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[quote=Anonymous]I've seen this both ways.  Sometimes, for the first 2-3 years of being in a school setting, a kid truly does get sick enough to miss school every few weeks, and the atopic kids tend to be sick longer than their non atopic classmates- these are the kids that are always needing steroids, or albuterol, every time they get sick for example. So that can be a real drag for those first few years and it's possible you're just at the tail end of those years.  But i've also seen parents bring their kids into clinic and be like "oh she's been home with a sore throat the past 4 days and school needs us to get a doctor's note" and their 8 year old is clearly bouncing off the walls, playing, feeling fine in my office.  To which I'm like, she should be in school TODAY, not in my office for you to get her a school note for the past week, she's fine today.  And it makes me question how much they're letting the kid stay home when they're perfectly fine to be in school.  And then of course there are the kids with true autoimmune or immune issues that are not yet diagnosed who need much more of a workup.  If your doctor thinks you're sort of in camp 2.... or, if they think you're in camp 1 (you'd know this because your kid would have a 3 week cough every time he got sick and you'd have multiple urgent care or ER visits for nebs and steroids).... then there might not be any cause for concern right now, but they should still be doing their due diligence to make sure your kid isn't in camp 3, and doing a better job of communicating to you why they think theyr'e not in camp 3. [/quote]

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