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Treatment for Mosquito Bites?

My 2-yr-old daughter gets the worst mosquito bites! Most of her bites turn into welts larger than a quarter and they're terribly itchy. If she gets a few bites, she typically cannot sleep for three or four nights straight. We try to keep her covered when she's outside and we use, against my better judgment, bug spray with a low percentage of Deet most of the time. But, with kids in and out all day, it's hard to always be on top of this and she does get bitten every now and then. Do you have any treatment ideas? I've tried benadryl...

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Is It Asthma or Acid Reflux?

Hello everyone . . . My daughter is 6 1/2 years old and has recently been complaining that she's having trouble breathing. She falls asleep sitting up with me because she says she feels worse when she lays down. . . but she does sleep through the night. She does have viral induced asthma occasionally. When she gets a cold, she usually gets a cough . . . we use an inhaler for a week or so until her symptoms stop. Then we usually don't need the inhaler again until the next cold. I took her to the doctor when she first complained last week...

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Can Long Term Children’s Claritin Cause Diarrhea/belly Ache?

Hello everyone! My 3YO has been taking Claritin for a little over a month (Children’s oral Claritin) for his eczema. Two weeks ago he had really loose diarrhea stools. After that incident, He didnt poop several times a day, just every other morning with somewhat looser than normal stools. Other than that, no fever, not losing weight, and he’s very hydrated. He’s also very active and acting like his normal self. He doesn’t poop right after eating either. Just when he poops it is either super mushy or almost undigested (little food...