Back to School: Building your child's immunity ahead of new school year

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Kids successful Central California are soaking up each past spot of the summertime sun.

Students successful the Fresno Unified School District caput backmost to the schoolroom connected August 18.

For ma Courtney Lucio, she's taking steps to support her kids' health.

"I marque definite they enactment hydrated, they instrumentality their multi-vitamins, they're up to day with their vaccines," she said. "I marque definite they enactment sanitary with their hands due to the fact that we bash travel to playground a lot."

Health experts accidental it's communal for kids to get sick wrong the archetypal fewer weeks of school, particularly for students successful the younger grades.

It's a inclination that Fresno Unified School District has besides noted.

"It's due to the fact that they are exposed to germs haven't been exposed to before," says Michelle Parker, Interim Executive Director of Health Services astatine Fresno Unified.

Parker says they spot cases of the acold successful the archetypal fewer weeks, arsenic good arsenic COVID-19.

But those aren't the lone illnesses that look to popular up.

"We are entering into flu season, truthful we commencement seeing that, arsenic good arsenic RSV," she said.

Parker says teachers promote bully manus hygiene successful the classroom.

She adds that schoolhouse nurses are besides a large assistance successful keeping kids healthy.

"They besides supply acquisition to our students connected however to beryllium steadfast and supply resources to our students and families," she said.

But it's important for parents to physique immunity for their kids.

Anne VanGarsse is the Pediatrics Medical Director astatine Valley Children's Hospital.

"Especially successful the epoch of the measles, we're besides seeing pertussis outbreaks, which is whooping cough," she said. "Making definite your kid is up to day connected those vaccines is archetypal and foremost the astir important thing."

Dr. Mitu Patel with Kaiser Permanente successful Fresno besides shares these tips to keeping your kids healthy.

"We request to get kids backmost to a mean slumber schedule," Dr. Patel said. "Nutrition is different one, truthful it's clip to get backmost to steadfast eating, due balanced meals.

Doctors besides accidental you should cheque your child's vaccines records and speech to their doc astir immoderate required immunizations.

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