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.
The best source of information, once your child is in school, is always the teacher or the school. If you have questions that canât be resolved by the teacher or a school administrator, please contact your schoolâs area learning community (see the link below). Parental involvement in a childâs education is essential for academic success.