One in 10 children in the United States suffers from asthma. That makes for quite a few worried parents wondering what they can do to help their children.
Th...
Watching your child suffer from a sinus infection can be difficult. How could it not be, with symptoms like:
Nasal congestion
Drainage or discharge from...
If you've arrived at this page wondering how you didn't spot your child's flu earlier, don't be hard on yourself – the flu is a bit harder to pick up on than ma...
Witch hazel has several fantastic uses that go beyond it just being an inexpensive topical astringent. You may have a bottle of it in your medicine cabinet and ...
If you have a child, there's no escaping it. Sooner or later, they're going to experience a fever. Although it can be a bit alarming, the good news is that a fe...
During a respiratory infection, a child's middle ear can become filled with fluid. After the infection has passed, the fluid drains out of the middle ear, throu...
Enteroviruses are a common type of virus that cause anywhere between 10 to 15 million respiratory infections each year in the United States.
Children are com...
Seven to ten percent of kids may continue to wet the bed all the way to the age of 7. Three percent of boys and two percent of girls still wet the bed at age 10...
Adenoids are lymph tissues that sit between the nose and the back of the throat. They trap bacteria and viruses as a means of aiding immature immune systems.
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Precocious puberty, or "early puberty" in layman's terms, is defined as puberty that begins before the age of 8 in girls and before the age of 9 in boys.
Sta...
Few things tend to make a child as miserable as an ear infection. Unfortunately, they're common for kids between the ages of 6 months and 3 years.
It doesn't...
Diaper rash is a common form of dermatitis that results in a patchwork of bright red skin, as the name would suggest, on a baby's bottom.
While it can lead t...
