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Coughs are one of the most frequent symptoms of childhood illness, calling for the maximum number of visits to the doctor. However, at times it may not be possible for you to take him to the doctor.
BMI (Body Mass Index) charts for children would help children check if they are over weight. Any child having BMI equal to or greater than 95 percentile can be considered obese.
Many a time we face certain emergencies involving infants or children. These emergencies may occur anywhere - at home, in the park, on the road, or at school. If one knows how to handle these emergency situations properly, one can probably make the difference between life and death.
Most children who have cardiac problems are born with them. The good news is that these heart defects can be overcome and that your child can grow and develop normally.
Chickenpox is a disease which can affect people of any age group, but usually it is children who are most affected. It is caused by a virus known as the "varicella zoster virus". Normally it occurs only once, but there are a certain isolated cases where the disease has occurred for a second time.
Usually, the umbilical cord falls off from the base in about 1 to 2 weeks. If this does not happen even after 2 weeks, the doctor will need to look into the pathological reasons for the stump of the umbilical cord not falling off.
Babies born anytime before 37 weeks of gestation are called pre term or premature babies. Pre term babies have their own handicaps as they are probably not fully developed because they still have a growth period which has been cut short.
Chicken Pox is a highly contagious airborne disease, that is rarely fatal that is caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV). The disease is characterized by the appearance of small spots on the body, arms and head that turn into itchy pox marks. It is said to be less severe in infected children rather than adults.
