Toddlers to Teens

Small hard pustules on 2 year old girl

Hi, My daugther has clumps of small, hard pustules around her navel and knuckle and singularly to different areas of her body. Not in sweat areas. The pustules are non-irritating and are red around the perimeter and vary in size. She is asymptomatic and therefore afebrile. They are gradually...

by strounce over a year ago

11yr girl not growing

My 11yr old is the same height as she was when she was 9yrs old. At 9 yrs old she weight 68lbs now weights 61lbs. She adhd and when she went to the dr to change her prescription they noticed her height has not changed in 2 1/2 years and the dr took blood and x rays. And now going to see a...

by Guest over a year ago

Toddler with chicken pox twice

Hi, I have a 19 months old son and about 5 or 6 months ago after he had received his chicken pox vaccine he developed blisters. I took him to the pedia. and they told me that it was just a reaction to the vaccine and he had gotten a mild case of the chicken pox. Well a couple days ago he broke out...

by Lisa over a year ago

Television acts like a painkiller for children

Although most of the parents know that watching TV kills the kids’ imagination, a new study shows that watching TV can be soothing for the children and act as a painkiller. This study was small and it included 69 children aged 7-12 who were supposed to have their blood samples taken. The...

by Natalia3856 over a year ago

trying to understand this. my son might have this

my son is now 8 years old., he cant sit still, he is constantly licking his fingers and wiping it in his eyes, he is always, giving a little cough, blinking his eyes, and cant pay attention and sit still for any amount of time, he also is always rocking side to side when standing in one place. if...

by Jeff over a year ago

behavioral problems in 6-7yr old girls

I have a 6 and a half year old daughter. She has been very unruly and manageable these last couple of months - refusing to bathe, eat, study. Both my husband and I go to work and are home a couple of hours before she goes to sleep. She is the only child so rather wilful and used to getting her own...

by Guest over a year ago

colon polyps in children

My son's paternal grandma is 46 and had colong cancer that has mastastisized to her liver. Her aunt died of colon cancer. Her neice had polyps removed from colon at age 4. My son is a month shy of being 3 and his grandma thinks he has a BM problem. He poops about 3-5 times a day lately, and...

by Guest over a year ago

10 year old with stomach pain,weight gain and neck pain

Answered by a doctor

I noticed about 4 years ago that my daughter was belching constantly even all through the night in her sleep. She started getting bad stomach aches after that and has had them for years almost every day. I have tried keeping a food diary but can not pinpoint any foods doing this to her. She went...

by casbenmom137455 over a year ago

5 years old daughter yawning frequently

My friend's daughter is five years old. She has developed a habit of yawning frequenly for three days. She is otrhewise healthy except some occational incidents of sore throat or cough. She weighs 23 kg. Can this be an alarming symptom? How can we proceed further to find out the reason?

by Nabarun Ghoshal85479 over a year ago

10 Month grandson stays with my son and us 4 to 5 days he is

Hello, My grandson has been waking up every 3 to 4 hours every night since about 11 months old. He wakes up screaming like hes having a nightmare. Also we dont know what happens to him when he is with his mother the other days. My son is 23 and she is 22. could it be something medical help

by Guest over a year ago