Health
Teething and Fever or Diarrhoea: What the Evidence Shows
Ask most parents of a teething baby whether teething causes fever and diarrhoea, and the majority will say yes. This belief is so widespread and so co...
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Sleep
How Illness Affects a Child's Sleep
Every parent knows that a sick child sleeps differently — sometimes more, sometimes less, and often in patterns that disrupt the family's usual sleep...
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Pyelonephritis in Children: When a Urine Infection Reaches the Kidney
Most urinary tract infections in children are lower tract infections -- affecting the bladder (cystitis) rather than the kidney. When infection ascend...
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Fever Without Other Symptoms in Infants: When to Be Concerned
A baby with a temperature but no obvious cause -- no runny nose, no visible rash, no clear signs of an ear infection -- can be harder to manage than o...
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Your Child's Health: From Newborn to Age Five
Few responsibilities feel heavier than a new parent's concern for their child's health. In those early months and years, you'll encounter symptoms you...
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How to Treat Viral Respiratory Infections (URTI) in Young Children
The common cold in a young child generates enormous parental anxiety and is among the most common reasons for GP consultation in the under-5 age group...
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Recognising Sepsis in Children: When to Act Fast
Sepsis is among the most important conditions for parents to know about, not because it is common, but because the window in which action makes a deci...
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Night Sweats in Children: Common Causes and When to Seek Medical Advice
Waking to find a child's pyjamas or hair soaked through is alarming, particularly for new parents who interpret sweating as a sign of fever or serious...
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Managing Fever in Children at Home: What to Do and When to Worry
Fever causes more parental anxiety than almost any other aspect of childhood illness — and much of that anxiety is based on misunderstandings. The tem...
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Kawasaki Disease: The Fever That Must Not Be Missed
Kawasaki disease is a diagnosis that paediatricians hold in mind for any young child with a fever lasting more than five days and no clear explanation...
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Influenza in Children: What Makes It Different From a Cold
Parents who have had a child with true influenza usually recognise it as distinctly different from a common cold: the high fever that arrives suddenly...
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Dehydration in Children: Signs, Causes, and When It Becomes Serious
Most dehydration in children is mild and correctable at home, and most parents manage it intuitively by offering plenty to drink when a child is unwel...
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