General Health
Keeping your child healthy is a big job! Read all about common childhood aches, pains, and illnesses, plus how to take care of your child's body from teeth to toes.
- About Body Basics
- Blood
- Blood Types
- Bones, Muscles, and Joints
- Brain and Nervous System
- Digestive System
- Ears
- Endocrine System
- Eyes
- Female Reproductive System
- Flash Interactive: Body Basics: Digestive System
- Heart and Circulatory System
- How the Ears Work (Video)
- Immune System
- Kidneys and Urinary Tract
- Lungs and Respiratory System
- Male Reproductive System
- Metabolism
- Mouth and Teeth
- Skin, Hair, and Nails
- The Lymphatic System
- The Spleen
- What Is Collagen?
- All About Sleep
- Bed-Sharing
- Bedwetting
- Breastfeeding FAQs: Sleep - Yours and Your Baby's
- Bruxism (Teeth Grinding or Clenching)
- Flat Head Syndrome (Positional Plagiocephaly)
- Helping Your Toddler Sleep (Video)
- How Can I Be Sure My Baby Stays on Her Back While She Sleeps?
- Night Terrors
- Nightmares
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Behavior Problems (Parasomnias)
- Sleep Problems in Teens
- Sleep and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
- Sleep and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
- Sleep and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
- Sleep and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
- Sleep and Your Newborn
- Sleep and Your Preschooler
- Sleepwalking
- Broken Bones
- Buckle Fractures
- Canker Sores
- Comminuted Fractures
- Common Childhood Ear Problems
- Concussions
- Concussions: What Parents and Coaches Say
- Fainting
- Fevers
- Frequently Asked Questions About Casts
- Going to the Emergency Room
- Greenstick Fractures
- Growing Pains
- Headaches
- How Broken Bones Heal
- How to Take Your Child's Temperature
- Inflammation
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Migraine Headaches
- Occupational Therapy
- Old Wives' Tales
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease
- Physical Therapy
- Splints
- Stress Fractures
- The Truth About Pain
- When and Where to Get Medical Care
- Basic Blood Chemistry Tests
- Blood Culture
- Blood Test: Complete Blood Count
- Blood Test: Hepatic (Liver) Function Panel
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Common Contagious Infections
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Constipation
- Coughing
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Chloride Sweat Test
- ECG (Electrocardiogram)
- EEG (Electroencephalogram)
- EMG (Electromyogram)
- Febrile Seizures
- Germs: Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, and Protozoa
- Giving Opioid Prescription Pain Medicine: What Parents Need to Know
- Hand Washing: Why It's So Important
- How to Take Your Child's Pulse
- Is It a Cold, the Flu, or COVID-19?
- Is My Child Too Sick to Go to School?
- Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)
- Mumps
- Soiling (Encopresis)
- Spinal Tap (Lumbar Puncture)
- Stool Tests
- Strep Test: Throat Culture
- Taking Your Child's Temperature
- Talking to Your Child's Doctor
- Talking to the Pharmacist
- Too Late for the Flu Vaccine?
- Urine Tests
- What Is a Sickle Cell Crisis?
- 3 Ways to Build Strong Bones
- Birthmarks
- Body Basics: The Heart (Slideshow)
- Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Common Questions About Immunizations
- Evaluate Your Child's Lyme Disease Risk
- Fevers
- Growth Charts
- Growth Plates
- Hemangiomas: Suzanne's Story
- How to Take Your Child's Temperature
- Overweight and Obesity
- Should Your Child Get the Lyme Vaccine?
- Taking Your Baby's Temperature
- Talking to the Pharmacist
- Too Late for the Flu Vaccine?
- What Is Collagen?
- When to Call Your Child's Doctor
- Who Should Get the Flu Vaccine?
- Your Child's Changing Voice
- Your Child's Immunizations
- Your Child's Immunizations: Chickenpox Vaccine
- Your Child's Immunizations: Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis Vaccine (DTaP)
- Your Child's Immunizations: Hepatitis A Vaccine (HepA)
- Your Child's Immunizations: Hepatitis B Vaccine (HepB)
- Your Child's Immunizations: Hib Vaccine
- Your Child's Immunizations: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine
- Your Child's Immunizations: Influenza Vaccine (Flu Shot)
- Your Child's Immunizations: Measles, Mumps & Rubella Vaccine (MMR)
- Your Child's Immunizations: Meningococcal Vaccines
- Your Child's Immunizations: Pneumococcal Vaccines (PCV, PPSV)
- Your Child's Immunizations: Polio Vaccine (IPV)
- Your Child's Immunizations: Rotavirus Vaccine
- Amblyopia
- Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD)
- Cochlear Implants
- Common Childhood Ear Problems
- Corneal Abrasions
- Coughing
- Dealing With Earwax
- Ears
- Flying and Your Child's Ears
- Hearing Evaluation in Children
- How the Ears Work (Video)
- Marfan Syndrome
- Strabismus
- Surgery for Tear Duct Blockage
- TMJ Disorders
- Vision Facts and Myths
- Your Child's Vision
