Illness Common in Daycare
May 24, 2001
A study in the April issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine reveals that children in daycare are sick more often than their stay-at-home counterparts. However, the report also indicates that such illnesses do not affect any other areas of child development.
The study followed about 1,200 children from infancy to age 3. The children were put through a battery of tests, and their parents were interviewed extensively as part of the study. The researchers found that children in daycare were more likely to develop diarrhea, upper respiratory infections and ear infections during the first years of their lives than children who stay at home. However, by age 3, the incidence of illnesses in daycare children tends to normalize.
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
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