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Question: Taking baby’s temperature
Q: “My baby is eight weeks old and I often worry about his temperature. Our thermometer is digital and I put it under his arm. What should it read, at what temperature could he be ill, and is the reading lower than if I placed it in his mouth?” A: Your baby’s temperature should read around…
Posted in Baby, Baby Care, Baby Health, Question & Answer
Tagged Baby, illness, Temperature, Thermometer
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UK Mums favour pain relievers
UK mothers stand out across Europe, favouring pain relievers as one of their first responses to child illness Insight from a new independent study on European temperature taking commissioned by Kaz Europe SA, the manufacturer of Braun thermometers, shows that 57.6% of UK mothers give their children pain relievers upon the onset of illness compared…
Posted in A-Z of Childhood illnesses, Baby Health, News, Toddler
Tagged child, fever, illness, News, pain, pain relief, sick, Temperature, temperature/fever, Thermometer
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New website to help parents administer medicines
New information service launched to help parents give medicines to their children with confidence A new website and expanding information service for parents called Medicines for Children http://www.medicinesforchildren.org.uk/ is launched to help any parent who has ever been anxious when faced with giving medicine to their child at home. Medicines for Children currently provides online…
Postnatal Depression
Unfortunately you will not be able to predict how you will feel after the birth of your baby. All you can do is consider the possibility that you may suffer from postnatal depression or illness. There are so many factors to consider, such as the type of birth you had, the care you received, the…
Postnatal Depression – The Causes
The exact causes of postnatal depression are unknown. For many women, PND begins for no obvious reason, but a number of different stresses may trigger it. The important thing to remember is you should not feel guilty or that it is your fault. All pregnancies are major life events and can cause stress that triggers an illness such as…
Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy
Toxoplasmosis is an illness caused by a tiny parasite called toxoplasma gondii. Like listeriosis, toxoplasmosis is usually only a problem if it passes from a mother to her baby during pregnancy. A mother may not even notice if she catches toxoplasmosis or she may have just mild, flu-like symptoms. The harm caused to her baby will depend on…
Posted in Pregnancy Health
Tagged Apicomplexa, Cat, faeces, food, Food Safety, illness, infection, Listeriosis, Midwife, Parasitism, Parasitology, Pregnancy, raw, Toxoplasma gondii, Toxoplasmosis, Toxoplasmosis Trust
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Travel during pregnancy – at your destination
Now I’m here You may find that you are getting tired more easily so what better time to relax, chill and enjoy some pampering than on your holiday. To make life easier, remember some simple points: You will get hungrier than before so have frequent small meals. You may need the toilet more often than usual so…
Posted in Pregnancy
Tagged blood clots, chills, chloasma, Deep vein thrombosis, fatigue, fever, headache, Hyperemesis gravidarum, illness, infection, Malaria, nausea, Pregnancy, prickly heat, tiredness, travel tips, vomiting
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Childhood liver disease
When Sharon McBride’s baby was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a form of liver disease, she was stunned to discover that there is very little awareness of the disease, which is in fact more common than childhood leukaemia. Every day in the UK at least two children are diagnosed with liver disease, a condition which is always lifelong and often…
Meningitis : Illness diagnosis chart
Your child has a fever, and a rash but the glass-test is positive Meningitis is the biggest fear of all parents. The terror of meningitis has been fuelled by the intense media publicity surrounding the rare but regular cases that occur each year. Meningitis is not becoming more common, but public awareness is much higher now than ever before.…
Are you an over-anxious parent?
Your daughter has an ongoing ear infection that hasn’t cleared after three consecutive courses of antibiotics. Your doctor says she will grow out of it, and is just prone to ear infections, but you’re not happy with this diagnosis. What do you do? We look at ways of challenging the medical profession when their reassurance…
Posted in Baby Health, Parenting styles
Tagged allergy, Child Health, Doctor, ear infection, eczema, fever, Health, illness, infection
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