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Frederick County Pediatrics

If your child test positive for COVID

If your child test positive for COVID-19, please read the following 

Keep your child comfortable with supportive cares including

  • Pushing plenty of clear fluids

  • Using a cool- mist humidifier

  • Elevating their head during sleep

  • Keeping their nose clear with nasal saline and suction or blowing

  • Using warm steam to help with congestion

  • Offering honey and lemon if over 1year to help with cough

  • We do not advise OTC cough suppressants

  • May take Tylenol/Motrin as needed

Monitor symptoms and call the office for: 

  • High fever (over 104)

  • Fever that lasts for more than 72hrs

  • Trouble breathing or respiratory distress

  • Persistent pain or pressure in the chest

  • Confusion

  • Pale, gray or blue colored skin or lips

Symptoms of MIS-C include fever PLUS more than one of the following: 

  • Abdominal pain

  • Bloodshot eyes

  • Chest tightness/pain

  • Diarrhea

  • Feeling extra tired

  • Headache

  • Low BP

  • Neck pain

  • Rash

  • Vomiting

**All close contacts should be alerted and obtain testing at appropriate interval.**

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