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Children's health

This forum is for Mumsnetters to discuss child health.

Would you seek a second opinion about possible type 1 diabetes?
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Rotavirus and flying?
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Molluscum - have any adults caught it?
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How common is petechiae with a viral infection in children?
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Tonsillectomy reassurance
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Would you book a GP appointment for this, or am I overthinking it?
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Nearly 8-year-old getting headaches when lying down, any experience?
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Newborn viral meningitis
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Anyone’s child had a cough that won’t budge?
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Autism assesment !
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12 month vaccine reaction - please help!
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2 year old broken femur not recovering well
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Hereditary foreskin issues
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Scalp cysts in 13 year old
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Is this molluscum contagiousum?
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Carobel poops
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Growing pains
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Baby itchy face
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Recurring skin sores on my six month old, any ideas?
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Baby rash on feet
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12month old seeming tired all the time
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Any advice for managing a child’s cyclical vomiting and abdominal migraines?
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Five-year-old wants own bed three days after tonsil surgery
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Fit, skinny 9yo vomiting after exercise - exhaustion?
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Bone age three years ahead in a tall 8-year-old girl?
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11-year-old daughter often smells of urine, hygiene issue or something else?
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Dental Invisalign feels like a nightmare anyone more knowledgeable than me?
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Recurring chalazions / styes
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Child's fingertips peeling skin
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Ideas for giving vitamins to a four-year-old who refuses gummies
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Bleeding both ends
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Child's loose stools after diarrhoea, when can she return to nursery?
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Newborn with bump on head and very sleepy, any similar experiences?
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Spots
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Slow weight gain in a nearly 4 year old since birth
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How do you keep track of vaccinations when you've moved countries with your kids?
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Any experience of newborn jaundice levels rising again after phototherapy?
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Experiences of circumcision child with local anaesthetic
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Could egg be causing this reaction or is it a bug?
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Rash on baby
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8 year old’s teeth
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3yo brownish discharge
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Does this look like hand, foot and mouth?
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16yr old. Excessive ear wax/blocked ears. Any advice?
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One-year-old still refusing solids after sore throat and antibiotics
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Child age 8 reflux
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12 year old chest pain EVERY evening
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Teen daughter woke up with a rash on her face.
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Food allergy reaction in baby after months of exposure
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Should I wake my one year old for her fourth antibiotic dose
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