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Children Health


Children Health

Children's health, or pediatrics, focuses on the well being of children from conception through adolescence. It is vitally concerned with all aspects of children's growth and development and with the unique opportunity that each child has to achieve their full potential as a healthy adult.

About Children Health

It is important to keep your child healthy; your child's health includes their physical, mental and social well being. When talking about your kid's health it also includes the study of possible environmental causes of children’s illnesses and disorders. Children are highly vulnerable to the negative health consequences associated with many environmental exposures.

Most parents know the basics of keeping children healthy, like offering them healthy foods, making sure they get enough sleep and exercise and insuring their safety. It is also important for children to get regular checkups with their health care provider (pediatrician). These visits are a chance to check your child's development. They are also a good time to catch or prevent problems.

Other than checkups, school-age children should be seen for:
Significant weight gain or loss
Sleep problems or change in behavior
Fever higher than 102
Rashes or skin infections
Frequent sore throats
Breathing problems

Children's health was once a part of adult medicine. It emerged in the 19th and early 20th century as a medical specialty because of the gradual awareness the health problems of children are different from those of grownups. It was also recognized that a child's response to illness, medications, and the environment depends upon the age of the child.

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