While it’s incredibly easy for a child to catch some kinds of infections, considering just how much activity the childhood life involves, the ear infection is a bit different. Oftentimes resulting due to too much water consolidating…
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Treating the Croup
The most distinctive feature of the croup disease is a tight cough that may sound something similar to something like a barking seal. Most typically, the cause of a cough is some kind of inflammation in the upper airways…
The Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
While kids are not known for following and upholding a strict set of rules on their personal hygiene, another thing which they’ve always been known for is getting dirty. This in turn can be a cause of the Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease.
The Pinkeye Disease
Child diseases which affect the vision should be tracked especially closely and be on any parent’s watch list… The pinkeye, which is one of these, features distinct symptoms, such as tearing, redness, itching, and crusty eyelashes are all signs of conjunctivitis, commonly called pinkeye. The thing is most typically caused by the same viruses as…
Fifth Disease
By the way, it’s gotten its name because approximately 1 in 5 children US-wide tends to catch it at some point of the ages 0-11. In short, the disease, also known as the “slapped cheek” disease, most typically ends up with one distinct visual symptom of inconvenience – a bright red rash on a kid’s…
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Unlike the other few viruses we’ve been describing this week, which all were all but almost harmless, the rotavirus is actually known as the big baddie in the world of pediatric medicine. It’s a not very well-known fact, that preceding the introduction of an effective vaccine, rotavirus was the top cause of diarrhea-related fatalities among…
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Actually, this may be one of the most widespread child diseases we wrote about recently, just as the most well-known one… With tens of millions of kids affected in the last couple of centuries, now the disease is kind of contained, all thanks to the invention and widespread usage of the varicella vaccine. Though the…