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Children's health summary

Children’s health describes the wellbeing, growth and development of children from the time before they're born through to their teenage years.

Children's health

What is the best home remedy for head lice?
Where do head lice come from?
Limping in children
Urinary tract infections in children
Reflux in babies
Slapped cheek syndrome
Phimosis and paraphimosis (tight foreskin)
Encopresis (soiling of clothes in children)
Boost your child's bone health
Colic
Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
Cradle cap
Oral thrush in babies
Measles
Fever in children
Early Or Delayed Puberty
Eye tests for children
Sickness in children and babies
Hearing tests for children
How to involve your child in being healthy
What can I do if my child is very overweight?
Skin rashes in babies
What happens to teen smokers?
Healthy-weight children: advice for parents
Kawasaki disease
Croup
Developmental co-ordination disorder (dyspraxia) in children
Physical activity guidelines for children (under five years)
Growing pains (recurrent limb pain in children)
Mumps
Club foot
Children's teeth
Hypotonia
What can I do if my child is overweight?
Tongue-tie
Reye's syndrome
Get healthy as a family
Skin rashes in children
Neonatal herpes (herpes in a baby)
Plagiocephaly and brachycephaly (flat head syndrome)
Scarlet fever
Molluscum contagiosum
Rubella
Kwashiorkor
Hip pain in children
Head lice and nits
Nephrotic syndrome in children
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Labial fusion
Threadworms
Night terrors
Jaundice in newborns

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