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Impetigo
Health and Wellbeing
Impetigo happens when sores on your child’s skin get infected by common bacteria. The sores are very contagious and can ...
Hepatitis
Health and Wellbeing
Hepatitis A symptoms include fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and jaundice. See your doctor if your child has symptoms ...
Headache
Health and Wellbeing
Children often get headaches, and some get headaches that keep coming back. You usually don’t need to worry about headac ...
Head lice
Health and Wellbeing
It’s very common for children to get head lice, especially once they go to child care, preschool and school. You can usu ...
Growing pains
Health and Wellbeing
We don’t know what causes growing pains – but they’re not caused by growing. Growing pains will usually go away with tim ...
Thermometer
Health and Wellbeing
Glandular fever symptoms include sore throat, fever, tiredness and swollen neck glands. Make sure your child rests, dri ...
Child in diaper
Health and Wellbeing
Faecal incontinence is when children who are past the age of toilet training regularly do poos in places other than the ...
External ear infection
Health and Wellbeing
Key points: Symptoms of an external ear infection include pain and itchiness. The ear usually feels blocked. Your child ...
Early signs of autism
Health and Wellbeing
Early signs appear in children up to the age of 2, and if you notice them in a child, it is necessary to seek the help o ...