Pinworms develop as a result of unhygienic habit of not washing hands before having food.
They are small worms who resemble to small thread pieces and cause itching in the anus area.
Pinworms infect humans only and reside in the intestines.
Every school going kid encounters this problem at one time or the other.
They [...]
Tummy aches are one of the most frequently complained about problems in children.
There are many causes attributed with it, and it is a challenge for the parent or the physician to find out the exact problem.
Sometimes the pain requires immediate attention and can also be a case of emergency.
The causes can be [...]
Pneumonia is the infection of the either one lung or both.
When both the lungs get infected it is known as double pneumonia.
When the pneumonia is mild enough that the visit to the doctor can be avoided and the child can carry out daily activities normally, it is known as walking pneumonia.
The lungs [...]
Many children have their appendix removed even before turning the age of fourteen.
And the risk starts to peak as they age.
Majority of children who get an abdominal surgery is because of appendicitis.
Appendicitis is actually appendix inflammation and as a result, a fingerlike tube grows on the lower right part of large intestine.
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Middle ear infection is a very common problem faced by children.
Even infants below two years could face this problem.
Infection in the ear is caused by germs and viruses.
They enter the human body and grow to cause infection, affecting the normal functioning of the body.
Similarly, germs can enter the ears.
Depending on [...]
A typical childhood disease in children chicken pox is very notorious for being contagious.
A kid infected with chickenpox virus will develop numerous itchy blisters which are filled with fluid.
These blisters burst later, which lead to crusts formation.
Children get approximately five hundred such blisters which grow over a red skin spot.
They show [...]
Constipation is a condition of improper bowel movement.
Usually the child experiences pain and has a hard time passing dry and hard stool.
In normal condition there is no pain while passing the stool and it has a soft texture.
The bowel movement is also regular.
A child having constipation not only finds it difficult [...]
When a skin rash cannot be blamed on poison ivy or chicken pox, the culprit is eczema.
In this condition, the skin turns red, scaly and develops sores.
The itching is beyond the limit and the skins starts to shed in the form of scales.
Dermatitis is the other name for eczema.
Dermatitis actually means [...]
Almost every kid and teenager faces corns, calluses and blisters problem.
They cause extreme discomfort, but at the same time, they are easily preventable.
The major cause for all of them is friction between the skin and foreign objects.
Dancers experience corns.
They are painful bumps on the toes.
Area affected with corn becomes hard [...]
Growing pain is part and parcel of the growing phase in a childs life.
When the child stops growing so will the growing pain and when adolescence is reached, they disappear completely.
Growing pain can occur between three to five years or eight to twelve years of age.
Growing pains are usually experienced in the [...]
