A 2-year-old who is vomiting may have the stomach flu, food poisoning, an intestinal illness, a severe cough, a bladder infection or an intestinal obstruction. All of these conditions have specific signs and symptoms. Some are self-limiting and...
Three-year-old children are prone to picking up many of the viruses that they come into contact with, partly because they have not yet fully developed their immune system and partly because they tend to touch everything they see. When your...
Parents are often alarmed when they notice that one of their children has a fever, which happens when the body's temperature rises above its normal temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. A fever is a symptom of some kind of underlying...
Diarrhea is a common ailment that most children will experience from time to time. According to KidsHealth.org, diarrhea is frequent, watery or runny bowel movements that usually occur as the result of an infection of the gastrointestinal system...
Patients who have hay fever or perennial allergic rhinitis can treat their ills with easy-to-use allergy sprays. A variety of nasally applied medications appeal to people of all ages who seek relief from chronic runny or stuffy nose, itchy or...
Cat scratch fever is also referred to as "cat scratch disease." It is caused by the bartonella bacteria. The disease lives up to its name as it is contracted from the saliva, bite or scratch of a feline. The cat must first be infected with...
Young children easily come down with respiratory infections, fever and chills. Because they are exposed to other children suffering from different illnesses and because their immune systems are still immature, they are more prone to developing...
Few things are as worrying to parents as discovering their son or daughter has a high fever. Fortunately, fevers in children usually pass quickly and are rarely the sign of anything more serious. If your child has a recurring high fever, several...
A fever is a natural way that your child's body fights off infections. It typically develops when your child's immune system releases chemicals that elevate the temperature of the body. Because an elevated temperature causes discomfort and...
A febrile seizure, also known as febrile convulsion or fever fit, occurs in young children. According to MayoClinic.com, this condition is caused by a sudden rise of fever greater than 102 degrees F and can be triggered by an infection. This...
FluMist is an influenza vaccine that is administered into the nose as a mist; it is an alternative to the traditional shot in the arm. It is available for males and females between the ages of 2 and 49.
Watching your child deal with an illness is always difficult, but her fever breaking is often a sign she's on the way to recovery. As her temperature starts to go down, she should start to feel better, but she won't be completely healthy right...
When your child has a fever, it means his body has raised its temperature to fight a condition or infection. Even though it helps the body heal, you'll probably worry; and chances are, if he repeatedly gets that fever when you think he's getting...
A fluid called mucus is produced by the nose to help warm and clean the air that is inhaled. This fluid is then swallowed in order to clean and moisten the back of throat. If there is excessive mucus production, or the mucus becomes thicker than...
The heart is one of the strongest muscles in the system. It is responsible for distributing oxygenated blood to every part of the body. Rheumatic fever is a condition that can lead to rheumatic heart disease. With this condition, the valves in the...
Gum inflammation may raise your baby's temperature slightly, but high fevers are not a normal symptom of teething. To determine whether your child has an infection or just another symptom of teething, you have to know how to accurately take the...
Many of the blood vessel diseases that vascular surgeons see are due to atherosclerosis (the narrowing and hardening of your arteries), according to Peter Lin, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine. However, blood...
It is very common for babies to develop a fever at some point during their first year of life. Most of the time, fevers are not serious and are part of the body's normal response to fighting off infection. You can aid your child's recovery by...
Children come into contact with many germs through sharing, playing and interacting with others and their environment. There are many common diseases that children can become infected with and some of them are vaccine preventable. In the September...
If your child's body temperature reaches 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, he has a fever, according to the Children's Hospital Boston. Fever is the body's way of trying to rid itself of infection. Low level fever might only last a few days and act as a...
The lining of the large intestine produces mucus, which serves as a lubricant for stool to pass to the anus. Mucus can be present in stool, but when the production is increased enough that you are able to see it in your child's bowel movements,...
A common symptom in children who are sick is a fever. The University of Maryland Medicine, or UMM, advises that there are four grades of severity of fever. The grade of fever may influence the way your child's pediatrician treats your child. The...
Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that can develop as a rare complication of untreated or undertreated strep throat infection. Strep throat is caused by infection with group A streptococcus. Learn about the different causes, symptoms,...
