Pediatric Common Questions Quick Answers

Donna M. D'Alessandro M.D.
Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Lindsay Huth, B.A.
Research Assistant
Department of Pediatrics

Susan Kinzer, M.P.H.
Research Assistant
Virtual Hospital

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
First Published: 2001-2004
Last Revised: July 20, 2006

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Teen Topics

Pediatricians have written a new Virtual Pediatric Hospital feature called Pediatric Common Questions Quick Answers as a means to help parents respond to typical childhood diseases and health issues. Your questions are likely to be found among the questions answered by University of Iowa Health Care pediatricians. The information in Pediatric Common Questions Quick Answers is not meant to be a substitute for your own physician's advice and care.

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• Abdominal Pain
  • Acute Abdominal Pain
  • Chronic Abdominal Pain
• Acne
• Adolescence
• Airway Obstruction
• Allergies
  • General Allergies
  • Food Allergies
• Anemia
• Antibiotics and Kids
• Appendicitis
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Asthma
• Autism
• Baby Bottle Tooth Decay
• Becoming a Pediatrician
• Bedwetting (Enuresis)
• Behavior Topics
  • Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
  • Children and Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Discipline/Behavior at Home
  • Kids and Alcohol
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Self-Esteem
  • Substance Abuse
  • Teenagers and Stress
• Bicycle Safety for Kids
• Birth Defects
• Birthmarks
• Bites and Stings
• Blood Pressure (High)
• Braces
• Breastfeeding
• Bronchiolitis
• Bronchitis
• Bruises
• Burns
• Canker Sores
• Casts and Splints
• Cat Scratch Disease
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chest Pains
• Chicken Pox
• Child Abuse
• Child Care
  • Babysitter Checklist
  • Finding the Right Childcare
• Child Safety
  • Car Seats/ Child Safety Seats
  • Childhood Falls
  • Fire Safety
  • How to Prevent Poisoning
  • Lead Poisoning
  • Pedestrian Safety
  • Stranger Safety
  • Sun Protection
  • Toy Safety
• Choking/Swallowing Foreign Bodies
• Choosing a Pediatrician
• Choosing a Therapist
• Circumcision
• Cleft Lip
• Colds/Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
• Compulsive Exercising
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Constipation
• Contraception
• Cough
• Croup
• Crying and Colic
• Dehydration
• Dental Care
  • Dental Care
  • Dental Health and Healthy Snacks
  • Tooth Injury
• Development
  • Developmental Delay
  • Failure to Thrive
• Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
• Diabetes
• Diaper Rash
• Diarrhea
  • Chronic Diarrhea
  • Diarrhea and Vomiting (Diarrhea and Acute Gastroenteritis)
• Divorce
• Down Syndrome
• Ear Infections
  • Ear Infections: Chronic Infections of the Middle Ear
  • Ear Infections: Otitis Externa
• Earwax (Cerumen)
• Eating Disorders
• Eczema
• EKG
• Evaluating Health Information on the Internet
• Eye Injuries
• Eyelid and Tear Gland Problems
• Fainting
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Fever
• Fifth Disease (Erythema Infectiosum)
• Flu (Influenza)
• Fracture/ Dislocation
• Grief
• Hay Fever
• Head Injuries
• Head Lice
• Headaches
• Heartburn
• Heart Murmurs and Arrhythmias
• Heat-Related Health Problems
• Hemophilia
• Hernias
• Herpes
  • Herpes Stomatitis
  • Oral Herpes/ Cold Sores (Mouth Herpes)
• HIV and AIDS
• Hives
• Hydrocele
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypothyroidism
• Impetigo
• Infant Checkups
• Infant Safety Tips
• Interacting with your Newborn
• Intoeing and Outtoeing
• Jaundice
• Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)
• Kawasaki Disease
• Learning Disabilities in Children
• Leukemia
• Low Back Pain
• Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)
• Lyme Disease
• Measles
• Meningitis
  • Bacterial Meningitis
  • Viral Meningitis
• Mental Retardation
• Milk Allergy
• Mononucleosis
• Mosquito Bites
• Motion Sickness
• Mumps
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Near Drowning
• Nosebleeds
• Obesity
• Osgood-Schlatter
• Osteoporosis
• Pain Control
  • Acetaminophen
  • Ibuprofen
  • Pain Management
• Peptic and Duodenum Ulcers
• Periods/ Menstrual Problems
• Pink Eye
• Pinworms
• Pneumonia
• Postpartum Depression
• Psychosis
• Procedures and Tests: Preparing Your Child
• Puberty
• Puncture Wounds
• Reye Syndrome
• Ringworm (Tinea)
• Roseola
• Rotavirus
• RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)
• Salmonella
• Scabies (Itch Mite Infestation)
• Scalds
• Scoliosis
• Seizures
  • Epileptic Seizures
  • Febrile Seizures
• School Anxiety
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
• Sinusitis
• Sleep Problems
  • Sleep Apnea
  • General Sleep Problems
• Smoking and Tobacco
• Sprains
• Stitches and Staples
• Stool and Urine Color Changes
• Strep Throat/Strep Tonsillitis
• Stuttering
• Teething
• TB (Tuberculosis)
• Toddlers and Sexual Behavior
• Toilet Training
• Traveling with Small Children
• Undescended Testicles
• Urinary Catheter
• UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)
• Vaginitis
• Visual Problems
• VUR (Vesicoureteral Reflux)
• Vomiting and Diarrhea (Diarrhea and Acute Gastroenteritis)
• Warts
• When to Call the Doctor
• Wounds (Minor)
• X-Rays

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