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Severe Leg Cramps
Asked by N.D. from Kansas City
on August 15, 2006
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I have a 9 yr old son who is ADHD & on medication. Ever since he was 3 yrs old & way before he was diagnosed with ADHD he has had severe leg cramps. He only has them a...
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- Does he take a vitamin supplement with potassium? That may help! I have had a similar situation and found that potassium was the key to eliminating night-time, charlie...
- There have been several studies of children with leg pain. I suffered from the leg crampes when I was growing up and remember how awful it was. Having enough calcium...
- N.: ADHD meds do not cause leg cramps, fyi. Is it possible that the leg cramps are psycho-somatic? Meaning, he really thinks he is having pain however, there is no ...
Cough Medicine and Motrin
Asked by B.G. from New York
on April 19, 2009
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I gave my son triaminic long lasting cough and now he feels like he's getting a fever. Is it safe to give him motrin too?
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- omg, how old r ur little ones???? tylenol or mortin for fever every 8 hours, doctor for anything elsse
- I would check with your doctor. I was told not to give over the counter medicine until she told me. Also, she said they have better medicines that will help them. :)
- I don't like giving my kids too much medicine...and you didn't say how old your son is. You could always call any pharmacy and just ask them.
My 7 Year Old Gets headaches...HELP!!!!
Asked by J.V. from Chicago
on August 2, 2009
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I have a son who is 7 and has been having headaches for over a year now. Our ped. thought it might be allergies so we started taking claritin....this helped very littl...
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- I was diagnosed with migraines at a young age as well. Later on we found the triggers were low blood sugar (from not eating often enough) and also food allergies. Now ...
- I agree with having an eye exam w/an opthamologist (your health insurance will cover it if it is with an opth also.) Is he staying hydrated? Dehydration is the lea...
- My son also gets migraines and started them around 6 years old and they occur occasionally. He has had CAT scans and at this point in his life, his Doctor would just l...
Headache Advice for My Child
Asked by C.W. from Colorado Springs
on November 10, 2008
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I have a middle school age daughter who has been diagnosed with viral headache syndrome. This is a result of strep throat or some other virus that has moved to her he...
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- I have had great experience with a good chiropractor. My daughter has scoliosis so she would get bad headaches and dizziness all the time. There was a time that we d...
- Definitely go see a Chiropractor!!!
- I'm a bit confused, because strep is not viral but bacterial. And antibiotics are only given to treat bacterial infections - they don't work on viruses. I am defini...
24 Month Old Is Running an Fever and Urine Tested Positive..Help!!!
Asked by J.S. from Los Angeles
on November 5, 2008
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Hi Mom's I need your help! I am a first time single mom to a 24 month old little girl. Last night she woke up with a high fever. I gave her motrin and this morning too...
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- Okay, call the doctor's office and demand to know exaclty what her urine tested positive for...tell them your daughter is still running a fever, and needs immediate ca...
- When they said "Positive" it means there was bacteria in the urine (a urinary tract infection). It takes 3-4 days to culture exactly what kind of bacteria which is wh...
- Hi J.: I'm sorry to hear your darlin girl is not feeling well. You know...I think us mothers can handle just about anything,with the exception of seeing our children ...
Sick Baby
Asked by H.V. from Las Vegas
on January 1, 2009
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My little 10.5 month old is running his first fever. He's had a very loose cough for 3 days and runny (but clear) nose for 2. The fever is just around 100 so I'm not t...
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- i would say baby tylenol..i heard that motrin isnt good to give... but just to be safer i would go with the tylenol
- Hi H., To help reduce the fever, you can alternate between Tylenol and Motrin. -Char
- Our 9.5 mo old was just sick recently also with the exact same symptoms. Our ped said no Tylenol was necessary unless it got to 101. We used a cool mist humidifier i...
Biting and Self Inflicted Pain
Asked by S.H. from Columbia
on July 21, 2009
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Help me please! My daughter is 2 1/2 and lately has this horrible habit of biting her nails, obviously many children have this oral fixation so I just tried to redirec...
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- I have never been a fan of orajel, I was told ny a pediatrician that orajel can actually toughen the gums and make it harder for the teeth to come through and that a b...
- The chewing on everything is worrisome. I suggest you do some research into a disorder called "PICA". It can be potentially dangerous and can potentially be quite harm...
- I don't have any experience with this, but it doesn't sound typical. I would see another doctor, and maybe a pediatric dentist? Let us know what happens. Good luck!
11 Month Old Has Had Fever for over a Week.
Asked by M.A. from Miami
on June 8, 2009
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My almost one year old has had an ongoing fever the past week. I took her in twice to the pediatrician's office and they've taken blood tests, urine test and checked a...
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- Have the baby chaecked for Mono, a friend of mine went through the same thing and took her baby to the er and asked for her to be tested and she was positive for mono..
- Get a new pediatrician. A fever for more than two days is evident of toxicity. Have you checked your house for allergens? Wool, animals, carpeting a/c filters, etc al...
- Check her gums maybe she is teeting. The teething process is very hard on them. My son used to get real bad diarreah.
Ear Infection Success W/o Antibiotics??
Asked by S.E. from Chicago
on April 16, 2009
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Hello,
My daughter has an ear infection and we are trying (with the doctor's blessing) to treat it w/o antibiotics for a few days to see if she can beat it on her ow...
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- Not sure how valid this is, but somone said that watermellon frost? Somone had a homeopatic dr do this and the child never go an ear infection agian? Not sure in anyon...
- The American Academy of Pediatrics actually recommends not treating with antibiotics unless there is a high fever for > 2 days. Most ear infections are actually viral...
- hylands (like the teething tablets) makes natural ear infection drops. My son has always slept better when he has an ear infection with the help of those. Also, th...
Help on Getting My Child to Take His Medicine
Asked by E.K. from Portland
on March 30, 2009
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My son has an ear infection and I cannot get him to take the amoxicillin, tylonol, or motrin. He needs to take 9 ml of amoxicillin twice a day. He is also refusing t...
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- My son, who is now 28, used to have ear infections all the time. The doctor tried the pink stuff and the white stuff, nothing worked and I didn't like my son being a ...
- I use homeopathic medicine for my children - especilly for ear infections, I use Chamomilla, Pulsatilla, and Hepa Sulph. That combination of little white sugar pills ...
- My son went through the same thing. I got his doctor to prescribe antibiotics in the pill form and it worked for him. I guess liquid is usually the easiest, but not fo...
