Family Health
A-Z health guide
- Diabetes in toddlers: What should I look out for?
- How can I tell if it's baby blues or depression?
- What are the most common vision problems for children and teens?
- What is a food allergy?
- What is asthma?
- What is baby bottle tooth decay?
- What is chicken pox?
- What is cradle cap?
- What Is croup and what causes it?
- What is Cystic Fibrosis?
- What is dehydration?
- What is eczema?
- What is Febrile Convulsion?
- What is fever?
- What is hay fever?
- What is sunburn?
- What is TB, and how can it be prevented?
- What is the winter vomiting bug (Norovirus)?
- What is tonsillitis?
- When does a cut need stitches?
- When should I call a doctor for a wound?
Symptom guides
- Gestational diabetes: Risk factors and symptoms
- How can I treat symptoms of a food allergy?
- Strange pregnancy symptoms. Are mine normal?
- What are the common symptoms of eye conditions in grandparents?
- What are the symptoms of a food allergy?
- What are the symptoms of ADHD?
- What are the symptoms of chicken pox?
- What are the symptoms of colic?
- What are the symptoms of croup?
- What are the symptoms of dehydration in children?
- What are the symptoms of diabetes?
- What are the symptoms of eczema?
- What are the symptoms of eye conditions in children?
- What are the symptoms of iron deficiency in tweens and teens?
- What are the symptoms of norovirus?
- What are the symptoms of tonsillitis in children?
- What could be causing my toddler's stuffy nose without other symptoms?
Cold, Cough & Flu
- Can dairy products increase congestion?
- Cold and flu remedies: what works and what is safe to use?
- How can I avoid catching my child's cold?
- How can I tell if my toddler is coming down with flu?
- I am worried about swine flu. Where can I find reliable information?
- I'm worried about my child getting swine flu. What should I look out for?
- I've heard so many different things about colds and flu. Which ones are true and which ones are myths
- Is it true that colds and flu are most contagious before symptoms appear?
- Is it true that dairy products make a sick child produce more mucus?
- Is it true that kids in crèche get sick more than kids that stay home?
- My child continually sneezes - is this allergy related?
- OTC cough medicine: is it safe?
- What can cause a fever?
- What can I do to protect my kids from getting colds or the flu?
- What could be causing my preschooler's stuffy nose?
- What do I do if my toddler gets swine flu?
- What's the difference between a vaporiser and a humidifier?
- What's the difference between an expectorant and a cough suppressant?
- What's the difference between paracetamol and ibuprofen?
- When will my child be old enough to blow her own nose?
- Will flying make my child's cold worse?
- Winter health: how can I make sure that my toddler stays healthy?
Fever
- Are there ways to treat my toddler’s fever without using medication?
- Can a high fever cause brain damage?
- Can I give adult medicine to my preschooler?
- How do I know when a fever is serious?
- How should I treat my toddler’s fever?
- Is it true that rubbing alcohol helps bring down a child's fever?
- Pain remedies: is it safe to switch back and forth between ibuprofen and paracetamol?
- Should I give my child a sponge bath or a drawn bath to lower her temperature?
- Should I give my toddler a bath to lower his fever?
- What can cause a fever?
- What is a fever?
- What's the best method of taking a child's temperature?
- What's the difference between paracetamol and ibuprofen?
Rashes & Other Skin Conditions
- Clothes and eczema: what do I need to know?
- How can cradle cap be prevented?
- How can I keep my child's eczema at bay?
- How can I protect a baby in the sun?
- How can I treat a minor burn?
- How can it be prevented and treated?
- How do I treat my child's eczema?
- How should I bathe my child with eczema?
- Is it true that children are better off getting chicken pox than the vaccine?
- Is it true that kids can catch fleas from a family pet?
- Living environment and eczema: what do I need to know?
- MMR rash: my child got a rash after getting the vaccine. Could she have measles?
- My child bruises easily. Could this be a sign of a vitamin deficiency?
- Rash from MMR vaccine: Could my child have measles?
- What are the causes of eczema?
- What are the symptoms of chicken pox?
- What are the symptoms of eczema?
- What are the treatments for chickenpox?
- What are the types of eczema?
- What does labelling on sunscreen mean?
- What is chicken pox?
- What is cradle cap?
- What is eczema?
- What is sunburn?
- What should my child avoid if they have eczema?
- What to do during a flare up of eczema?
- What's new in emollient therapy for eczema?
- When is chicken pox most contagious?
- When should I seek medical advice for chicken pox?
- Why do I need to know about sunscreen in order to keep my children safe?
- Why doesn't poison ivy appear on the palms of my child's hands?
Vomiting & Other Stomach Conditions
- Does my preschooler have food poisoning or a stomach virus?
- How do I keep my child from getting car sick?
- How do I prevent my child getting norovirus (winter vomiting bug)?
- What are the symptoms of norovirus?
- What is the treatment for Norovirus (Winter-vomiting bug)?
- What is the winter vomiting bug (Norovirus)?
- What should I do if my child gets sick after I give her antibiotics?
- What should I do if my child has the winter vomiting bug? (Norovirus)
- What should I do if my child won't drink anything when he's sick?
- What should I do if my toddler won't drink anything when he's sick?
Ear Infections & Other Ear Conditions
- My child has an ear infection. Is it safe to fly?
- My child is deaf. What are his/her preschool options?
- What are the warning signs of a hearing problem in children 12 to 36 months?
- What happens at a hearing test?
- What's the best way to treat my child's ear infection?
- When is it ok to pierce my daughter's ears?
- Why is my child getting ear infections?
Head & Hair Conditions
Allergies & Asthma
- Allergies and dogs: Can the dog sleep in my child's room?
- Can dairy products increase congestion?
- Do vaccinations put my child at higher risk of asthma?
- How can I treat hay fever in children?
- How can I treat symptoms of a food allergy?
- How is asthma treated?
- Is it true that Christmas trees can trigger allergies?
- Is it true that dark rings under my child's eyes could be a sign of allergies?
- Is it true that forced air heat can trigger allergies?
- My child continually sneezes - is this allergy related?
- What are the symptoms of a food allergy?
- What could be causing my preschooler's stuffy nose?
- What could be causing my toddler's stuffy nose without other symptoms?
- What is a food allergy?
- What is anaphylactic shock?
- What is asthma?
- What is hay fever?
- What's the difference between a vaporiser and a humidifier?
- When will my child be old enough to blow her own nose?
- Which foods is my toddler most likely to be allergic to?
Throat & Mouth Conditions
- Cleaning teeth: how can I get my 2 year old to cooperate?
- How can I tell if my toddler has a serious throat infection, or just a regular sore throat?
- How can tonsillitis be treated?
- Is it true that fluoride can discolour my child's teeth?
- What are the symptoms of tonsillitis in children?
- What can I do to help my toddler through teething?
- What is tonsillitis?
- When should my child start flossing?
- When will my child start losing his milk teeth?
- Why does my toddler grind her teeth?
Constipation & Diarrhoea
- Dehydration: is it okay to give my toddler a sports drink if he seems dehydrated?
- Diarrhoea and dehydration: is it ok to give sugary drinks?
- How is dehydration treated?
- My child is constipated quite often - what can I do to solve the problem?
- Should we use laxatives on our constipated 2 year old?
- What are the symptoms of dehydration in children?
- What is dehydration?
- What should I do if my child won't drink anything when he's sick?
- What should I do if my toddler won't drink anything when he's sick?
- When should I seek medical care for dehydration?
Tooth & Dental Care
Emotional & Mental Health
- Boy liking girls clothes: Is it normal for my preschool son to like girls clothes and toys?
- Children at school are always putting each other down. What can I do?
- Imaginary friends: Is it normal for my preschooler to talk about them?
- My child hits and bites himself. What should I do?
- My child's teacher says he cries a lot about minor things at school. What can I do?
- What causes nightmares?
- What is a nightmare?
- When do nightmares occur?
- Will scary stories like ‘The Pied Piper' or ‘Hansel and Gretel' really disturb my child?
Chronic Conditions
- Diabetes in toddlers: What should I look out for?
- How can pneumonia be treated?
- How do I know if my child has Cystic Fibrosis?
- My child has been diagnosed with epilepsy. What now?
- My child has had a seizure. Could it be epilepsy?
- What causes pneumonia in children?
- What is Cystic Fibrosis?
- What is pneumonia?
Weight Problems
Genital Conditions
Foot Conditions
The three telltale symptoms
- How can I tell if my toddler is coming down with flu?
- I am worried about swine flu. Where can I find reliable information?
- I'm worried about my child getting swine flu. What should I look out for?
- I've heard so many different things about colds and flu. Which ones are true and which ones are myths
- What can I do to protect my kids from getting colds or the flu?
Bites & Stings
Bumps, Falls & Broken Bones
Burns
Child Abuse
Cuts & Scrapes
Sprains & Strains
Poisoning
Other Injuries & Accidents
First Aid
- Choking: how to recognise it and how to prevent it
- How can I make sure that my home is poison proofed?
- My child bruises easily. Could this be a sign of a vitamin deficiency?
- My toddler is getting bumped and bruised a lot more these days. What can I do?
- Should I let my child fall asleep when she's had a serious fall?
- What's the first thing you should do if your child is choking?
Doctor Visits
Vaccines
- Do vaccinations put my child at higher risk of asthma?
- Do vaccine sensitivities run in families?
- Do vaccines really work?
- How can I protect my child against meningitis and HIB?
- How can I protect my child from German measles?
- How can I tell if my child is having a bad reaction to a vaccine?
- How can polio be prevented?
- How do I prepare my child for his first injection?
- Is it true that a vaccine can cause the disease it was meant to protect against?
- Is it true that children are better off getting chicken pox than the vaccine?
- Is it true that children shouldn't be given vaccinations while they are sick?
- Is safety testing for vaccines rigorous enough?
- MMR and autism: is there really a link?
- MMR rash: my child got a rash after getting the vaccine. Could she have measles?
- Rash from MMR vaccine: Could my child have measles?
- Should I have my child vaccinated against mumps?
- Vaccination and diabetes: is there really a link?
- Vaccines: if no one gets the diseases any more, why do them?
- What do I need to know about the Hepatitis B vaccination?
- What is pertussis, and why does my child need to be vaccinated against it?
- What is pneumococcal disease, and how can it be prevented?
- What is TB, and how can it be prevented?
- What is tetanus, and how can I protect my child from it?
- What should I do if I think my child is having a bad reaction to a vaccine?
- What should I know about Diphtheria and the vaccination for it?
- What should I know about the measles or MMR vaccination?
- What vaccinations should my child have and when (Republic of Ireland)?
Drugs & Remedies
- Antibiotics for my child's cold: Why doesn't the doctor prescribe them?
- Are there any medicines I should not be giving my toddler?
- Can dairy products increase congestion?
- Can I give adult medicine to my preschooler?
- Children's cough and cold medicine: what is appropriate at what age?
- Dehydration: is it okay to give my toddler a sports drink if he seems dehydrated?
- Diarrhoea and dehydration: is it ok to give sugary drinks?
- Do antibiotics work as a treatment for all illnesses?
- How can I childproof my bathroom?
- How can I get my child to take medicine that he refuses to swallow?
- How can I get my toddler to take medicine that he just does not want to?
- How can I teach my child to swallow a pill?
- Is it okay to give my toddler over the counter cough and cold medication?
- Medication and kids: how do I ensure I'm doing it right?
- OTC cough medicine: is it safe?
- Pain remedies: is it safe to switch back and forth between ibuprofen and paracetamol?
- Should I give my child a sponge bath or a drawn bath to lower her temperature?
- Should I give my toddler a bath to lower his fever?
- What are the most important ways I can keep my child healthy?
- What do the results of animal testing mean for humans?
- What should I do if my child gets sick after I give her antibiotics?
- What should I do if my child won't drink anything when he's sick?
- What should I do if my toddler won't drink anything when he's sick?
- What's the difference between a vaporiser and a humidifier?
- What's the difference between an expectorant and a cough suppressant?
- What's the difference between paracetamol and ibuprofen?
- When can I give my child aspirin, or medicine that contains aspirin?
- When can I start giving my child chewable medicine?
Postbirth Recovery
- How can I tell if it's baby blues or depression?
- How can I tighten my pelvic muscles after giving birth?
- I'm worried about bowel movement after birth. Will it hurt?
- Post natal depression: do I need help?
- Post-natal exercise: When will your body be ready?
- Sex after birth: what do I need to know?
- Sex after pregnancy: what are the risks of having sex before my six week post-natal check up?
- What are the treatments for post-natal depression?
- What can I expect at my post-natal check-up?
Fever
- Are there ways to treat my baby’s fever without using medication?
- Are there ways to treat my toddler’s fever without using medication?
- Are they ways to treat my child’s fever without using medication?
- Can a high fever cause brain damage?
- How do I know when a fever is serious?
- How should I treat my baby’s fever?
- How should I treat my child's fever?
- How should I treat my toddler’s fever?
- Is it true that rubbing alcohol helps bring down a child's fever?
- Should I give my toddler a bath to lower his fever?
- What can cause a fever?
- What is a fever?
- What is Febrile Convulsion?
- What is fever?
- What's the best method of taking a child's temperature?
Pain
Illnesses
Medicine
- Are there any medicines I should not be giving my toddler?
- Can I give adult medicine to my preschooler?
- Can I give over the counter medicine to my child?
- Children's cough and cold medicine: what is appropriate at what age?
- OTC cough medicine: is it safe?
- Pain remedies: is it safe to switch back and forth between ibuprofen and paracetamol?
- What's the difference between paracetamol and ibuprofen?
- When can I give my child aspirin, or medicine that contains aspirin?
- Which is better for my baby’s temperature – ibuprofen or paracetamol?
- Which is better for my child’s temperature – ibuprofen or paracetamol?
- Which is better for my toddler’s temperature – ibuprofen or paracetamol?
Vaccinations
Eye Centre
- Is my teen damaging his eyes by spending too long on the computer?
- Can children have their eyes tested if they can't read?
- Can my child wear contact lenses and play sport?
- Can my teen get laser surgery for nearsightedness?
- Can nutrition affect my teen's eyes?
- Does the eye examination hurt?
- How can I help my child develop good eyesight?
- How can I protect my child's eyes in the sun?
- How can I tell if my child is colour-blind?
- How can I treat a scratched cornea?
- How can my teen ensure she looks after her eyes?
- How do I ensure that my teen's eyes are safe while playing sports?
- How do I know if my teen is ready to wear contact lenses?
- How often should my child's eyes be checked?
- How often should my teen or tween have their eyes examined?
- How old should my child be to wear contact lenses?
- How should I treat my child's black eye?
- Is it ok for my child to use the computer?
- Is it serious if my child gets a black eye?
- My child keeps breaking his glasses, what can I do to prevent this?
- Should my child wear sunglasses?
- What are the different types of contact lenses?
- What are the most common vision problems for children and teens?
- What does a comprehensive eye exam involve?
- What kind of glasses should my child wear?
- What should a comprehensive eye exam consist of?
- What should I do if my child gets an eye injury?
- What should I do if my child gets something in his eye?
- What should I do if my child gets something poisonous in his eye?
- What should I do if my child's eye has been scratched, poked or hit?
- Why does my child need to go to the optometrist when they have their eyes checked in school?
- Will my baby's eyes need testing?
Eye conditions & injuries
- Can babies suffer from glaucoma?
- Can I treat an eye injury myself?
- How can I make my house safe for my child's eyes?
- How can I protect my child from eye injuries?
- How can I tell if my child is colour-blind?
- How can I treat a scratched cornea?
- How should I treat my child's black eye?
- How will I know if my baby has vision problems?
- Is it serious if my child gets a black eye?
- What are the most common eye problems in children?
- What are the symptoms of eye conditions in children?
- What if I can't get an object out of my child's eye?
- What should I do if my child gets something in his eye?
- What should I do if my child gets something poisonous in his eye?
- What should I do if my child's eye has been scratched, poked or hit?
Eye development
Children & teenagers
- Can my child wear contact lenses and play sport?
- Can my teen get laser surgery for nearsightedness?
- Can nutrition affect my teen's eyes?
- How can I tell if my child is colour-blind?
- How can I treat a scratched cornea?
- How often should my child's eyes be checked?
- How old should my child be to wear contact lenses?
- How should I treat my child's black eye?
- Is it ok for my child to use the computer?
- Is it serious if my child gets a black eye?
- Should my child wear sunglasses?
- What kind of glasses should my child wear?
- What should I do if my child gets something poisonous in his eye?
- What should I do if my child's eye has been scratched, poked or hit?
Parents
- I only wear lenses from time to time and want a hassle-free throwaway product. Is anything available?
- Are there any contact lenses which I can sleep in?
- Are there different types of conjunctivitis?
- How can colour blindness be tested?
- How often should I get my eyes tested?
- I am pregnant and my eyes are very dry after wearing contact lenses. Is this normal?
- I have worn glasses for years and want to try contact lenses, will I be able to wear them?
- I wear contact lenses all the time and never have problems. Do I need to have glasses too?
- What are common eye complaints and how are they treated?
- What causes dry, itchy eye lids?
- What should I do if my contact lenses are uncomfortable to wear?
- Why are my contact lens and glasses prescriptions different?
Grandparents
- Are there any helpful tips for taking care of grandparent's eyesight?
- How will my eyesight affect my ability to drive as I get older?
- What are the common symptoms of eye conditions in grandparents?
- What are the most common eye problems in grandparents eyes?
- What are the symptoms of diabetes?
- What should I include in my diet to help protect aging eyes?
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