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.
Ask your child to write a statement to the hearing officer entitled âWhy I Want to go Back to Schoolâ. (See example on page 7) Ask your child to identify one person at his/her school who is on their side. Ask this individual to write a âLetter of Supportâ for your child, outlining your childâs positive traits.