Common Illnesses and Conditions

  • Acne—How to Treat and Control It  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Acute Ear Infections and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Alcohol Abuse  ( Audio file)

  • Allergies in Children  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Anaphylaxis  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Anemia and Your Young Child: Guidelines for Parents  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Ankle Sprain Treatment (Care of the Young Athlete)  (  PDF: English)

  • Antibiotics and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Seizures and Epilepsy  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Sleep Problems  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Asthma  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Asthma and Exercise (Care of the Young Athlete)  (  PDF: English)

  • Asthma and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Asthma Triggers  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Asthma-Friendly Schools  ( Audio file)

  • Bedwetting  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Bedwetting  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Bipolar and Mood Disorders  ( Audio file)

  • Bites and Stings  ( Audio file)

  • Bronchiolitis and Your Young Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Chickenpox Vaccine, The  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Chickenpox Vaccine, The: What You Need to Know (VIS)  (  PDF: English)

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome  ( Audio file)

  • Cold Sores  ( Audio file)

  • Colds  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Common Childhood Infections  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Constipation  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Constipation and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Croup  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Croup and Your Young Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Croup: When Your Child Needs Hospital Care  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Crying and Your Baby: How to Calm a Fussy or Colicky Baby  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Dealing with Toddler Aggression  ( Audio file)

  • Diaper Rash  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Diarrhea and Dehydration  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Diarrhea, Vomiting, and Water Loss (Dehydration)  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Dry Winter Skin  ( Audio file)

  • Ear Infections  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Eating Disorders  ( Audio file)

  • Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis)  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Environmental Management of ADHD  ( Audio file)

  • Exercise-Induced Asthma  ( Audio file)

  • Febrile Seizures  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Fever  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Fever and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Fever Basics  ( Audio file)

  • Fifth Disease  (  PDF: English)

  • First Steps to a Healthy Smile  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Flu, The  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Food Allergies  ( Audio file)

  • Food Allergies and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Foot Aches and Pains  ( Audio file)

  • Fun in the Sun: Keep Your Family Safe  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Gastroenteritis: When Your Child Needs Hospital Care  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Geographic Tongue  ( Audio file)

  • Guide to Children's Dental Health, A  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Guide to Your Child's Medicines, A  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Haemophilus influenzae Type b  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Head Lice  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Hepatitis B  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Hepatitis C  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Hip Dysplasia (Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip)  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Hives  ( Audio file)

  • How to Prevent Tooth Decay in Your Baby  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • How to Take Your Child's Temperature?  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • HPV Vaccine  ( Audio file)

  • Imaging Tests: A Look Inside Your Child's Body  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Immunizations: What You Need To Know  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Impact of Headphones on Hearing  ( Audio file)

  • Important Information for Teens Who Get Headaches  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Indoor Allergies  ( Audio file)

  • Infants and Constipation  ( Audio file)

  • Inhaled and Intranasal Corticosteroids and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Iron Deficiency and Anemia  ( Audio file)

  • Juvenile Diabetes  ( Audio file)

  • Kawaski Disease  ( Audio file)

  • Know the Facts About HIV and AIDS  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Lactose Intolerance and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Lazy Eye  ( Audio file)

  • Lead Is a Poison: What You Need to Know  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Lightheaded and Dizziness  ( Audio file)

  • Lyme Disease  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Medications in School  ( Audio file)

  • Medicine and the Media: How to Make Sense of the Messages  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Medicines for ADHD: Questions From Teens Who Have ADHD  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Meningococcal Disease—Information for Teens and College Students  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Middle Ear Fluid and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Minor Head Injuries in Children  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • MMR (Measles, Mumps & Rubella) Vaccine: What You Need to Know (VIS)  (  PDF: English)

  • Molluscum Contagiosum  (  PDF: English)

  • Newborn Hearing Screening and Your Baby  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Obesity and High Blood Pressure  ( Audio file)

  • Osgood-Schlatter Disease  (  PDF: English)

  • Pneumococcal Infections  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Pneumonia and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Preventing Obesity in Teens  ( Audio file)

  • Protect Your Child From Poison  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Protecting Your Baby From Abuse: Important Information About Preventing Brain Injuries in Infants  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Restless Leg Syndrome  ( Audio file)

  • RSV Infection  ( Audio file)

  • RSV, Bronchiolitis, and Your Baby  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Safe Sleep and Your Baby: How Parents Can Reduce the Risk of SIDS and Suffocation  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Scabies  (  PDF: English)

  • Seasonal Influenza 2012–2013  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • SIDS and Misshapen Skulls  ( Audio file)

  • SIDS in Child Care  ( Audio file)

  • Sinusitis and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Sleep Apnea and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Sleep Problems in Children  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Strep Throat  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Stuttering  ( Audio file)

  • Tonsils and the Adenoid  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Treating Your Child's Pain: Medical Procedures  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Treating Your Child's Pain: Surgery  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Type 2 Diabetes: Tips for Healthy Living  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Understanding ADHD: Information for Parents About Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Understanding Asthma  ( Audio file)

  • Urinary Tract Infections  ( Audio file)

  • Urinary Tract Infections in Young Children  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Using an Asthma Inhaler  ( Audio file)

  • Using the Home Environment to Manage ADHD  ( Audio file)

  • What Is ADHD?  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • What is ADHD? Questions from Teens  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • What is Clean Intermittent Catheterization?  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • What to Do for ADHD  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Whooping Cough (Pertussis)  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Your Child's Eyes  (  PDF: English | Spanish)



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