Child Health

Keeping your child healthy is a big job! Read all about common childhood aches, pains, and illnesses, plus how to take care of your child's body from teeth to toes.

General/Overviews

• Child Health Guide: Put Prevention into Practice (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• You and Your Pediatrician (American Academy of Pediatrics)

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Chest Pain in Infants and Children: Self-Care Flowcharts (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Elimination Problems in Infants and Children: Self-Care Flowcharts (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Feeding Problems in Infants and Children: Self-Care Flowcharts (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Fever in Infants and Children: Self-Care Flowcharts (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Mouth Problems in Infants and Children: Self-Care Flowcharts (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Taking Your Child's Temperature (Nemours Foundation)
• When to Call Your Child's Doctor (Nemours Foundation)

Nutrition

• Healthy Mealtime Habits (Nemours Foundation)
• Packing School Lunches (Nemours Foundation)

Prevention/Screening

• Handwashing (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
• Screening Tests for Children (Ages 2-12) (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Children and Long-Term Illnesses (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
• Earaches in Children: A Painful Problem for Many Children (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• How Much Sleep Is Enough for My Child? (Nemours Foundation)
• Medical Care and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old (Nemours Foundation)
• My Trip to the Hospital Coloring Book (American Society of Anesthesiologists) - links to PDF file
• Preparing Your Child for Visits to the Doctor (Nemours Foundation)
• Repeated Infections in Children (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Runny Nose (with Green and Yellow Mucus) (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases) - links to PDF file

Treatment

• Home Treatment of Fever (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• How to Give Medicine to Children (Food and Drug Administration)
• Your Child and Medication (National Institute of Mental Health)