Childhood Illnesses

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How do I assisit an indivilual w/ mental illness and they are not aware of their condition?...
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At 18 months of age, my daughter had her 1st seizure. She is now 4 & is on Trile...
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Please help me. My 10 year old daughter is having a difficult time accepting her...
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Hi Moms, My father-in-law is terminal with cancer. My adult children and my ...
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I need help on this illness that my mother-in-law has...and to find out if anyon...

Chicken Pox

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I have a seven month old baby girl. Last weekend her cousin came to visit and gave her a kiss and played with her. Well - I got a call from his mothe...
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How to deal with chicken pox? My son is 6years old and just started developing a...
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My 10 year old has chicken pox and I was wondering if my 8 month old would get t...
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I would like to expose my daughter to chicken pox. If anyone has a child or know...
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Have any of you experienced Chicken Pox in your children even after the vaccine?...

Fifth Disease

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My 13 month old daughter was diagnosed with Fifth Disease a week ago Sunday, every day since then her rash as grown worse. Currently the rash covers h...
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I am a teacher, and back in December, I was exposed to Fifth's Disease from a st...
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Has anyone ever heard of this or has your child had this? I don't know much abo...
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My five year old son has had a rash for about 4 days. His cheeks are really red...
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Hello ladies, So I took my son to the ER last night because he had a fever of 1...

Hand, Foot & Mouth

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Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with hand, foot and mouth. My poor 14 month old is miserable. She goes through phases where she seems OK the...
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I took my son into see the doctor yesterday b/c he had blisters on his hands and...
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i just found out that my 14 month old has hand foot and mouth disease. my doctor...
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Hi Mommies, My little girl has come down with the Hand,Foot,and Mouth virus. ...
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Very worried!! My son and nephew both have the hand foot and mouth diease! My so...

Head Lice

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Does anyone have a remedy for lice. The rid is not working for me and i cannot afford to miss more work...
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hello all. i found lice in my 3 year old head. i cant believe it. it is so gross...
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If you have had experiences with lice, I would like to know what treatments work...
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We have our first bout of lice :( I have spent hours doing the girls hair with ...
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OKay my son has Lice, I am sick of it, and nothing I do seems to do works. Short...

Measles, Mumps & More

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Do any of you know where we can get single vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella, as opposed to MMR? I have an 11 month old son who will need vaccina...
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Hello, I am in the Tarzana area and my Pediatrician's office at Encino Tarzana ...
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My 5 yr old son woke up today complaining that his ear and cheek hurt. Upon exa...
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Hi, I'm not sure if anyone else is in this situation. I decided to separate m...
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Hi, I am wondering if anyone out there has had any experience with measles. My ...