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You can find information you need to keep your child healthy and thriving in topics such as:

Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years.

Healthy Eating for Children.

Healthy Habits for Kids.

Asthma in Children.

Immunizations.

Depression in Children and Teens.

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Health Topics
Abdominal Pain, Age 11 and Younger
ADHD and Hyperactivity
ADHD M edicines: Suicide Warning for Strattera
ADHD M yths and Facts
ADHD: Other Conditions With Similar Symptoms
ADHD: Social Skills Training
ADHD: Tests for Other Disorders
Adolescent Sensory and M otor Development
Alcohol Effects on a Fetus
Allergic Rhinitis M edicines and Children
Allergy Kit
Amblyopia
Anger, Hostility, and Violent Behaviour
Antihistamines
Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Panel (AJGP)
Asperger's Syndrome
Asthma Action Plan
Asthma in Children
Asthma in Children: Knowing How Bad an Attack Is
Asthma: Educating Yourself and Your Child
Asthma: Overuse of Quick-Relief M edicines
Asthma: Pollen as a Trigger
Asthma's Impact on Your Child's Life
Atopic Dermatitis
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Autism
Autism and Vaccines
Autism: Behavioural Training and M anagement
Avoiding M ercury in Fish
Avoiding Temper Tantrums
Back Pain in Children and Teenagers


Barking Coughs in Children
Basic Dental Care
Bedwetting
Behaviour Rating Scales for ADHD
Behaviour Therapy for ADHD
Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
Bipolar Disorder in Children: Other Health Problems That M ay Occur
Bipolar Disorder in Children: School Issues
Biting
Biting as a Behavior Problem
Bladder Exercises for Bedwetting
Bone Remodeling for M alocclusion
Brace (Orthotic) Treatment for Scoliosis
Breath-Holding Spells
Breath-Holding Spells: Helping Your Child Avoid Injury
Breath-Holding Spells: Keeping a Record
Bronchiolitis
Brushing a Child's Teeth
Brushing and Flossing a Child's Teeth
Bullying
Bullying: Building a Child's Self-Esteem
Bullying: How to Help Your Child Who Bullies
Bullying: Signs a Child Is Bullied
Celiac Disease
Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy: Bathing and Grooming Tips
Cerebral Palsy: Controversial Treatments
Cerebral Palsy: Help for Speech Problems
Cerebral Palsy: Safety Tips
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Chickenpox: Preventing Skin Infections
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Abuse: Emotional Abuse by Parents
Child Abuse: Signs of Neglect

Child Car Seats
Child Care Providers: Licensing Standards
Child Care Providers: Safe Child-Staff Ratio and Group Size
Child Care: Interviewing Care Providers
Child Care: Qualifications for Providers
Child Care: When to Keep Your Child at Home
Child Safety: Air Pollution
Child Safety: Bicycles and Tricycles
Child Safety: Guns and Firearms
Child Safety: Preventing Child Abduction
Child Safety: Streets and Cars
Children and M alaria: Reducing the Risk
Children's Camps
Children's Growth Chart
Choking Rescue Procedure (Heimlich M anoeuvre)
Choosing Child Care
Classification of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
Classification of Hydrocephalus
Classification of Juvenile Arthritis
Cleaning Your Young Son's Natural (Uncircumcised) Penis
Cleaning Your Young Son's Natural Penis
Cleft Lip
Cleft Palate
Cleft Palate Treatment After Surgery
Club Foot
Cochlear Implants and M eningitis
Colds
Communicating Effectively With a Child Care Provider
Comparing Symptoms of Normal M oodiness With Depression in Children
Complications From Klinefelter Syndrome
Complications of Ear Infections
Conditions Related to Dyslexia
Conditions With Symptoms Similar to Depression in Children and Teens
Congenital Heart Defects

Congenital Hydrocephalus
Connection Between Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
Constipation, Age 11 and Younger
Corporal Punishment
Cough Symptoms in Children
Coughs, Age 11 and Younger
Crib Safety
Croup
Crying: Tired or Overstimulated
Cuts
Cystic Fibrosis
Daytime Accidental Wetting (Diurnal Enuresis)
Dealing With Childhood Fears
Dealing With Emergencies
Dehydration
Dehydration: Drinking Enough Fluids
Dental Checkups for Children and Adults
Dental Sealants
Depression in Children and Teens
Diabetes in Children: Care Plan for School or Day Care
Diabetes in Children: Food Issues at School
Diabetes in Children: Snack Ideas for Preschoolers
Diabetes: Urine Test for Sugar
Diabetes: When to Test Your Child's Blood Sugar
Diarrhea, Age 11 and Younger
Differences Between ADHD and Bipolar Disorder in Children
Disc Battery in the Nose
Disposable Underpants for Bed-Wetting
Doctors Who Treat Cleft Lip and Palate
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence: Checklist of Things to Take When You Leave
Domestic Violence: Getting a Protective Order
Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome: Helping Your Child Dress Independently
Down Syndrome: Helping Your Child Eat Independently
Dry-Bed Training for Bed-Wetting
Dyslexia
Ear Infections
Ear Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Early Disease Detection
Early Treatment for M alocclusion
Effective Parenting and Disciplining Children
Egocentric and M agical Thinking
Emotional and Social Development, Ages 11 to 14 Years
Emotional Development, Ages 2 to 5 Years
Epinephrine for Croup
Establishing Limits With Your School-Age Child
Evaluating Your Child's Hearing
Extracting Teeth for M alocclusion Treatment
Failure to Thrive
Family M eetings
Family Therapy for Depression in Children
Feeding Your Child Using Division of Responsibility
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Signs That Your Child Needs to Be Evaluated
Fever Seizures
Fever, Age 11 and Younger
Fifth Disease
Flouride During Childhood
Food Allergies
Gastroesophageal Reflux in Babies and Children
Getting Children to Brush Their Teeth
Getting Enough Calcium and Vitamin D
Glucocorticoids for Croup
Goniotomy for Glaucoma
Grief: Helping Children Understand
Group Child Care Centre Policies
Growth and Development, Ages 11 to 14 Years

Hand-Foot-and-M outh Disease
Handwashing
Head Injuries in Children: Problems to Watch For
Head Injury, Age 4 and Older
Headaches in Children
Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years
Health Canada and FDA Advisories for Antidepressants
Healthy Activity Habits for Children
Healthy Attitudes Toward Food and Exercise
Healthy Eating for Children
Healthy Eating in Children: Factors That Influence Food Choices
Healthy Eating in Children: Problems Caused by Poor Nutrition
Healthy Habits for Kids
Heat Rash
Heat Waves
Heat-Related Illnesses
Heatstroke Prevention: Acclimating to the Heat
Heatstroke Prevention: What to Wear
Help for Anger Problems
Help Your School-Age Child Develop Social Skills
Helping Children During Immunizations
Helping the Overweight Child
Helping Your School-Age Child Learn About the Body
Hip Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Hip Problems, Age 11 and Younger
Hirschsprung's Disease
HIV Symptoms in Children
How ADHD Affects Your Child
How Adolescent Thinking Develops
How Asthma Develops in Children
Hypothyroidism in Infants, Children, and Teens
Immunization Safety

Immunizations
Immunizations: Questions Parents Ask
Impetigo
Importance of Immunizations
Improving Your Child's Fitness
Inguinal Hernia: Surgery in Children
Interactive Tool: What Is Your Child's BM I?
Intussusception
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Adult Treatments That M ay Be Used in Children
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Balancing Rest and Activity
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Deciding About Total Joint Replacement
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Features of DM ARD and SSARD Drugs
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Growth Problems
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Inflammatory Eye Disease
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Range-of-M otion Exercises
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: School Partners
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Serial Casting
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Stretching and Strengthening Exercises
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Treatment With Heat, Cold, or Water
Kawasaki Disease
Kawasaki Disease: Criteria to Diagnose
Ketogenic diet for epilepsy
Klinefelter Syndrome
Lead Poisoning
Lead Poisoning in Children: Questions Before Screening
Lice
Lice: Cleaning Lice From Combs, Clothing, and Other Items
Lice: Removing Nits From Hair
Little Leaguer's Elbow (M edial Apophysitis)
Low Blood Sugar: Emergency Care for a Child
M alocclusion and Orthodontics
M easles (Rubeola)

M edical Causes of Bed-Wetting
M edical Checkups for Adolescents
M enarche
M ilestones for 4-Year-Olds
M ilestones for 5-Year-Olds
M itral Valve Prolapse: Children Who Play Sports
M oisture Alarms for Bed-Wetting
M olluscum Contagiosum
M otivational Therapy for Bed-Wetting
M outh Breathing and M alocclusion
M outh Guards for Sports
M umps
M unchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Nail Problems and Injuries
Nausea and Vomiting, Age 11 and Younger
Nausea and Vomiting, Age 12 and Older
Nephrotic Syndrome
Non-Verbal Learning Disorder
Nurturing Your Child to Improve Learning and Attention
Object Stuck in a Child's Airway
Orchiopexy for Undescended Testicle
Overweight Child: Evaluating Nutrition and Activity Patterns
Overweight Children: M edical Evaluation
Peanut Allergy
Pediatric Preparation for M edical Tests
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Physical Abuse
Physical Abuse: Common Injuries in Children
Physical Activity for Children and Teens
Physical Development, Ages 11 to 14 Years
Playground Safety
Preschoolers: Building a Sense of Security
Preschoolers: Building Self-Control
Preschoolers: Building Social Skills

Preschoolers: Encouraging Independence
Preschoolers: Helping Your Child Explore
Preventing Breath-Holding Spells in Children
Preventing Choking
Preventing Poisoning in Young Children
Protecting Your Child From Drowning Hazards
Protecting Your Skin From the Sun
Public Areas and Exposure to Infections
Questions About Inguinal Hernia Surgery
Questions Your Doctor M ay Ask Before Prescribing M edicine for Depression in Children and Teens
Quick Tips: Giving Over-the-Counter M edicines to Children
Quick Tips: Helping Your Child Stay Safe and Healthy
Radial Head Subluxation
Radiation Exposure: Risks and Health Effects
Rash, Age 11 and Younger
Recognizing and Developing Your Children's Special Talents
Recurrent Abdominal Pain (RAP)
Recurrent Ear Infections and Persistent Effusion
Reducing Biting in Children Ages 15 to 36 M onths
Respiratory Problems, Age 11 and Younger
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
Reye Syndrome
Roseola
Rotavirus
RSV: Risk of Complications
Safety Around Irrigation Canals
Scoliosis
Scrapes
Screening for Hearing Problems
Self-Awakening for Bed-Wetting
Sexual Abuse or Assault (Rape)
Sexual Abuse: Knowing About Sex at Too Young an Age
Sexual Abuse: Signs in Children
Shaken Baby Syndrome

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
Sore Throat
Speech and Language Development
Speech and Language Development: Red Flags
Speech and Language M ilestones, Ages 3 to 5 Years
Speech Problems: Normal Disfluency
Speech Problems: Stuttering and Normal Disfluency
Spina Bifida
Sponge Bath for a Child's Fever
Strabismus
Stress in Children and Teens
Stuttering
Stuttering: Risk Factors
Stuttering: Speech-Language Pathologist
Sucking and M alocclusion
Sunburn
Symptoms of Depression in Children
Talking With Your Child About Sex
Tay-Sachs Disease
Teething
Teething: Common Concerns
Temper Tantrums
Thumb-Sucking
Thumb-Sucking Vs. Pacifier Use
Tips for Parents of Children With Epilepsy
Toilet Training
Toilet Training: Knowing When Your Child Is Ready
Tongue-Tie
Tonsillitis
Tooth Development in Children
Tourette's Disorder
Trabeculotomy for Glaucoma
Treating Tuberculosis in Children
Treatment for M alocclusion

Tuberculosis in Infants and Children
Tubes for Ear Infections
Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Caring for Your Child
Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Emotional Issues
Type 1 Diabetes in Children: M aking M ealtime Happier
Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Safe Exercise
Type 1 Diabetes: Children Living With the Disease
Type 1 Diabetes: Your Child's Role in Care
Type 2 Diabetes in Children
Type 2 Diabetes: Screening for Children
Types of M alocclusion
Types of Strabismus
Umbilical Hernia in Children
Unproven Treatments for Autism
Urinary Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Using Vaporizers and Humidifiers
Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR)
Violent Behaviour
Warning Signs of Suicide in Children and Teens
Warts and Plantar Warts
Ways to Comfort a Baby in the Hospital
Well-Child Visits
When to Treat M alocclusion
Your Child and the Dentist

Medical Tests
Body Temperature
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
Galactosemia Test
Lead
Luteinizing Hormone
Stool Analysis


Sweat Test
Tay-Sachs Test
Urine Test

Medications
Antibiotics for M iddle Ear Infection
Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Antihistamines for Itching From Chickenpox
Antihypertensives for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Antimalarials for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Antipsychotics for Child and Teen Bipolar Disorder
Antiviral M edicines for Chickenpox
Atomoxetine (Strattera) for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Biologics for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Chelating Agents for Lead Poisoning
Corticosteroids for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Corticosteroids for Nephrotic Syndrome
Desmopressin for Bedwetting
Hormone Therapy for Undescended Testicle
Lindane for Lice
M ethotrexate for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
M ood Stabilizers for Child and Teen Bipolar Disorder
Oxybutynin for Daytime Wetting and Bedwetting
Permethrin for Lice
Pyrethrins and Piperonyl Butoxide for Lice
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) for Depression in Children and Teens
Stimulants for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Sulfasalazine for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs) for Bedwetting

Make a Wise Decision
ADHD: Should M y Child Take M edicine for ADHD?
Bedwetting: Should I Do Something About M y Child's Bedwetting?


Bedwetting: Should M y Child See a Doctor?
Depression: Should M y Child Take M edicine to Treat Depression?
Ear Infection: Should I Give M y Child Antibiotics?
Ear Problems: Should M y Child Be Treated for Fluid Buildup in the M iddle Ear?
HPV: Should M y Daughter Get the Vaccine?
Scoliosis: Should I (or my child) have surgery?
Tonsillitis: Should M y Child Have a Tonsillectomy?
Umbilical hernia: Should my child have surgery?

Take Action
ADHD: Helping Your Child Get the M ost out of School
ADHD: Helping Your Child Get Things Done
Allergies in Children: Giving an Epinephrine Shot to a Child
Amblyopia: Wearing an eyepatch
Asthma in Children: Helping a Child Use a M etered-Dose Inhaler and M ask Spacer
Asthma: Taking Charge of Your Asthma
Asthma: Using an Asthma Action Plan
Bipolar Disorder in Children: Helping Your Child Prevent M anic Episodes
Chickenpox: Controlling the Itch
Croup: M anaging a Croup Attack
Cystic Fibrosis: Helping Your Child Cough Up M ucus
Diabetes in Children: Checking Blood Sugar in a Child
Diabetes in children: Counting carbs
Diabetes in Children: Dealing With Low Blood Sugar
Diabetes in Children: Giving Insulin Shots to a Child
Diabetes in Children: Preparing a Care Plan for School
Diabetes in Children: Preventing High Blood Sugar
Diabetes in Children: Preventing Low Blood Sugar
Fitness: Teaching Your Child to Stay Active
Grief: Helping children with grief
Growth and Development: Helping Your Child Build Self-Esteem
Healthy Eating: Helping Your Child Learn Healthy Eating Habits
Sleep: Helping Your Children—and Yourself—Sleep Well
Stress M anagement: Helping Your Child With Stress

Thumb-Sucking: Helping Your Child Stop

Last Revised: April 26, 2012
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review : Adam Husney, MD, MD - Family Medicine

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