Go to the doctor immediately if a school sore is near the eye.
Check out how to stop skin infections [1]
You need to go to the doctor if any of these things happen:
Occasionally, school sores can lead to other skin infections such as boils or cellulitis.
See the information about boils [2]
See the information about cellulitis [3]
Check out how to treat and when to seek help for school sores [4]
It is important to take the antibiotics every day until they are finished, even if the school sores seem to have cleared up earlier. The antibiotics need to keep killing the infection in the body after the skin has healed.
Yes, until one day after the start of treatment. When they do go back, make sure all their sores are covered.
See the KidsHealth page on looking after your child's skin and treating skin infections [5]
This page last reviewed 30 October 2023.
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Links
[1] https://www.kidshealth.org.nz/stop-skin-infections
[2] https://www.kidshealth.org.nz/boils
[3] https://www.kidshealth.org.nz/cellulitis
[4] https://www.kidshealth.org.nz/how-treat-when-seek-help-school-sores
[5] https://www.kidshealth.org.nz/looking-after-your-childs-skin-treating-skin-infections
[6] https://www.kidshealth.org.nz/skin-infections-what-do
[7] https://www.kidshealth.org.nz/skin-problems-children
[8] https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/topic_sheets/skin-conditions-impetigo-nov13.pdf
[9] https://www.kidshealth.org.nz/contact?from=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kidshealth.org.nz%2Fprint%2F1683%3Flanguage%3Drar