Illnesses & Symptoms: Myself

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Hi momma's since starting preschool my DS constantly has a runny nose every couple of weeks and it drives me crazy. I take him to his ped to make sure ...
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My 4 1/2 yr. old has a dry, hacking cough and a runny nose...we are uninsured at...
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I have a 6 1/2 year old son who has had tonsilitis at least 5 times in less than...
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I have a friend who has a 6 year old daughter that has a case of chronic coughin...
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What is a good home remedie for a runny nose?...

Aches & Pains

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Since having my son in January, I've had increasing joint pain in my knees (and thumbs!), along with some back pain -- feels almost arthritic. At first...
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I'm wondering if any of you have personal experience with trying a "natural" pro...
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I have an almost 1 year old who is still nursing. I am currently weaning, and h...
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Hi Ladies, My daughter is now three months old and still breastfeeding. Ever...
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I am 11 weeks pregnant, and I have been experiencing pain in several of my joint...

Acne

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I have a place where my lobe meets my face that feels like it has a zit head in it. It is the area right next to my face. It is pea sized and runs from...
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My 17 year old daughter has a major case of acne she does everything she can to ...
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This isn't a crisis at all but just wondering what can be causing my daughters b...
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Does anyone out there have a teen on the medication "Accutane". I have a 16yr o...
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I always suffered with acne as a teenager but it became tolerable as an adult. ...

ADD, ADHD

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My son is 7 years old and in the first grade. He is a very intellegent boy, he loves sports, reading and being outside. At the first parent teacher co...
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My daughter just started kidnergarden. We are already dealing with hyperactivity...
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My 9 year old has recently been diagnosed with ADD. Since the end of her 2nd gr...
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How do they test children for add or adhd? He is very disruptive and defiant at...
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I have been having a lot of problems with my middle daughter. She is almost 7, b...

Adenoid & Tonsilitis

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My 18-month old son had tubes placed in his ears two months ago. He's had one ear infection and two sinus infections since. I've been told that he mi...
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I am having a dilemma over what to do with my 3 year old. We just went to the E...
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My son is 3 and has had chronic ear infections and sleep apnea since Sept of 200...
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I have a 21 month old son who may need to have tonsil and adenoids reomoved. Any...
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OK ... Lord this week has been stressful.... I haven't even gotten into doing th...

Allergies

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I posted a week ago about my son's hands swelling up with a light red rash. It happened again yesterday and now it's worse. I now know he is having a...
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When getting my 2 year old ready for dinner i took her shirt off and found red s...
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Recently my hands and feet started to itch something fierce. I thought maybe it...
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Ok mama's you are always so very helpful and i have a question that i ALWAYS for...
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My allergy test from a blood sample finally came in . . . as suspected, I am all...

Alzheimer's

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Our family is going through a crisis. We have learned that my mother-in-law has alzheimers, we have suspected over the past several months. But recen...
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I love my MIL very dearly, but I'm concerned about her. We recently spent a 10 d...
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Hello, My sister and I are thinkinking of starting an online support group for p...
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Hi Moms- My father has Alzheimers-diagnosed in 2005. Until very recently thi...
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My mom has Alzheimer's. My kids are 5,3 and 4 months, so it's very sad. I've b...

Bed Wetting & Night Accidents

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Hello all. I have a seven year old son, soon to be eight, who is still wetting the bed. I have tried everything I or doctors could think of. They say t...
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OK - My son just turned 8. He still wears pull ups at night, due to constant ev...
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My almost four year old daughter was completely out of training pants, sleeping ...
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My son is 13 years old and is still wetting the bed. We have tried everything f...
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i am a mother of three a 4,5 and 7 yr old. my girls 4 and 7 have had no problem ...

Bones & Osteoporosis

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Just recently changed GYN. He was great. Wants me to have a "bone density" scan to check for osteporosis. What is this like? What can I expect when...
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Have you or anyone you all know of done these screenings they have where you can...
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Ladies: I had a fracture 4 months ago and I have had Vitamin D deficiency in ...
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I am 53 and thought I had entered menopause last April. When my period ended, I ...
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This seems like a silly question, but it's important to me. I had Cancer several...

Cancer

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We found out yesterday that my husbands aunt has terminal gastric cancer in stage 4 and that she only has about 1 year left with chemotheraphy and abou...
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i just wanted to feel better i am in a relation for over a year and half and i...
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I have a wart, mold looking thing on my eyelid. I started "growing" it about a y...
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My 52 year old aunt was diagnosed with stage 4 (terminal) lung cancer, yesterday...
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Most recently I have been under some serious stress due to a big change in my li...

Cholesterol & Blood Pressure

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I've always had high blood pressure... well, above 'normal' (which is 120/80)... The past few time's I've been to the doctor for various reasons, I've ...
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Hey ladies, I went to the drs on Friday just for a check up and some other meds...
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About a week and a half ago, I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and put on...
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I am 27 and this past September I was diagnosed with high blood pressure, and pu...
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Hi I am 31 years old, and I have high blood pressure. It is controled with lo...

Cold & Flu

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My 18 month old has her first cold. She has a runny nose, and drainage that made her gag and throw up a little last night. I could hear that she has a ...
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Hello Mommas, Today I took my almost 20 month old to a story time. While we ...
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My 10 month old has had a runny nose for almost a month now. She doesn't seem s...
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My daughter who is almost 6 month old ( she will be 6 months next week) has had ...
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This will be the death of me! My 9 mo. old has had a snotty nose for 3 weeks! ...

Constipation

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my five year old boy has been constipated since one month i had tried many things but none of them work what should i do...
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My daughter is about 4 1/2 weeks old. I recently switched her from breastmilk to...
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What can I do to help my grandson (6 mo. old) have immediate relief for constipa...
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Any Mom's out there know of any natural treatments for constipation? Both of my...
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What is the best thing to do for a 3yr old for constipation? She has been compla...

Cough & Cold

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My 7 month old just recently started to get a stuffy nose. I don't know what to do and I feel for him because he doesn't nurse for long and he won't e...
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My 5 month old has had a stuffy nose for a little over a week now. Last Wed, sh...
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hey moms, i need sme good advice on what to do for my five month old baby boy's ...
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Hi Moms! I have a wonderful almost 3 year old and he has just come down with a ...
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my daughter has had a stuffy nose for almost a week. i called the ped. they just...

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Diabetes

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We just found out that my husband has diabetes!! Does anyone have taste recipes or a good website suggestion!! i have tried some things but aren't that...
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I have an 18 month granddaughter I am raising and we were told yesterday she has...
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My husband was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Anyone have any recipe ideas...
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What are the symtoms of diabetes? I looked on line and kept getting sent from o...
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Hi Ladies, I just wanted your opinion on a personal matter. I went to the eye ...

Fatigue

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Hi All: I'm wondering if anyone else experiences this. Lately, I've been feeling old before my time. We only have the one son, who's two and a rea...
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Anyone have problems with chronic fatigue? I am chronically tired but take very...
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Hi all- Maybe I'm just writing this out of reaction to today, but I've never ha...
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Hi there, Our baby is 7.5 months and still waking several times throughout th...
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Does anyone have any suggestions for natural remedies for constant fatigue? I ha...

Fever

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My four year old son has been running a very high fever for three days now. Even with alternating Tylenol and Motrin every three hours, it is still ar...
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My son has had a temperature all day. He was up at 5:30am with a temp of 101.+ ...
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I have been a little concerned about my temperatures lately. I normally run a te...
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my 10 month old has had a fever for about 24hrs and has yet to break his fever....
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my 10 wk. old has a 100.4 fever is this common???...

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Fibromyalgia

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Any one have fibromyalgia?...
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I am a mom with fibromyalgia. I take tramadol for the constant pain. My husban...
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My cousin was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and she is in pain everyday. Does anyo...
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I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and am searching for others who have th...
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I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia recently, and am in a lot of discomfort. My d...

Flu

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Okay I know this is going to sound really crazy but I have onyl had the flu once in my life and was so little the only thing I remember about it was my...
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I have a 7 month old who is just starting to crawl and I woke up with the flu.. ...
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I have never had a fever in my adult life or the flu. My 2 kids have been sick ...
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My 13 months old has had the flu now for 4 days. When or if do I take him in? Ca...
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how did you know if your child has the seasonal flu or the h1n1 flu? thanks...

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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Every time I get my granddaughter she has lice. What should I do about this prob...
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We just found out we have lice! I never had this problem before, any advice is ...
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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...

Headache & Migraine

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I have suffered from migraine headaches forever ( it seems) but they stopped temporarily while I was pregnant...now that I am no longer pregnant but am...
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I have a really bad headache that tylenol, cafine, chocolate, or anything else b...
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Good morning ladies, sorry if I stumble in this question as the medicine just st...
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I am just researching this right now. I have received info, pamplets, etc from t...
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Hello! For the past few years nearly every Monday that I work I get a headache. ...

Heart Disease

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Last year I was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. I am 36 years old, my father had the same thing at the same age I am now. He passed at the age o...
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I just found out my mom who is 53 is going to have heart surgery to replace two ...
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Has anyone had a family member that has had to get a heart defibulator put in an...
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I'm not having gastric surgery but I am getting in a swimsuit in 7 weeks (just f...
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Our 14 yr old terrier mix has had a heart murmur for a couple years. It makes h...

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High Cholesterol

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Hi ladies, I'm writing this for avery good friend of mine who is trying to get preggers for the first time (sooooo excited). She has very high cholest...
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I have had high cholesterol for many years now and have been on and off prescrip...
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I recently had blood work at my doctor's appointment. Later, a nurse called to ...
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Yesterday my kid's doctor did blood work on them that i requested and she said t...
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I am expecting my second baby and recently had my annual physical and was told m...

Incontinence

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I saw my Gyn. about stress incontinence, I leak when I exercise. She wants to put in a TOT sling, I am very worried about the procedure and wondered i...
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After years of putting it off and trying keigles and other exercises, I have to ...
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After 2 kids my bladder has not been the same. I have "overflow," "stress" and "...
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I'm scheduled to have surgery to have a sling put in to help eliminate urinary i...
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I have severe incontinence since I gave birth a year ago. I am told to see a Ur...

Irritable Bowel

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I was diagnosed with Crohn's 15 years ago and up until this last year I have been able to control it with drug therapy and diet changes. Now my doctor ...
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I've had IBS for many years..I'm now 32. My IBS is with constipation problems. ...
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I am becoming very good friends with a woman who has celiac diease, and I have a...
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I have just been diagnosed with IBS. I have been having lots of extreme pain off...
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Last Thursday I woke up doubled over in pain from my lower abdomen. Awhile later...

Medications

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I went to the doctor yesterday to get a refill of my blood pressure pills. The last time I went to the doctor I told him about a little pocket on the s...
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Ok Mommas, I am getting conflicting advice from my health care professionals. ...
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I have had anxiety and panic attacks for almost two years now. I've been taking ...
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Have you or a loved one been offered or perscribed any of these meds? If so, wh...
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If you work in the field of nutrition, can you please tell me what is involved. ...

Mental Health & Learning Disabilities

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This may seem a little off the wall. I was looking for moms opinions on Pediatric Bipolar Disorder, also known as onset bipolar disorder. There are a l...
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My friend suspects her son has a learning disability and since my daughter had s...
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I am a mom of three girls, one of whom happens to have a very challenging mental...
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After fighting with the school system for several years, and finally seeking my ...
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I have been told from several friends and some strangers that their children are...

Pink Eye

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Any home remedies for Pink eye that might help....
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I think that I might have pink eye, I woke up this morning with goopies on my to...
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Ok mom's I know this may sound strange but I was hoping you could help.. I am 3...
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My daughter has had pink eye since Friday. She went to the doctor and he said i...
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My 2.5 year old has a bright red patch/spot under her eye...at first we thought ...

Rashes

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My daughter has horrible hives. She has had them for 2 weeks and the doctor has no explanation for them. We eat organic and use natural products in o...
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My 4 year old son starting breaking out with hives a week ago. I called the doct...
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Hi Moms! My son has had hives for a while now. Normally he gets them with a feve...
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My 10 month daughter has had a rough winter. On New Year's Eve she came down wi...
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My son woke up yesterday morning with hives (according to the Doctor) all over h...

Support Groups

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I will be going to my sons Ped. tomorrow to discuss the chance that he has ADHD ( i am almost positive that it will be a "he does" answer). I am scare...
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My 5 year old son was just dianosed with ADHD. We have been having a lot of beh...
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I am so greatful to all of you being there for me. I am going through a time wi...
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Just requesting some support and tips on how to deal with an autistic child. I ...
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Has anyone had to deal with their child being sexually abused? I need some supp...

Vomiting

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I have a three month old who just started throwing up (spitting up) after he eats. I am wondering if this is a virus or if maybe it is reflux. How ca...
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I posted a question about 3 weeks ago now about my child having strep. Well 2 w...
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My sister just had a baby boy. He is 3 weeks old, and she has had trouble breas...
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My 5 month old has had been vomiting since day one. I have switched her to soy f...
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Hi, my almost 2 year old daughter has begun to vomit when throwing a temper tant...
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