Illnesses & Health Problems

Topics on a wide range of health issues, from common ailments to more serious chronic medical conditions...

Topics

• Abdominal pain (stomach ache)
• Acne (pimples, zits)
• Adenoids
• Adoptions, intercountry (see: Intercountry Adoption - physical health)
• Alcohol - effects on unborn children
• Alcohol and young people
• Allergic Rhinitis (seasonal) (see: Hay fever)
• Anaphylaxis
• Anorexia Nervosa (see: Eating disorders)
• Antibiotics
• Asthma in adolescence
• Asthma in childhood
• Atopic dermatitis (see: Eczema)
• Baby's head shape
• Bad breath (halitosis)
• Bee Stings (see: Bites and stings)
• Birthmarks
• Bites and stings
• Bladder infections (see: Urinary tract infection in young children)
• Boils
• Boy babies (see: Circumcision)
• Breasts - boy's breasts (see: Male breasts - (gynaecomastia))
• Bronchiolitis (wheezing babies)
• Bronchitis ('chest infection')
• Bulimia Nervosa (see: Eating disorders)
• Chest infection (see: Bronchitis ('chest infection'))
• Chickenpox
• Children in hospital
• Chronic childhood illness – managing the emotional impact
• Chronic Constipation in Childhood (see: Soiling)
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Circumcision
• Cleft lip and palate
• Clicky hips (see: Hips - developmental dysplasia of the hip)
• Club foot
• Coeliac disease
• Colic in babies
• Colour blindness
• Congenital club foot (see: Club foot)
• Congenital dislocation of the hip (see: Hips - developmental dysplasia of the hip)
• Congenital torticollis - twisted neck
• Constipation
• Constipation - easy read
• Contraception
• Convulsions (see: Epilepsy)
• Cow's milk allergy
• Cradle cap
• Croup
• CTEV (see: Club foot)
• Curvature of the spine (see: Scoliosis)
• Dandruff
• Depression, post natal (see: Post natal depression)
• Developmental disabilities (alcohol related) (see: Alcohol - effects on unborn children)
• Developmental dysplasia of the hip (see: Hips - developmental dysplasia of the hip)
• Diabetes - managing diabetes in childhood
• Diabetes in adolescents
• Diabetes in childhood
• Diabetes in pregnancy
• Diaper Rash (see: Nappy rash)
• Diarrhoea (see: Gastroenteritis)
• Drink spiking
• Ear infections
• Eating disorders
• Eating things that are not food
• Eczema
• Encopresis (see: Soiling)
• Epilepsy
• Epistaxis (see: Nose bleeds)
• Falls (see: Head injuries)
• Febrile convulsions - fits caused by fever
• Feeling sick
• Feet (see: Gait - the way children walk)
• Female circumcision (see: Female genital mutilation)
• Female genital mutilation
• Fetal alcohol synrome (see: Alcohol - effects on unborn children)
• Fever
• Fits (see: Epilepsy)
• Fits with Fever (see: Febrile convulsions - fits caused by fever)
• Folic acid and pregnancy
• Freckles and moles
• Fused labia
• Gait - the way children walk
• Gastric Reflux (see: Reflux)
• Gastroenteritis
• Gastroesophageal reflux (see: Reflux)
• Growing pains
• Gynaecomastia (male breasts) (see: Male breasts - (gynaecomastia))
• Hay fever
• Head injuries
• Head lice
• Head shape (see: Baby's head shape)
• Headache
• Health checks
• Hearing and hearing loss
• Hearing problems from noise (see: Noise and hearing)
• Heat rash (see: Intertrigo - heat rash)
• Hernia (see: Umbilical care and umbilical hernia)
• Hiccups
• Hips - developmental dysplasia of the hip
• Hives
• Hospital - children in hospital (see: Children in hospital)
• House dust mites
• Hydrocephalus
• Ibuprofen (see: Using paracetamol or ibuprofen)
• Ingrowing toenails
• Insect Bites and Stings (see: Bites and stings)
• Intercountry Adoption - physical health
• Intertrigo - heat rash
• Jaundice in babies
• Laryngo-tracheo-bronchitis (see: Croup)
• Lead poisoning
• Leg Pains (see: Growing pains)
• Legs (see: Gait - the way children walk)
• Male breasts - (gynaecomastia)
• Marfan Syndrome
• Menstruation (see: Periods - the facts)
• Mental illness (see: Schizophrenia)
• Mental illness of parent (see: Parent with mental illness)
• Middle ear infections (see: Ear infections)
• Migraine
• Misshapen head (see: Baby's head shape)
• Morning sickness (see: Pregnancy - morning sickness)
• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) (see: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
• Nappy rash
• Neonatal jaundice (see: Jaundice in babies)
• Neonatal screening test
• Newborn screening (see: Neonatal screening test)
• Nits (see: Head lice)
• Noise and hearing
• Nose bleeds
• Obesity (see: Weight problems in childhood)
• Oral-facial clefts (see: Cleft lip and palate)
• Otitis externa (swimmer's ear)
• Otitis media (see: Ear infections)
• Overweight Children (see: Weight problems in childhood)
• Paracetamol (see: Using paracetamol or ibuprofen)
• Parent with mental illness
• Passive smoking
• Periods - the facts
• Pica (see: Eating things that are not food)
• Pimples (see: Acne (pimples, zits))
• Pinworms (see: Worms)
• Plagiocephaly (see: Baby's head shape)
• Plantar Warts (see: Warts)
• Pneumonia
• Poos, wees and nappies
• Post natal depression
• Precocious Puberty (see: Puberty that happens early) Updated
• Pregnancy - immunisations
• Pregnancy - morning sickness
• Pregnancy - risks
• Pregnancy - teeth
• Psychosis (see: Schizophrenia)
• Puberty that happens early Updated
• Puerperal Disorders (see: Post natal depression)
• Reflux
• Ringworm (see: Tinea)
• Risks in pregnancy (see: Pregnancy - risks)
• Scalds
• Schizophrenia
• Scoliosis
• Seizures (see: Epilepsy)
• Sexual assault and drugs (see: Drink spiking)
• Sinusitis
• Smoking and children's health (see: Passive smoking)
• Soiling
• Sore Throat (see: Tonsillitis)
• Spiked drinks (see: Drink spiking)
• Spilling (see: Reflux)
• Spina Bifida (see: Folic acid and pregnancy)
• Squint (see: Turned eyes (squint))
• Stomach ache (see: Abdominal pain (stomach ache))
• Strabismus (see: Turned eyes (squint))
• Styes
• Sunshine and vitamin D
• Sweating and body odour
• Swimmer's ear (see: Otitis externa (swimmer's ear))
• Talipes Equino Varus (CTEV) (see: Club foot)
• Teenagers with epilepsy
• Teeth - decay and erosion
• Teeth - give your child's teeth a healthy start
• Testes
• Thrush
• Tinea
• Toenails - ingrowing toenails (see: Ingrowing toenails)
• Tongue-tie
• Tonsillitis
• Torticollis (see: Congenital torticollis - twisted neck)
• Tourette Syndrome
• Tropical ear (see: Otitis externa (swimmer's ear))
• Tummy pain (see: Abdominal pain (stomach ache))
• Tummy Upsets (see: Gastroenteritis)
• Turned eyes (squint)
• Umbilical care and umbilical hernia
• Urinary tract infection in young children
• Urine infections (see: Urinary tract infection in young children)
• Urticaria (see: Hives)
• Using paracetamol or ibuprofen
• Varicella Zoster (see: Chickenpox)
• Vitamin K
• Walking (see: Gait - the way children walk)
• Warts
• Wasp Stings (see: Bites and stings)
• Weight problems in childhood
• Wheezing babies (see: Bronchiolitis (wheezing babies))
• Worms
• Your baby's diagnostic hearing assessment
• Your baby's follow-up hearing screening
• Your baby's new-born hearing screening
• Zits (see: Acne (pimples, zits))