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Chest

Here you can find information about diseases, symptoms, and health related to the chest.

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Last edited on March 20, 2026

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Diseases

Common Cold

A common cold can, with small children, cause rise in temperature up to 40ºC. By raising the bedhead and use nose drops you can prevent the cold from

Cough

Cough cleans the child’s lungs for slime. Cough medicine is rarely necessary. The child sleeps better at night, if you raise the bedhead. If the child coughs

Influenza

Influenza begins with a rise in temperature and pains everywhere. The fever disappears in 3 to 4 days. If your child is drowsy or has trouble breathing, you

Pneumonia

Pneumonia especially occurs during the winter. Coughing, fever and troubled breathing are typical symptoms of pneumonia. All children – except for infants less

Walking Pneumonia

All children with walking pneumonia have a fever. Walking pneumonia mainly strikes children more than 5 years old. Walking pneumonia starts like a common cold

Whooping Cough

Whooping cough is caused by infection with the pertussis bacterium. At first the child has a common cold for a few weeks and hereafter the typical violent

Symptoms

Cough

Cough cleans the child’s lungs for slime. Cough medicine is rarely necessary. The child sleeps better at night, if you raise the bedhead. If the child coughs

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