WEBVTT MARLEI: IT’S STILL SUMMER. BUT DOCTORS ARE TELLING PARENTS, DON’T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. SACRAMENTO PEDIATRICIANS SAY THEIR CLINICS ARE FILLING UP WITH SICK KIDS. >> IT’S LIKE WAY OUT OF PROPORTION TO THE OTHER VIRUSES. MARLEI: DR. DEAN BLUMBERG SAYS WE’RE IN PEAK SEASON FOR ENTEROVIRUSES. >> SOME STRAINS CAUSE HAND, FOOT, MOUTH DISEASE. AND THEY CAUSE A WHOLE HOST OF ILLNESSES, RANGING FROM FEVER TO GASTROENTERITIS, TO RUNNY NOSE IN SOME PATIENTS, THEY CAN BE QUITE SEVERE, CAUSING MENINGITIS. MARLEI: SO IF YOUR CHILD IS FEELING WOOZY, PEDIATRICIAN DR. KEN HEMPSTEAD SAYS THIS IS WHAT TO LOOK OU FOR -- >> HIGH FEVERS, PAIN THAT’S OUT OF CONTROL, COUGHING OR BREATHING PROBLEMS THAT ARE REALLY SEVERE. MARLEI: THESE VIRUSES ARE SPREAD BY, YOU GUESSED IT, PHYSICAL CONTACT. SO THAT ALSO MEANS YOU HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF YOUR COUGHING AND SNEEZING ETIQUETTE. DON’T BE AFRAID TO USE THAT ELBOW. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED LETTERS AT YOUR CHILDREN’S DAYCARE OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WARNING YOU ABOUT THESE DISEASES BLUMBERG SAYS THOSE SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. IF CHILDREN CAN’T PARTICIPATE IN NORMAL ACTIVITIES, DON’T SEND THEM TO DAYCARE, DON’T SEND THEM TO SCHOOL. THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THAT ENVIRONMENT. AND THE PEOPLE ARE SCHOOL AN -- AT SCHOOL AND DAYCARE AREN’T GOING TO APPRECIATE THEM BEING THERE. MARLEI: AND OF COURSE, DOCTORS SAY YOUR MAIN DEFENSE, HANDWASHING. IN SACRAMENTO, MARLEI MARTIN