title: [The allergic child at school. What do we need to know?].
abstract: Allergy is a multisystem disease in children that often occurs with the coexistence of diverse clinical manifestations that cause great impact on quality of life and academic performance due to sleep disorders arising from the disease or treatment, and absenteeism that children may experience. Because of the time spent in school, there is a possibility that allergic reactions may occur first in these facilities, where a lack of staff knowledge has been found regarding how to proceed in allergy crisis situations. Cooperative action among health teams, community, parents, and school authorities is essential to ensure that the school can prevent, recognize, and ensure quick access to emergency services (if needed) and treatment protocols for allergic reactions, thus allowing allergic children to be better protected in the school environment, which should be considered an extension of the home environment and an important arm in proper management to control the disease.
authors: Universidade Federal do Pampa. Programa Infantil de Prevenção da Asma, Uruguaiana RS, Brasil. dr.marilyn@uol.com.br.
authors: Marilyn
authors: M
authors: Urrutia-Pereira
authors: Dirceu
authors: D
authors: Solé
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000073978:Academic Performance; D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D010290:Parents; D011788:Quality of Life; D012574:Schools
keywords: Adolescent; Allergy diseases; Child; Schools