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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.

Body Basics

• 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
• Immune System
• Kidneys and Urinary Tract
• Lungs and Respiratory System
• Male Reproductive System
• Metabolism
• Mouth and Teeth
• Skin, Hair, and Nails
• Spleen and Lymphatic System
• What Is Collagen?

Your Kid's Sleep

• All About Sleep
• Bed-Sharing
• Bedwetting
• Bruxism (Teeth Grinding or Clenching)
• Flat Head Syndrome (Positional Plagiocephaly)
• Night Terrors
• Nightmares
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Should My Daughter Sleep in My Room After Having a Nightmare?
• Sleep Behavior Problems (Parasomnias)
• Sleep and Your Preschooler
• Sleepwalking

Aches, Pains & Injuries

• Broken Bones
• Buckle Fractures
• Canker Sores
• Comminuted Fractures
• Common Childhood Ear Problems
• Concussions
• Concussions: What Parents and Coaches Say
• 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
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Migraine Headaches
• Neurofibromatosis
• Occupational Therapy
• Old Wives' Tales
• Osgood-Schlatter Disease
• Physical Therapy
• Splints
• Stress Fractures
• The Truth About Pain
• When and Where to Get Medical Care

Sick Kids

• 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
• 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 or the Flu?
• Is My Child Too Sick to Go to School?
• Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)
• Mumps
• Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome
• Soiling (Encopresis)
• Stool Tests
• Strep Test: Throat Culture
• Surgeries and Procedures: Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)
• Taking Your Child's Temperature
• Talking to Your Child's Doctor
• Talking to the Pharmacist
• Too Late for the Flu Vaccine?
• Urine Tests
• What Are Germs?
• What Is a Sickle Cell Crisis?

Your Kid's Body

• 3 Ways to Build Strong Bones
• Acne Myths
• Birthmarks
• Body Basics: The Heart (Slideshow)
• Body Mass Index (BMI) Charts
• Evaluate Your Child's Lyme Disease Risk
• Fevers
• Frequently Asked Questions About Immunizations
• Growth Charts
• Hemangiomas: Suzanne's Story
• How to Take Your Child's Temperature
• Is the Flu Vaccine a Good Idea for Your Family?
• Overweight and Obesity
• Radiation Sickness
• Should Your Child Get the Lyme Vaccine?
• Taking Your Baby's Temperature
• Talking to the Pharmacist
• Tick Removal: A Step-by-Step Guide
• Too Late for the Flu Vaccine?
• What Is Collagen?
• When to Call Your Child's Doctor
• 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
• 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

Your Kid's Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat

• 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
• Marfan Syndrome
• Strabismus
• TMJ Disorders
• Tear-Duct Obstruction and Surgery
• Vision Facts and Myths
• Your Child's Vision

Your Kid's Teeth

• Bruxism (Teeth Grinding or Clenching)
• Fluoride and Water
• Is My Son Old Enough to Brush His Teeth?
• Keeping Your Child's Teeth Healthy
• TMJ Disorders
• Teething Tots
• The Basics of Braces

Note: All information on KidsHealth® is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.

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