Summer camps and family hiking sessions can sometimes result in children getting itchy rashes. To be blamed are plants such as poison ivy, poison sumac, and poison oak. All of them produce the same substance or oil, called urushiol, which causes rashes. Urushiol is colorless and even odorless and is present within the leaves. Poison …
Pneumonia is the infection of either one lung or both. When both the lungs get infected it is known as double pneumonia. When the pneumonia is mild enough that the visit to the doctor can be avoided and the child can carry out daily activities normally, it is known as walking pneumonia. The lungs are …
Pinworms develop as a result of an unhygienic habit of not washing hands before having food. They are small worms that resemble small thread pieces and cause itching in the anus area. Pinworms infect humans only and reside in the intestines. Every school-going kid encounters this problem at one time or the other. They can …
Growing pain is part and parcel of the growing phase in a child’s life. When the child stops growing so will the growing pain and when adolescence is reached, they disappear completely. Growing pain can occur between three to five years or eight to twelve years of age. Growing pains are usually experienced in the …
Children usually feel sick in the stomach when traveling in a car, airplane, boat or train. This sickness is known as motion sickness. This sickness is caused by the reception of wrong signals by the eyes, muscles, skin receptors, and inner ears. While traveling, different body parts send different signals to the brain. The eyes …
Children who get frequent headaches and migraine attacks have chronic illnesses. Such children and their parents face problems to adjust with school and its rules. Extra preparations and steps should be taken to cope with such an illness. Pediatric specialists in migraine and headaches exist should be consulted for treatment and other precautionary & preventive …
Food allergies are a common problem in kids. Nearly two million children have food allergies in the United States. Some food allergies are life-threatening, even if the food is taken in very little quantity. Peanut tops the list of notorious foods which cause allergies. Following it are milk, especially cow’s milk, soy, eggs, wheat, seafood …
Flu and cold usually accompany each other when attacking a child’s immune system. It is a widespread viral infection and the harsh truth is that there is no permanent treatment designed for it because of the involvement of many types of viruses that cannot be killed, but yes their growth rate can be suppressed. Symptomatic …
The normal temperature of the human body is 98.6°F. If the temperature is taken rectally, the thermometer will show a rise of 1°F, that is it will show 99.6°F. The normal body temperature can vary slightly among individuals. The doctors consider the rise in body temperature as fever if it crosses the mark of 99.4°F …
