during the suspension. 2  Ask if there is help for homework in the community or tutoring help.