medical conditions

Medical Conditions

Acute Ear Infections and Your Child
Allergies in Children
Anaphylaxis: What Parents Need to Know
Anemia in Children and Teens
Anesthesia and Your Child: Information for Parents
Ankle Sprain Treatment (Care of the Young Athlete)
Antibiotics Aren't Always Needed
Anxiety
Appendicitis
Asthma
Asthma and Your Child
Asthma Triggers
Bedbugs—Child Care and Schools
Bedwetting and School-aged Children
Bites (Human and Animal)—Child Care and Schools
Boil/Abscess/Cellulitis—Child Care and Schools
Breath-Holding Spells
Bronchiolitis and Your Young Child
Campylobacter—Child Care and Schools
Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster Infections)—Child Care and Schools
Clean Intermittent Catheterization for Boys
Clean Intermittent Catheterization for Girls
Clostridioides difficile (Formerly Known as Clostridium difficile; Also Called “C diff”)—Child Care and Schools
Common Childhood Infections
Congenital Hip Dysplasia
Constipation and Your Child
Corticosteroids: What Parents Need to Know
COVID: How to Prepare for Your Child’s COVID Vaccination
COVID-19: What Families Need to Know
Croup
Croup: When Your Child Needs Hospital Care
Croup and Your Young Child
Crying and Your Baby: How to Calm a Fussy or Colicky Baby
Cryptosporidiosis—Child Care and Schools
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection—Child Care and Schools
Depression
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Diaper Rash and Your baby
Diarrhea and Your Child
Diarrhea Caused by Specific Types of E coli (Escherichia coli)—Child Care and Schools
Diarrhea—Child Care and Schools
Ear Infection—Child Care and Schools
Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia
Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis) and Your Child
Febrile Seizures
Fever and Your Child
Fever—Child Care and Schools
Fifth Disease
Fifth Disease (Human Parvovirus B19)—Child Care and Schools
Food Allergies: What Parents Need to Know
Food Borne Illnesses
Gastroenteritis, Viral
Gastroenteritis: When Your Child Needs Hospital Care
Giardiasis—Child Care and Schools
Haemophilus influenzae Type b (Hib)—Child Care and Schools
Hand Foot and Mouth
Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease—Child Care and Schools
Head Lice
Head Lice: What You Need to Know
Hepatitis A Infection—Child Care and Schools
Hepatitis B Infection—Child Care and Schools
Herpes Simplex (Cold Sores)—Child Care and Schools
Hip Dysplasia (Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip)
HIV/AIDS—Child Care and Schools
HIV and AIDS: What You Need to Know
How to Take Your Child's Temperature
Imaging Tests: A Look Inside Your Child's Body
Immunizations
Impetigo—Child Care and Schools
Influenza (Flu): What You Need to Know
Influenza—Child Care and Schools
Lead Poisoning
Learning Disabilities: What Parents Need to Know
Lice (Pediculosis Capitis)—Child Care and Schools
Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease (and Other Tick-borne Diseases)—Child Care and Schools
Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Allergic Skin Conditions
Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Allergies: An Overview
Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Anaphylaxis
Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Asthma
Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Measles—Child Care and Schools
Meningitis—Child Care and Schools
Mental Health
Middle Ear Fluid and Your Child
Molluscum Contagiosum—Child Care and Schools
Mononucleosis—Child Care and Schools
Mosquito-borne Diseases—Child Care and Schools
Mouth Sores—Child Care and Schools
Mpox: What Parents Need to Know
Mumps—Child Care and Schools
Norovirus—Child Care and Schools
Osgood-Schlatter Disease (Care of the Young Athlete)
Pain Medicine After Medical Procedures: What Parents Need to Know
Pain Medicine After Surgery: What Parents Need to Know
Parasites - Giardia
Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)—Child Care and Schools
Pinkeye and Your Child
Pinworms—Child Care and Schools
Pneumonia and Your Child
Pneumonia—Child Care and Schools
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)—Child Care and Schools
Ringworm—Child Care and Schools
Roseola (Human Herpesvirus 6 and 7)—Child Care and Schools
Rotavirus
Rotavirus—Child Care and Schools
Rubella (German measles)—Child Care and Schools
Safety of Blood Transfusions
Salmonella—Child Care and Schools
Scabies—Child Care and Schools
Shigella—Child Care and Schools
Shingles (Herpes Zoster)—Child Care and Schools
Sinusitis and Your Child
Sleep Apnea and Your Child
Staphylococcus aureus (Methicillin-Resistant [MRSA] and Methicillin-Sensitive [MSSA])—Child Care and Schools
Strep Throat (Streptococcal Pharyngitis) and Scarlet Fever—Child Care and Schools
Sty—Child Care and Schools
Thrush (Candidiasis)—Child Care and Schools
Tonsils and Adenoid
Toxoplasmosis
Tuberculosis (TB)—Child Care and Schools
Type 2 Diabetes: Tips for Healthy Living
Upper Respiratory Infection (Common Cold)—Child Care and Schools
Urinary Tract Infection—Child Care and Schools
Urinary Tract Infections in Young Children
Vomiting—Child Care and Schools
Warts (Human Papillomavirus)—Child Care and Schools
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)—Child Care and Schools
Your Child Has a Sore Throat: What's the Cause?
Your Child’s Sleep Diary