Is strep throat going around Des Plaines, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed strep throat activity has been reported at Des Plaines, Illinois schools and daycares in the past 14 days. That can mean it is quiet, or simply that nobody nearby has logged it yet.
How Des Plaines parents can tell
- Sudden sore throat without a cough
- Painful swallowing
- Fever over 100.4 F
- Swollen neck glands or white patches on the tonsils
Kids are no longer contagious after 12 to 24 hours on antibiotics, so most schools allow a return the next day.
Everything on this page comes from Des Plaines parents logging what their kids actually had, stripped of anything identifying. Nothing shows up until at least two families report the same thing, so one sick child never puts a school on the map.
Read the full strep throat guideOther illnesses in Des Plaines
Des Plaines schools and daycares we watch for strep throat
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment strep throat is logged there.
- Apollo Elementary School
- Central Elementary School
- North Elementary School
- Cumberland Elementary School
- Devonshire Elementary School
- Forest Elementary School
- Orchard Place Elementary School
- Plainfield Elementary School
- South Elementary School
- Terrace Elementary School
- Maine West High School
- Algonquin Middle School
- Chippewa Middle School
- Friendship Junior High School
- Domowe Przedszkole w Des Plaines
- First Steps Preschool
- Saint Zachary School
- Family Resource Center
- Iroquois Community School
- Science & Arts Academy
Strep Throat in nearby Illinois towns
Follow your Des Plaines school and get a heads up when strep throat shows up.
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