Child Health Advice

Is your child sick? Find out when to call the doctor and when to treat at home.

IMPORTANT! Your doctor's advice and your good judgment should always take precedence over information in these guidelines.

Head

Hay Fever | Headache | Injury | Lymph Nodes, Swollen | Fever | Lice

Eye

Allergy | Foreign Body | Injury | Pus or Drainage (Pink Eye / Conjunctivitis) | Red (Without Pus)

Ear

Congestion | Discharge or Drainage | Injury | Earache | Pulling at or Itchy | Swimmer's Ear

Mouth

Asthma Attack | Cough | Croup | Dehydration | Hand-Foot and Mouth Disease | Injury | Mouth Ulcers | Sore Throat | Spitting Up (Reflux) | Strep Exposure | Teething | Thrush | Tooth Injury | Toothache | Vomiting | Wheezing

Nose

Colds | Injury | Nosebleed | Sinus Pain and Congestion

Chest / Abdomen

Abdominal Pain | Asthma Attack | Chest Pain | Cough | Croup | Wheezing

Skin

Animal or Human Bites | Bee Stings (or Yellow Jacket) | Burns | Chickenpox | Cuts, Scrapes and Bruises | Diaper Rash | Hives | Immunization Reactions | Infected Sores (Impetigo) | Injury | Insect Bites | Jaundiced Newborn | Poison Ivy, Oak or Sumac | Puncture Wound | Rashes, Localized | Rashes, Newborn | Rashes, Widespread | Ringworm | Spider Bite | Splinter or Sliver | Sunburn | Suture Questions | Tick Bite | Wound Infection

Digestive System / Genitals

Constipation | Dehydration | Diarrhea | Injury | Lymph Nodes, Swollen | Pinworms | Stools, Blood in | Urination, Pain with | Vaginal Itching or Irritation

Limbs

Arm or Leg Injury | Athlete's Foot | Finger or Toe Injury | Hand-Foot and Mouth Disease | Limb Pain

Baby

Colic (Crying Baby < 3 months old) | Dehydration | Diaper Rash | Irritability/Fussiness (Crying Child > 3 months old) | Jaundiced Newborn | Rash, Newborn | Spitting Up (Reflux) | Teething

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