Child diseases and conditions
Child diseases and conditions
Diarrhoea (Diarrhea)
Diarrhoea means an increased frequency of stools, which may be watery or may contain blood or mucus
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Bowel Movements
Small babies passes, a sticky, dark green stool called meconium soon after birth. This will continue..
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Boil
The infection of the skin, containing pus and showing on the surface as a red, tender swelling is c..
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Black Eye
While playing, the child may be hit on the eye, and the skin around it may become blue-black because..
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Birth Marks
Every child will have a mole in the body and some children may have more in number
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Astigmatism
The defect of the eye, either the curved surface of the lens or the cornea, which is the transparent..
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Asthma
Allergy of bronchial passages causes asthma, which results in difficult breathings as well as wheezi..
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Artificial Respiration
At times, a child may stop breathing because of drowning, electric shock, gas inhalation or smotheri..
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Appendicitis
The inflammation of appendix is called as appendicitis. The appendix is a small, finger-like append..
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Animal Bites
Even a most docile pet dog may snap and bite if teased, hurt or disturbed while eating.
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Bronchitis
Bronchitis simply means that the cold has spread to the air passage
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Bruise and Burns
A bruise is a blue patch that may form anywhere in the skin after a fall or a blow
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Chaffing
Chaffing is caused mainly from irritation of the skin
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Deafness
We can say that a child is deaf. If he does not speak or say some monosyllables by one-and-half year..
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Croup
The common word for the infection of the air passage or larynx is called as croup
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Cretinism
Cretinism is mainly due to the non-existence of the thyroid gland in the body, which is located in t..
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Convulsions
The cause of convulsion can be many, particularly in young children. The most common cause is high f..
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Convalescence
Convalescence is nothing but the period of rest and recuperation that follows an illness. The lengt..
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Constipation
Constipation is due to inadequate food, inadequate fluid, or inadequate roughage
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Congenital Anomalies
There are so many congenital anomalies with some may be minor, others severe and some even incompati..
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Choking
Most babies choke sometime. They may choke on food or milk or water, or it may be due to a baby putt..
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Chickenpox
Chicken pox begins with slight headache with fever. Then spots appear on the chest or back which soo..
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Anemia
If the haemoglobin content in the blood is low, the condition is called as Anemia
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Allergy
Some children are sensitive to some substances which can be harmful.
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Air Bubble
This is called as Burping. Along with the milk, the babies swallow air also. This may vary from one ..
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Fever in Infancy and Childhood
Fever is defined as the elevation of body temperature above normal
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Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes mellitus consists of hyperglycemia which is caused by insulin deficiency, impairment of ins..
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Chronic Nonspecific Diarrhea
When diarrhea persists for longer than 3 weeks, it is said to be chronic condition.
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Chest Pain in Children
Young children are more likely to have a cardiorespiratory cause of their pain, such as cough, asthm..
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Cervical Adenopathy
Cervical lymph gland enlargement commonly occurs in children.
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Bronchitis
Bronchitis simply means that the cold has spread to the air passage
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Bacterial Meningitis
Bacterial meningitis is a rare disease and it affects children of age younger than 2 years.
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Acute Conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis is defined as inflammation of the conjunctiva. It is usually caused by infection or a..
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Acute Abdominal Pain
The abdominal pain evaluation in children is problematic because the pain is often difficult to loca..
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Gastroenteritis
Acute gastroenteritis consists of diarrheal disease of rapid onset, often with nausea, vomiting, fev..
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Heart Murmurs
At some point in time, ninety percent of children will have an audible heart murmur
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Herpes Simplex Virus Infections
HSV is a member of the herpes virus family, which includes varicella zoster virus, Epstein-Barr viru..
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Adenoids
Adenoids are nothing but small pads of tissue at the back of he nose
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Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain is one of a common ailment in childhood and the child who at some time or the other d..
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Urinary Tract Infection
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Tuberculosis
Normally, the inhalation of organisms into the lung initiates tuberculosis. During an incubation per..
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Seizures and Epilepsy
The term seizure designates a clinical event that represents dysfunction of the central nervous syst..
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Pharyngitis
In pharyngitis, only 5 to 10 percent of sore throats are caused by bacteria, with group A beta-hemol..
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Persistent Vomiting
The forceful expulsion of gastric contents through the mouth is defined as vomiting. Vomiting can be..
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Otitis Media
Otitis media is the most commonly diagnosed illness in childhood. This infection occurs in half of a..
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Kawasaki Syndrome
Kawasaki syndrome (KS) is an acute, febrile, self-limited, infectious, multisystem vasculitis, which..
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Child Choking
Choking occurs when a foreign object becomes lodged in the throat or windpipe, blocking the flow of ..
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Diphtheria
This is one of the highly contagious disease, which mainly effects the throat
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Whooping Cough
This is also called as Pertussis. A newborn., baby has no immunity to this disease at all, and so he..
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Squint
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Sprain
A sprain is an injury resulting from the twisting of a joint
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Rickets
Rickets is a disease of the bones and is due to the deficiency of Vitamin D
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Rheumatic fever
Rheumatic fever is an exceedingly variable disease and affects the joints, the heart and other parts..
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Rabies
Rabies is caused by a virus which is present in the saliva of affected animals, mainly the dog
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Prickly heat and Pulse
During hot weather, prickly heat is common. Baby
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Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis is a contagious disease caused by a virus, which enters the body with food and contami..
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Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an acute inflammation of the lung
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Obesity or Overweight
Mothers are very keen to have a plumper baby, and tend to over-feed the baby
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Sty
A sty is an inflammation of the eyelid caused by infection or blocking of one of the oil glands or e..
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Sweating
Sweating is due to the presence of sweat glands in the skin, and is a good way of losing heat
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Table of Communicable Diseases
The following table can explain about the variuos communicable diseases
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Vomiting
Vomiting may occur if a baby suddenly brings up wind or drinks milk rather fast, or from a big hole ..
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Viral Fevers
Viral fevers lasting 2 days to even 1 week are quite common in childhood
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Undescended Testicles
Testicles develop in the abdomen, and gradually migrate to the scrotum at or soon after birth
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Unconsciousness
Unconsciousness may be due to injury, illness, shock, or may follow a convulsion
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Typhoid
Typhoid is a common fever, particularly in summer, resulting from unhygienic sanitary conditions, an..
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Tonsils
Tonsils are pads of lymphoid tissue in the throat, on each side, and when the child opens his mouth ..
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Toilet Training
You might have seen that often, the grandmother picks up a 1-week-old baby, holds him over a pot and..
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Vomiting
Vomiting may occur if a baby suddenly brings up wind or drinks milk rather fast, or from a big hole ..
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Tetanus
Tetanus is a very serious disease, and can occur at any age
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Nose Bleeding and Picking
This is very common among children and is usually not serious
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Mumps
Mumps is a communicable virus disease, that usually attacks one or both parotid glands located near ..
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Motion Sickness
Motion sickness is due to abnormal or irregular movements which disturb the organs of balance locate..
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Hernia
When the baby cries, you may notice a small swelling in one or both groins, and sometimes the scrotu..
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Hepatitis
Now this jaundice is a quite common disease and is mainly acquired by drinking, eating anything cont..
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Heat stroke
A sudden rise of body temperature to 106
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Heat Exhaustion
During the hot summer months a child may develop heat exhaustion if he plays about in the sun for a ..
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Heart Disease
There are two groups of Heart disorders are congenital and acquired
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Headache
Headache can be a symptom for many diseases
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Fainting
A child may suddenly feel dizzy and seem to black out for a moment. This kind of feeling is usually ..
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Eye Care
Children should read in adequate light to avoid unnecessary strain
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Electric Shock
Electric shock results from touching an exposed electric wire or from defective plugs and electric g..
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Hiccups and Hoarseness
A baby hiccups very frequently, and there is nothing to worry about that
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Hookworms
Hookworms are small, thread-like worms, and very difficult to see with the naked eye
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Indigestion
This is a common problem and may result from eating very fatty or spicy food, raw food or too much f..
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Mongolism
Mongolism, also called as Down
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Meningitis
The inflammation of the membranes or meninges covering the brain and spinal cord is called as the me..
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Measles
During childhood, this is a common infection and can be prevented with an injection of the measles v..
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Malaria
There was no malaria in most parts of India for more than 15 years
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Leukemia
The cancer of the blood is called as the Leukemia
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Jaundice
Jaundice occurs normally between the second and the fifth day of the new born and is considered as n..
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Insect Bites
The stings of bees, wasps and hornets are one of the hazards of summer
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Influenza
Influenza is also commonly called flu
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Infections Protection
It is important to protect the baby against all diseases
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Earache
Earache is due to infection of the ear, and may follow a cold and a sore throat.
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