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Increase in Kids Getting Late Season Flu

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Increase in Kids Getting
Late Season Flu

Published : Tuesday, 02 Jun 2009, 4:24 PM CDT
MINNEAPOLIS - It may feel like summer, but with an increase in illnesses, it feels more like the middle of winter. Doctors are seeing an increase in both the flu and viral infection in children up to 14 years old. From vomiting and diarrhea to a cough, high fever and runny nose, these symptoms are usually seen from November to April.
When the sun is out and kids come out to play, parents usually worry about allergy season, but there is another concern heating up for parents. The flu is spreading from child to child.
Doctor Carolyn McKay has nearly 40 years of experience and has never seen the flu or flu-like symptoms this prevalent this late in the season.
Fairview Children's Clinic confirmed just two cases of influenza "a" from April to mid-May. Since mid-May, six children have tested positive to this sickness that usually lasts four to five days and also has something else unique about it.
"We seeing kids who have a few loose stools they vomit a few times, may or may not have fever get better and two days later it seems to come back again and parents are concerned,? said McKay.
Unfortunately during those 48 hours of calm, Doctor McKay believes a child is still contagious. McKay says children need to be fever free for at least 24 hours before resuming contact with other children and if using Tylenol to control the fever, be cautious that can give a parent a false sense the fever is truly gone.


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H1N1 Flu Case at
Bloomington Jefferson

Published : Thursday, 04 Jun 2009, 8:45 AM CDT
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - A student at Jefferson High School in Bloomington has been diagnosed with H1N1 flu, according to an alert received by parents of the Bloomington School District.

The district says it's seen an increase in the number of students reporting flu-like symptoms last week at its elementary, middle and high schools, but the Jefferson case is the only one confirmed to be H1N1.
Earlier this week, the St. Paul School District reported its first confirmed case of swine flu in a student at Benjamin E. Mays Elementary School.

As of Wednesday, the state Health Department had confirmed 75 cases of swine flu in Minnesota, including 52 in the metro area.

Doctors at Fairview Children's Clinic confirmed they have been seeing an increase in late-season flu . Fairview confirmed just two cases of influenza "A" from April to mid-May. Since mid-May, six children have tested positive.

"We seeing kids who have a few loose stools they vomit a few times, may or may not have fever get better and two days later it seems to come back again and parents

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/health/H1N1_Flu_Bloomington_Jefferson_June_4_2009
 
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A diploma, a nod but no handshake for Bloomington grads

The district decided to forgo the custom this year after two high school students came down with the swine flu.
By AIM?E BLANCHETTE, Star Tribune
Last update: June 8, 2009 - 7:59 PM

Bloomington's nearly 800 high school graduates are getting their diplomas this week, but they can forget a congratulatory handshake, fist bump or even a pat on the back.
After two students came down with confirmed cases of the new strain of swine flu, the district decided to forgo the customary handshake between school officials and students during commencement ceremonies Monday night and tonight at Target Center in Minneapolis.
"That's one of the greatest joys about graduation -- when you give students that last send-off by embracing them and by shaking their hands," said Ron Simmons, principal of Kennedy High, which held its graduation Monday night. "Unfortunately, we have to be very cautious about spreading germs.
"I can still look them in the eye and give them a nod with my head. Hopefully that's enough to wish them well."
The district was notified Monday that a second student had contracted the swine flu virus. A Kennedy High senior was confirmed with the virus over the weekend. A Jefferson High student was confirmed last week.
In Eden Prairie, physicians confirmed two students had the new swine flu virus last week, but the cases had not been confirmed by state health officials. Eden Prairie High School's graduation ceremony is Wednesday and will go on as planned, with handshakes.
Like Bloomington, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and several other colleges around the country have nixed the handshake tradition during commencement.
State health officials have not said that hand-shaking should be eliminated, but they do recommend staying home when ill. They also recommend good cough and hand-hygiene etiquette.
"Typically, there's multiple personal contacts during graduation ceremonies," said Aaron Devries, medical epidemiologist and infectious disease physician for the state Health Department. "Limiting handshakes may have a very limited effect on the possibility of transmission."

Bloomington students are free to hug one another and shake one another's hands, but principals, board members and the superintendent are not shaking the hands of any student, said Steve Hill, principal of Jefferson High, which has its graduation tonight. (The district would not allow Star Tribune photographers to take pictures at the Kennedy graduation ceremony Monday night because of a new policy implemented last year barring all media from graduations.)
Bloomington's senior parties were scheduled as usual following commencement ceremonies, but students with flu-like symptoms were urged to stay home.
All Bloomington district schools saw a spike Monday in the number of students absent due to "influenza-like illnesses," said district spokesman Rick Kaufman.

Some parents suggested the district cancel graduation, so eliminating handshaking "seemed like the best compromise," Kaufman said. "However much criticism we get, we'll always fall on the side of student safety."

Bloomington students are free to hug one another and shake one another's hands, but principals, board members and the superintendent are not shaking the hands of any student, said Steve Hill, principal of Jefferson High, which has its graduation tonight. (The district would not allow Star Tribune photographers to take pictures at the Kennedy graduation ceremony Monday night because of a new policy implemented last year barring all media from graduations.)

Bloomington's senior parties were scheduled as usual following commencement ceremonies, but students with flu-like symptoms were urged to stay home.

All Bloomington district schools saw a spike Monday in the number of students absent due to "influenza-like illnesses," said district spokesman Rick Kaufman.

Some parents suggested the district cancel graduation, so eliminating handshaking "seemed like the best compromise," Kaufman said. "However much criticism we get, we'll always fall on the side of student safety."

Aim?e Blanchette

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