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Rashes in Children: How to Tell What's Serious
A rash on a child is one of the most anxiety-provoking symptoms for parents, and one of the most common. The worry about meningitis is almost universa...
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Warts and Verrucas in Children: What They Are and Whether Treatment Is Needed
Verrucas and warts produce outsized parental concern given that they are almost always harmless and most go away on their own. They are also extremely...
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Scabies in Children: Recognising and Treating It Properly
Scabies is one of those conditions that parents are initially reluctant to consider because it carries an unfair association with poor hygiene. In rea...
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Ringworm in Children: What It Is, How to Treat It, and When to See a Doctor
The name is misleading and has confused parents for centuries. Ringworm contains no worm. It is a fungal infection, a dermatophyte that feeds on kerat...
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Psoriasis in Children: What It Is and How It's Managed
Psoriasis is one of those conditions that looks deceptively simple -- a rash that comes and goes -- but is actually a systemic immune condition with e...
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Teenage Acne: What Works, What Doesn't, and When to See a Doctor
Acne is often dismissed as an expected rite of adolescence -- something to endure rather than treat. This dismissal does real harm. Moderate-to-severe...
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