Younger children may need to have their parents work with the school nurse so that asthma medications are readily available in case quick relief is needed. Ask your asthma care provider to provide an extra prescription for quick-relief medication to be kept with the school nurse or health office, so that it is available if a child runs out or forgets to keep it handy. For children who have severe allergies to foods or bees, an EpiPen should be kept with the school nurse in case of a reaction.
Schools all have different policies about keeping medications and different systems to care for kids when they are sick in school. You should check with your child's school to become familiar with what they have in place and how you can work with them to keep your child's asthma under the best control in school as you do at home.
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