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Conditions and symptoms

Advice on common health conditions in babies and children and how to treat them.

A

  1. Asthma in babies and children

B

  1. Blocked or narrowed duct while breastfeeding
  2. Bow legs and knock knees in children
  3. Bronchiolitis

C

  1. Chickenpox
  2. Classical Galactosaemia (C Gal)
  3. Colds, coughs and viral infections in children
  4. Colic in babies
  5. Conjunctivitis
  6. Constipation in children
  7. Cot death
  8. Croup in babies and children

D

  1. Dehydration in babies and children
  2. Diarrhoea in babies and children

E

  1. Earache
  2. Eczema in babies and children

H

  1. Hand, foot and mouth disease
  2. Head lice and nits
  3. Heat exhaustion and heatstroke in children
  4. Herpes in newborn babies (neonatal herpes)
  5. High temperature - fever in children
  6. Homocystinuria

J

  1. Jaundice in newborn babies
  2. Joint hypermobility in children

M

  1. Mastitis while breastfeeding
  2. Measles
  3. Meningitis and septicaemia in children and babies
  4. Mouth ulcers

N

  1. Nappy rash

O

  1. Oral thrush (mouth thrush)

P

  1. Phenylketonuria (PKU)
  2. Plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome) in babies
  3. Pneumonia - Babies and children
  4. Positional talipes (TEV) in newborn babies

R

  1. RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)
  2. Rash
  3. Reflux in babies

S

  1. Scarlet fever
  2. Slapped cheek syndrome
  3. Sticky eyes in babies and toddlers
  4. Strep A (Group A streptococcus)

T

  1. Talking to your child about weight
  2. Tongue-tie and breastfeeding

V

  1. Vomiting in babies and children

W

  1. Warts and verrucas
  2. Whooping cough in babies and children