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YOUR CHILD'S HEALTH
Pediatric health topics

  Parent and child - Texas Children's Hospital

 

Keep your child healthy during flu and cold season
Parents, get ready. Cold and flu season is here. But don't worry. Texas Children's has the information you need to determine whether your child needs a flu shot as well as tips on protecting your family from colds and flu and how to treat these and other winter bugs.

Your Child's Health is an index of hundreds of pediatric health topics designed especially to inform and equip parents of children from newborns through adolescents.

Whether you need general pediatric health guidelines, or information about a specific diagnosis or treatment, Texas Children's can help. Instructions for using Your Child's Health information.

Asthma / colds / flu / allergies
Includes: Allergies, asthma, cough, congestion, hay fever, RSV, sinus

Babies / infants
Includes: Newborns, teething, breastfeeding, colic, diaper rash, feeding, crying, thrush, prematurity, international adoption

Behavior
Includes: Psychology, sleep, ADHD, learning

Cancer / blood diseases
Includes: Oncology, hematology, sickle cell disease

Conditions and special care
Includes: Cystic fibrosis, liver, occupational & physical therapy, orthopedics, ostomy, pulmonary, renal, respiratory

Diabetes / endocrinology
Includes: Insulin, obesity

Ear / nose / throat
Includes: Ear tubes, ear ache, ear infection, runny nose, congestion, sinus

Emergency preparedness

Fitness / sports medicine
Includes: Weight, sports, heat illness

Food / nutrition
Includes: Feeding, snacks, recipes, weight

Head / brain / neurology
Includes: Headache

Heart
Includes: Cardiology

Immunization
Includes: Vaccines, vaccination

Medicine / Herbs
Includes: Supplements, alternative medicine, drug dosages

Safety
Includes: Car seats, bicycle, choking

Skin
Includes: Sunburn, rash, cuts, scrapes, burns, hives, eczema, hand-foot-mouth

Stomach / Gastroenterology
Includes: Stomach ache, stool, vomit

Surgery / Operations
Includes: Tests & procedures, sutures, transplants, wound, blood

 

 
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