Articles Tagged: chicken pox
Chickenpox: Spot the signs and treatments to try
What you can do to ease the pain and discomfort for your children when they catch chickenpox
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Why I think it's selfish not to immunise your children
Can you imagine how frightening it must be to see your beautiful eight-week-old baby girl turn blue and fight for her life? The sheer panic and hysteria that takes hold as you try desperately to save her. This is exactly what happened to my tiny goddaughter Emily just recently.
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Chicken pox parties: Would you let your child lick a lolly infected with a sick stranger's spit?
The other week, my four year-old son was invited to a party. There would be cakes and sweets, games and balloons, but it was what he was promised he'd be bringing home along with his party bag that made me turn down the invitation: a 'healthy' dose of the pox.
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Home treatments for your children's minor illnesses
A new study from Yale University has revealed giving antibiotics before six months of age could increase a child's risk of ...
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C: What is chicken pox?
Chicken pox is a highly contagious disease that is spread by droplets from an infected person via coughing or sneezing. Most ...
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