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Pyelonephritis in Children: When a Urine Infection Reaches the Kidney
Most childhood urine infections are confined to the bladder and clear with a short course of antibiotics. A smaller subset reaches the kidney — pyelon...
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Pharyngitis in Young Children: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
A sore throat in a young child -- painful swallowing, refusal to eat, a flushed and miserable appearance -- is one of the most common presentations to...
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Ear Infections in Children: Causes, Symptoms, and When Antibiotics Help
Ear infections show up in nearly every family with young children. They cause real pain, wreck nights of sleep, and account for a huge slice of GP app...
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Cystitis in Young Children: Recognising and Treating Bladder Infections
Urinary tract infections are among the most common bacterial infections in childhood, and cystitis -- infection of the bladder -- is the most frequent...
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How to Treat Viral Respiratory Infections (URTI) in Young Children
The common cold in a young child generates a lot of parental worry and is one of the top reasons for GP appointments in the under-5s. In most cases, t...
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Tonsillitis in Young Children: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
A sore throat in a small child throws a household off. They will not eat, the fever bounces overnight, swallowing hurts, and the question every parent...
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Penicillin Allergy Labels in Children: Most Are Wrong and It Matters
"He came out in a rash when he was two and was on amoxicillin -- he's been down as penicillin allergic ever since." This is one of the most common his...
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Parenting
Group B Streptococcus in Pregnancy: What Parents Need to Know
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a bacterium that lives harmlessly in the gut and vagina of roughly one in five pregnant women. For the women who carry...
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Antibiotics in Young Children: When They Are Needed and When They Are Not
Antibiotics are among the most prescribed medicines for children, but a sizeable share of those prescriptions are written for viral illnesses that ant...
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Antibiotics for Children: When They Are Necessary and When They Are Not
The pressure to prescribe antibiotics for children — from parents who want to do something concrete for a sick child, and sometimes from clinicians wh...
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Teenage Acne: What Works, What Doesn't, and When to See a Doctor
Acne is often dismissed as something teenagers should just put up with. That dismissal causes real harm. Moderate-to-severe acne scars permanently. Th...
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