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Common Topics [HIDDEN]

  1. All
  2. Abdominal Pain
  3. Asthma
  4. Babies
  5. Child safety
  6. Complex Needs
  7. Constipation
  8. Cough/cold
  9. COVID-19
  10. Dental/Oral Health
  11. Development skills
  12. Diarrhoea and vomiting
  13. Diet
  14. Difficulty breathing
  15. Earache
  16. Eyes
  17. Head injury
  18. Fever/High Temperature
  19. Immunisations/vaccinations
  20. Jaundice (yellow baby)
  21. Mental Health (Parents/Carers)
  22. Mental Health (Young People)
  23. Milk Allergy
  24. Rashes
  25. School/nursery
  26. Seizure
  27. Skin Conditions
  28. Sore throat
  29. Measles

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Common illnesses page list

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Febrile Convulsion

Advice for professionals

Meningitis

Advice for parents/carers:
Meningitis is an infection of the protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord (meninges). It can affect anyone, but is most common in babies, young children, teenagers and young adults.

Symptoms of meningitis, septicaemia and meningococcal disease include:

Seizures

Advice for parents/carers:
Seeing a child or young person having a seizure can be frightening. Most seizures do not cause serious harm. The commonest type of seizure in children is a febrile convulsion – this is a seizure associated with a high temperature. This sort of seizure tends to occur in younger children. Seizures sometimes occur without a fever (afebrile seizure). If your child has had only one afebrile seizure, it does not always mean they have epilepsy. Many children will never have another one.