Category Archives: Child Health
April 27, 2010
Posted in Category : Child Health
Raising a child that suffers from Hypotonia can be quite difficult as the condition is characterized by severely low muscle tone. This is basically the result of the manifestation of many different diseases and disorders that affect the motor nerve ...

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April 23, 2010
Posted in Category : Child Health
What is Rickets? Rickets is a condition found in infants and children. It is a condition that is known to make the bones soft and deformed. This disease is caused by a nutritional deficiency of calcium, Vitamin D and phosphate ions. The body fails ...

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April 9, 2010
Posted in Category : Child Health
Drooling is a perfectly common and natural occurrence in all babies. While drooling might seem excessive to some parents the fact remains that all babies drool but some do happen to drool more than others. Remember that babies still have not learned ...

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April 1, 2010
Posted in Category : Child Health
Rheumatic fever is a condition that affects a person’s joints, brain, heart, skin and blood vessels. It can develop in a person after they suffer from ailments like scarlet fever and strep throat. It is often a reaction to the streptococcus ...

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March 30, 2010
Posted in Category : Child Health
Symptoms Cellulitis is a bacterial infection which takes place on the dermis layer of the skin tissues. Usually caused by the streptococcus bacteria, this infection can start as a small wound, insect bite, cut, or a dry patch on the skin and swell ...

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March 3, 2010
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Cold sores are caused by herpes simplex virus. Cold sores are also called fever sores. The medical term for these sores is recurrent herpes labialis. Cold sores which are contagious are generally confused with canker sores. Canker sores are mouth ...

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March 3, 2010
Posted in Category : Child Health
Most people believe that food allergies in children are quite common but this isn’t so. Only 2 per cent of children suffer from food allergies, and about 5 per cent to 8 per cent of younger children are affected. Most children outgrow these food ...

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February 2, 2010
Posted in Category : Child Health
Medically known as urticaria, hives is an allergic skin reaction that is triggered by an irritant ingested through food, drink or medicines or inhaled through the air. The characteristic symptom of this disorder is the sudden appearance of round, ...

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