Diarrhoea
7 articles
Fever and Diarrhoea During Teething: What to Do
The belief that teething causes fever and diarrhoea is one of the stickiest pieces of received parenting wisdom. It also has a long track record of le...
Teething and Fever or Diarrhoea: What the Evidence Shows
Ask most parents of a teething baby whether teething causes fever and diarrhoea, and the majority will say yes. This belief is so widespread and so co...
Rotavirus in Children: What to Expect and How to Care for Your Child
Before 2013, rotavirus was one of the most common reasons young children were admitted to hospital in the UK. Almost every child contracted it before...
Food Poisoning in Children: What to Watch For, What to Do
A child who has been eating happily and is now vomiting and miserable is alarming. Most of the time it's a self-limiting infection that will be over i...
Diarrhoea in Young Children: First Aid and Home Management
A toddler with proper diarrhoea — six, eight, ten loose stools a day — is exhausting, messy, and can be worrying. The reassuring part: in the under-5...
Dehydration in Children: Signs, Causes, and When It Becomes Serious
A child throws up twice in the morning, refuses lunch, and goes quiet on the sofa. Most of the time this is a 24-hour stomach bug that resolves with p...
Dehydration in Babies and Toddlers: Signs, Treatment, and Prevention
A stomach bug runs through a nursery, and within 48 hours half the babies in the room are home with their parents. What surprises most first-time pare...