Parent Advice Online - Topics Related to Sick Children

Children's Hospital Colorado’s Parent Advice Online provides you with the quick tips you need on over 275 topics related to the health of your infant, child or teenager. This free information has been developed by Dr. Bart Schmitt, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital Colorado.

Allergies
Bone, Joint and Muscle
Brain and Nervous System Problems
Digestive Problems
Ear Problems
Eye Problems
Fever
First Aid for Emergencies

Home Care Tips for Illnesses
Injuries
Medicines
Mouth and Throat Problems
Nose Problems
Other Problems
Respiratory and Breathing Problems
Skin Problems
Urinary Problems

Allergies

• Asthma: How to use inhalers
• Asthma: How to use inhalers with spacers
• Asthma: Treatment
• Eye allergies
• Food allergies
• Hay fever
• Hives
• Preventing allergies

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Bone, Joint and Muscle

• Growing pains
• Leg cramps

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Brain and Nervous System Problems

• Migraine headaches
• Tension headaches

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Digestive Problems

• Anal fissure
• Constipation: Children
• Constipation: Infants
• Diarrhea: Treatment for bottle-fed infants
• Diarrhea: Treatment for breast-fed infants
• Diarrhea: Treatment for children over 1 year of age
• Excessive gas
• Stomachaches from worrying
• Vomiting: Treatment for bottle-fed infants
• Vomiting: Treatment for breast-fed infants
• Vomiting: Treatment for children over 1 year of age

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Ear Problems

• Ear congestion
• Ear infections: How to tell
• Ear infections: Prevention
• Ear infections: Treatment
• Ear tubes: Who needs them
• Ear tubes: Swimming and bathing
• Ear wax problems
• Pierced ear infections
• Pulling at ears
• Swimmer’s ear

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Eye Problems

• Dark circles under the eyes
• Red or pink eyes
• Something in the eye

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Fever

• Fever: Definition
• Fever: Phobia and fever myths
• Fever: Infants and toddlers
• Fever: Treatment

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First Aid for Emergencies

• Burns
• Choking: The Heimlich
• Seizures with fever
• Seizures without fever (Epilepsy)

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Home Care Tips for Illnesses

• Bedrest
• Calling your child’s healthcare provider
• Getting your sick child back to sleep
• How infections are spread
• Judging the severity of your infant’s illness
• Preventing infections
• Subtle emergencies not to miss
• Symptoms that last too long
• When to keep your child home from school or day care
• When to send your child back to school or day care

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Injuries

• Bone and muscle injuries
• Cuts and scrapes
• Finger injuries 
• Head injuries
• Mouth injuries
• Puncture wounds

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Medicines

• Medicines: Helping children swallow pills
• Medicines that taste bad: What to do
• Overuse of medicines
• Safe use of medicines
• When antibiotics are not the answer

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Mouth and Throat Problems

• Canker sores (Mouth ulcers)
• Sore throats
• Strep throat
• Toothache

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Nose Problems

• Blocked-up nose: Infants
• Colds: One cold after another
• Colds: The facts
• Colds: Treatment
• Colds: When to worry
• Nosebleeds
• Sinus congestion
• Sinus infections

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Other Problems

• Altitude or mountain sickness
• Fatigue
• Menstrual cramps
• Motion sickness

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Respiratory and Breathing Problems

• Breathholding spells
• Coughs
• Croup
• H1N1 Flu - When to worry
• H1N1 Flu and Tamiflu
• H1N1 Flu Facts
• H1N1 Flu Treatment
• H1N1 Flu Prevention
• Influenza
• Noisy breathing: Why?

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Skin Problems

• Acne
• Athlete’s foot
• Bee stings
• Insect bites
• Chicken pox
• Dandruff
• Fifth disease
• Frostbite
• Hand, foot and mouth disease
• Lice
• Lyme disease
• Poison ivy or oak
• Ringworm
• Small, localized rash
• Spider bites
• Sunburn: Treatment
• Ticks: How to remove them
• Warts
• Wound infections: Prevention

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Urinary Problems

• Frequent urination
• Urinary tract infections: Prevention
• Urinary tract infections: Treatment

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