Get the App
For Doctors
Login/Sign-up
Health Feed
Find Doctors
Health Packages
AllQ&AsTipsQuizzes
Child Hair Shampoo Tips
Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Fever is defined as a body temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) and higher.
What you can do at #home:-
1. Administer an antifever medication, such as acetaminophen (paracetamol) or ibuprofen. Dose as advised by your doctor according to child's weight
Don't give your child aspirin, as it has been linked to a serious, potentially fatal disease, called Reye syndrome.
2. Other ways to reduce a fever:
#dress your child lightly. Exce...more
What you can do at #home:-
1. Administer an antifever medication, such as acetaminophen (paracetamol) or ibuprofen. Dose as advised by your doctor according to child's weight
Don't give your child aspirin, as it has been linked to a serious, potentially fatal disease, called Reye syndrome.
2. Other ways to reduce a fever:
#dress your child lightly. Exce...more
Last Updated: 10 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common behavioral disorder that affects an estimated 8% to 10% of school-age children. Boys are about three times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with it. Kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd act without thinking, are hyperactive, and have trouble focusing. Of course, all kids (especially younger ones) act this way at times, particularly when they're anxious or excited. But the difference with attention deficit hyper...more
Last Updated: 10 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
It is always better to preserve a child's teeth till its succadenous one comes to a proper level. If there are cavities in a childs teeth go for filling or other conservative treatment as it preserves the arch lenght and maintenance of space for permanent teeth. Try to avoid dental extractions of cavitated milk teeth.
Last Updated: 9 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Last Updated: 9 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
If your child wants to convey something with fear and shyness. Don't avoid it. It might lead to danger of repetitive abuse.
604 people found this helpful
Last Updated: 10 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Calcium is crucial for good health and development.Calcium is vital for building strong bones and teeth, promoting nerve and muscle function, helping blood clot, and activating the enzymes that convert food into energy. About 99 percent of the body's calcium is stored in the teeth and bones. And because children are growing new bone all the time, they need a steady supply of calcium to support healthy growth.
How much calcium does your child need?
Ages 1 to 3 years: 700 milligr...more
How much calcium does your child need?
Ages 1 to 3 years: 700 milligr...more
Last Updated: 9 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Last Updated: 9 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Last Updated: 10 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
A childs first tooth appears around 6months of age. Oral care should be strarted from then only. Wipe the teeth with clean gauze pieces. Do not let the baby sleep with milk bottles in their mouth. By the age of 2 yrs supervise the childs brushing twice a day with a fluoridated paste of only a pea sized quantity in rotatory motions. Make yr childs dental visits every 6months a priority.
Last Updated: 10 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
The prevalence of obesity in children has risen significantly, thanks to the kind of lifestyle being followed.
Random diets that are not balanced, a sedentary lifestyle that gives prominence to only digital activity rather than physical activity, consumption of empty calories in colas and having fattening, preservative laden junk food, are some of the common lifestyle traits that lead to unwanted weight gain. The sad thing is that children who are obese, don't just suffer from emotional...more
Random diets that are not balanced, a sedentary lifestyle that gives prominence to only digital activity rather than physical activity, consumption of empty calories in colas and having fattening, preservative laden junk food, are some of the common lifestyle traits that lead to unwanted weight gain. The sad thing is that children who are obese, don't just suffer from emotional...more
202 people found this helpful
Ask a free question
Get FREE multiple opinions from Doctors
posted anonymously
















