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Last edited on March 20, 2026
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Diseases

Asthma/Asthmatic Bronchitis

Children can be allergic to different things such as dust, pollen, fur-bearing animals or food. When the child gets in contact with the allergy-causing subject, this can lead to allergy illnesses such as asthma, child-eczema and hay fever. Small children often catch a cold. Some of them cough for weeks and have wheezing breathing – […]

Cold Sore

Cold sore is a contagious illness caused by a viral inflammation (Herpes simplex). Often, the illness starts with redness and an unpleasant prickly sensation in the skin where the blisters appear later. After a few days, small blisters filled with fluid develop which quickly bursts and become sores. The sores are covered by a crust […]

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

Croup

Croup is indicated by hoarseness and a dry barking cough that sounds just like a sea lion. A common illness with children less than 7 years old. The cough has

Eye Inflammation

Many children with common cold get an eye inflammation with yellow gobs in the eyes. This kind of eye inflammation does not need treatment with eye drops. In

Hand, Foot and Moouth Disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a mild viral infection. The child has blisters on hands, feet and in the mouth. Some children have a light fever, headache and

Hay Fever

Hay fever is the most common allergy occurring with children. Hay fever appears as itching in nose and eyes, a lot of sneezing and a running nose. Even though

Headache

Headaches are very frequent with children that go to school but rarely with children less than 5 years old. Tension headaches are the far most frequent form.

Headache

Both tension headaches and migraine can be taken care of with regular painkillers bought over the counter, for example paracetamol. Pay attention to the fact

Infectious Mononucleousis (Mono)

Mono is caused by a viral infection and appears especially with children less than 5 years old. Far most parents do not even know that their child has mono

Inflammation of the Middle Ear

In most cases of inflammation of the middle ear, you do not have to treat your child with penicillin. You can help your child by using a decongestant, raise

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

Lacrimation

Lacrimation with new borne children is often caused by the tear ducts not being fully developed thus leaving no passage between the lacrimal sac and the nasal

Lice

Head lice can become a plague in many schools and kindergartens. It is very difficult to find the lice while the nits are easier to find. The nits look like

Meningitis

Meningitis is a serious but rare infection with children. High fever, headache, neck pains and stiffness in the neck or back together with little dot-shaped

Scarlet Fever

Scarlet fever consists of tonsillitis, a rash and raspberry tongue. The child can only have the rash once in a lifetime. Scarlet fever begins with sudden high

Squinting

Many infants squint but most grow out of it. Squinting can lead to reduced vision on one eye. This is why you should contact your doctor if the child is six

Stammer

The cause of stammer is unknown, but nothing is wrong with the child. With far the most children, stammer disappears in the course of a couple of years. It is

Stomatitis

Stomatitis is caused by a virus. The illness starts with a fever. After a few days, blisters appear in the mouth. Later, grey-yellow blisters around the lips

Teething

Teething is not a disease. The child will have its first milk tooth when it is 4 to 8 months old and the last tooth will have erupted when it is about 3 years

Thrush

Thrush is an infection in the oral cavity caused by fungi. The disease is very common during the first months following the birth. Thrush appears as milk white

Tonsillitis

Most cases of tonsillitis are viral and should not be treated with penicillin. Some cases of tonsillitis are bacterial, for example Scarlet Fever and should be

Symptoms

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Concussion

Most parents have experienced that their child hurts its head. The startle and the anxiety for the child’s injury are normal reactions. The smallest children most often hit their head when falling from small heights like bed, chair or pram, while larger children hit their head in connection with traffic accidents, sports or violent play. […]

Eye Injuries

Even though the eye is well protected in the socket, children get eye injuries. All eye injuries must be taken seriously and a doctor should evaluate most of

Foreign Body in the Nose

Foreign bodies in the nose are seen with children in the age of 1 to 5 years old. Foreign bodies should be removed immediately. As a parent you can try to blow

Headache

Both tension headaches and migraine can be taken care of with regular painkillers bought over the counter, for example paracetamol. Pay attention to the fact

Nasal Spray

Is used when the mucous membrane of the nose has swollen, for example in the case of common cold. Nasal spray reduces the swelling of the mucous membranes in the nose so the passage of air through the nose is eased for the child. At the same time, the valve opens to the middle ear. […]

Nosebleed

Far most children experience nosebleed one or several times. Most cases of nosebleed arise because the child picks its nose or because the child has suffered a

Tooth Injuries

Tooth injuries are most often caused by falling or a blow to the face. The injuries include everything from small bleedings from the gums, a loose tooth and

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