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… Skull X-Ray On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done How To Prepare How It Is … tomography (CT) scans . A skull X-ray may help find head injuries, bone fractures , or abnormal growths or … or painful. This is more likely if you have an injury. Risks There is always a slight chance of damage to …
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… Thumb-Sucking On this page: Is … . Little by little, most children stop on their own at age 3 to 6 years. Why do babies suck their thumbs? Babies … thumb-sucking cause any problems? Thumb-sucking in children younger than 4 is usually not a problem. Children who suck …
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… Cortisol in Blood Test On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done How To Prepare How It Is … or emotional stress, strenuous activity, infection, or injury. Normally, cortisol levels rise during the early … gland that affect the adrenal glands, such as cancer or a head injury. Medical Tests: Questions to …
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… Premature (Preterm) Infant On this page: Overview Health Tools Delivery of Your Preterm Infant … Taking Your Baby Home The First Weeks at Home Looking Ahead to the Childhood Years … Chronic Lung Disease in Infants Crying, Age 3 and Younger Dealing With Emergencies Growth and Development, …
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… How to Get Up Safely After a Fall On this page: Overview Overview If you have … how to get up correctly can help you avoid making an injury worse. Also, knowing what to do if you cannot get up … to you. Roll onto your side and rest. Roll by turning your head in the direction you want to roll, move your shoulder …
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… Breast Cancer: Should I Have Chemotherapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer? Decision Point You may want to have a say … recommend chemotherapy ("chemo") after surgery if: You are younger than 35. Women younger than 35 usually have a more … to decide whether I wanted to have chemo. I decided to go ahead and have it. And even though that was harder than I …
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… Growth and Development, Newborn On this page: Overview What to Expect Common Concerns Promoting … sure they can pass urine and stool. Measurements of length, head circumference, and weight. Antibiotic eyedrops or … from his or her armpit (axillary), but for children younger than 5, rectal temperatures are the most accurate. …
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… Child Safety: Pets On this page: Overview Overview Keep pets in good … around animals. These things put children at risk for injury. You can do these things to help prevent such … or other food-preparation areas. And don't allow your child younger than 5 to be around these animals at all. This can …
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… travel health clinics and pharmacies (for people 4 years of age and older). Given the current measles situation, try to phone ahead to assure that they have vaccine in stock and to find … 1970 will have had measles and mumps disease when they were younger (before vaccination was widely available) and will …
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… vaccine is given as one dose to children at 4 to 6 years of age. This is a booster dose for children who were immunized … against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and polio at a younger age. The booster dose strengthens or boosts the … and swelling where the vaccine was given. Fever, chills, headache and fatigue may also occur. These reactions are …
