Immunizations
Infections
Sick Kids
Diseases and Conditions
Effects of Smoking
100
80% of immunizations are delivered by this age as young children are especially susceptible to disease.
What is 2?
100
This is the most common diagnosis in pediatrics. Most occur in children under the age of 2. The most common symptom is pain.
What is ear infections?
100
When should kids stay home? Anytime there is fever, vomiting or this. But also if they have conditions which require treatment (strep throat, pinkeye).
What is diarrhea?
100
This is what happens when the immune system mistakenly believes that something harmless is harmful to the body.
What is allergic reaction?
100
Secondhand smoke can trigger these in children with this condition. They also tend to be more severe and more frequent.
What are asthma attacks?
200
After 6 months of age, your child should receive this vaccine every year. Every year, 20,000 children under 5 in the US are hospitalized with this infection.
What is flu?
200
There is no cure for this infection. The most common treatment is lots of bed rest and medicine to lessen the symptoms.
What is flu?
200
This is the single best way to keep your kids from getting sick.
What is hand washing?
200
This is the #1 reason kids chronically miss school. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath.
What is asthma?
200
Children whose parents smoke around them get more of these. They have fluid in their ears more often and have more operations to put ear tubes in for drainage.
What are ear infections?
300
These 2 vaccine-preventable diseases have had outbreaks in the past year. It is important to keep your child up to date on immunizations.
What are measles and whooping cough?
300
Bacterial infections are often treated with this, but resistance to this is one of the world's most pressing public health problems.
What are antibiotics?
300
Keep this information handy. When your child is sick, most have after hours support that can help guide you in what you should do. It can be quicker and more efficient that going to the ER (where average wait time is 55 minutes).
What is doctor's phone number?
300
This affects 1 in 68 children. Boys are 5x more likely than girls to have it. Early Intervention can have a profound impact on this.
What is autism?
300
This is the leading cause of death in OTHERWISE HEALTHY infants. Chemicals in secondhand smoke appear to affect the brain in ways that interfere with the regulation of infant's breathing.
What is SIDS?
400
In 1998, a doctor published an article linking this disorder with vaccinations. An investigation followed and there is no evidence to link the two.
What is autism?
400
Most young children get 8-10 of these infections every year. Bring on the chicken soup.
What is a cold?
400
The most common stomach problem in young children is this. So, make sure they are getting plenty of fluids.
What is constipation?
400
This respiratory illness is more common than the flu. For babies less than 1 year, it is the most common cause of pneumonia and bronchiolitis. Best ways to prevent this are good handwashing and cover your mouth when you cough.
What is RSV?
400
Children whose parents smoke get sick more often. Their lungs grow less than children not exposed, therefore they get bronchitis and this lung infection more often.
What is pneumonia?
500
The most common side effects of immunizations are soreness at the site of injection and this. Grab the Tylenol.
What is fever?
500
Infections spread 4 ways. Direct contact with person who is sick. Indirect contact (touching object touched by sick person). Droplet transmission (cough or sneeze without covering mouth). And this way, which is less common and these germs are hard to control.
What is airborne?
500
Deprivation of this in kids doubles their risk of getting a cold or the flu.
What is sleep?
500
This infection of the eyes is most often caused by a virus. While anyone can get it, preschoolers and school-aged children get it most often due to crowding and lack of good handwashing and hygiene.
What is pinkeye?
500
This percentage of American children are exposed to secondhand smoke at home.
What is 60?
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