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Acetaminophen
ASDs Family Handout—Introduction to Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Choosing Over-the-Counter Medicines for Your Child
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Medicines for ADHD: Questions From Teens Who Have ADHD
Parent's Guide to Complementary and Integrative Medicine, A
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Use of Medicines in Sports (Care of the Young Athlete)
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Using Over-the-Counter Medicines with Your Child
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Acné
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Alergia alimentaria
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Dolor Estómago- Hombres
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Dolor o Rigidez en el Cuello
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El Orzuelo
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Fiebre - Mitos Contra Verdades
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Gripe - Estacional
Herida de Punción
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Las Ampollas
Lesión a los Dientes
Lesión de la Nariz
Lesión de la Pierna
Lesión del Brazo
Lesión En La Boca
Lesión en la Cabeza
Lesión en los Dedos de la Mano
Lesión en los Dedos del Pie
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Llanto de Niños Mayores de 3 Meses de Edad –Irritabilidad Inconsolable
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Mareo por Movimiento
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Molusco Contagioso
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Oído - Congestión
Oído - Jalones O Comezón
Oído - Lesión
Oído - Otitis Externa (Oído del Nadador)
Oído - Supuración
Ojo - Alergia
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Ojo - Enrojecimiento - Sin Pus
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Ojo - Pus o Supuración
Ojos - Hinchazón
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Picadura de Araña
Picadura de Garrapata
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Picadura de Escorpión
Picadura de hormiga roja
Picadura de Insecto
Picadura de Medusa
Picaduras Mosquito
Pie de Atleta
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Preguntas Acerca del Contacto con Infecciones
Preguntas Sobre el Cuidado del Prepucio
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Quemadura
Quemadura de Sol
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Resfriados
Retención de respiración
Roséola
Salpullido o Rojez - Esparcido
Salpullido o Rojez - Localizado
Salpullido por Color
Salpullido y Marcas en el Recién Nacido
Sangrado de la Nariz
Sangrado Vaginal
Sarna
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Síntomas de Emergencias que No Debe Ignorar
Síntomas del Cordón Umbilical
Síntomas del Pene y el Escroto
Tiña
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Tos
Tos y resfriados: ¿medicamentos o remedios caseros?
Úlceras Bucales (Llagas Ulcerosas)
Uña del pie encarnada (incrustada en la carne)
Urticaria
Varicela
Verrugas
Vómito Con Diarrea
Vómito Sin Diarrea
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A Guide to Children’s Dental Health
Abdominal Pain, Recurrent
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Acute Ear Infections and Your Child
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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Acute Strep Throat
Addison
AIDS/HIV
Allergies in Children
Anaphylaxis
Anemia and Your Young Child: Guidelines for Parents: Adapted from Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5
Anesthesia and Your Child: Information for Parents
Ankle Sprain Treatment (Care of the Young Athlete)
Antibiotics and Your Child
Anxiety
Appendicitis
Asthma
Asthma and Exercise (Care of the Young Athlete)
Asthma and Your Child
Asthma Triggers
Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema)
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Breast Enlargement, Premature
Breath-Holding Spells
Bronchiolitis
Bronchiolitis and Your Young Child
Care of the Premature Infant
Celiac Disease
Chickenpox
Chickenpox Immunization
Chickenpox Vaccine, The
Coarctation of the Aorta
Colds
Common Childhood Infections
Congenital Hip Dysplasia
Constipation
Constipation and Your Child
Coxsackie A16
Croup
Croup and Your Young Child
Croup: When Your Child Needs Hospital Care
Crying and Your Baby: How to Calm a Fussy or Colicky Baby
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS)
Depression
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Diabetic Mother, Infant of
Diaper Rash and Your Baby
Diarrhea and Your Child
Diarrhea, Vomiting, and Water Loss (Dehydration)
Ear Infection
Ear Infections
Eating Disorders
Eczema
Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis) and Your Child
Enlarged Lymph Nodes
Erythema Multiforme
Eye Problems Related to Headache
Febrile Seizure
Febrile Seizures
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fever
Fever and Your Child
Fifth Disease
Fifth Disease (Erythema Infectiosum)
Flu
Flu, The
Food Allergies and Your Child
Fragile X Syndrome
Gastroenteritis, Viral
Gastroenteritis: When Your Child Needs Hospital Care
Gastroesophageal Reflux
Hand Foot and Mouth
Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Head Lice
Headache Related to Eye Problems
Hemangioma
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Immunization
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B Immunization
Hepatitis C
Hib Immunization
High Blood Pressure
Hip Dysplasia (Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip)
HIV/AIDS
How to Take Your Child's Temperature
Hyperactivity
Hypertension
Hypothyroidism
Immunizations
Infant of a Diabetic Mother
Infectious Mononucleosis
Influenza Immunization
Influenza-Seasonal
Inhaled and Intranasal Corticosteroids and Your Child
Kawasaki Syndrome
Language Development in Young Children
Lead Poisoning
Leukemia
Lung Hypoplasia
Lyme Disease
Lymphadenopathy
Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Measles
Mental Health
Middle Ear Fluid and Your Child
MMR Immunization
Molluscum Contagiosum
Mumps
Obesity in Childhood
Osgood-Schlatter Disease (Care of the Young Athlete)
Otitis Media, Acute
Parasites - Giardia
Pneumococcal Conjugate Immunization
Pneumonia and Your Child
Polio Immunization
Premature Thelarche
Prematurity
Prematurity, Retinopathy of
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH & SPH)
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Rheumatic Fever, Acute
Ringworm (Tinea)
Roseola
Rotavirus
Rubella (German Measles)
Safety of Blood Transfusions
Scabies
Seasonal Influenza (Flu)
Separation Anxiety
Sinusitis
Sinusitis and Your Child
Sleep Apnea and Your Child
Smoking
Speech Development in Young Children
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Strep Throat
Strep Throat-Acute
Strep Throat-Recurrent
Stuttering and the Young Child
Swine Flu
Swine Flu (H1N1) FAQ
Swine Flu (H1N1) Vaccine
Swollen Glands
Tattoos
Tear Duct, Blocked
Tetralogy of Fallot
Thyroid Problems
Tinea (ringworm infection)
Tonsils and the Adenoid
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Toxoplasmosis
Treating Your Child's Pain: Medical Procedures
Treating Your Child's Pain: Surgery
Turner Syndrome
Type 2 Diabetes: Tips for Healthy Living
Underdeveloped Lungs
Urinary Tract Infection
Urinary Tract Infections in Young Children
Varicella or Chickenpox
Varivax Immunization
Vesicoureteral Reflux
Wheezing-Infant
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Wilson Disease
Food Borne Illnesses
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