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Your child's health includes physical, mental and social well-being. 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. 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

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• Chest Pain in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Elimination Problems in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Fever and Taking Your Child's Temperature (Nemours Foundation)

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• Fever in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Mouth Problems in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Nausea and Vomiting in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Shortness of Breath in a Child or Infant (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Vomiting and Diarrhea: Helping Your Child through Sickness (American Academy of Family Physicians)

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• When to Call the Doctor (Virtual Hospital)
• Why Doctors Order Lab Tests (Nemours Foundation)

• 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

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• Got a Sick Kid? Don’t Guess. Read the Label (Food and Drug Administration)

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• Medicine and Your Child: How to Give Your Child Medicine (American Academy of Family Physicians)

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• Slide Show: Holding Your Child during Medical Procedures (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Hearing Evaluation in Children (Nemours Foundation)
• Screening Tests for Children (Ages 2 to 12) (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• What You Can Do to Protect Children from Environmental Risks (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Children's Health Protection)

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• Alternative Medicine and Your Child (Nemours Foundation)

• Healthy Eating (Nemours Foundation)

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• How to Care for a Seriously Ill Child (Nemours Foundation)

• Bedwetting, Night Terrors and Other Childhood Sleep Problems (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Children's Illness: Top 5 Causes of Missed School (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Earaches: A Painful Problem for Many Children (American Academy of Family Physicians)

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• Growing Pains (Nemours Foundation)
• Infections (Nemours Foundation)
• Labial Adhesions (North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology)
• Repeated Infections in Children (American Academy of Family Physicians)

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• Runny Nose (with Green and Yellow Mucus) (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases)
• Your Child's Cough (Nemours Foundation)
• Your Child's Vision (Nemours Foundation)

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• Finding a Doctor for Your Child (Nemours Foundation)

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• Getting Help: Know the Numbers (Nemours Foundation)
• How Much Sleep Is Enough for My Child? (Nemours Foundation)

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• How to Talk to Your Child's Doctor (Nemours Foundation)

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• Knowing Your Child's Medical History (Nemours Foundation)

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• Medical Care and Your 4- to 5-Year-Old (Nemours Foundation)
• Medical Care and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old (Nemours Foundation)
• Powerful Girls Have Powerful Bones (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Preparing Your Child for Visits to the Doctor (Nemours Foundation)

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• School-Age Physicals: What to Know Before You Go (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Talking to the Pharmacist (Nemours Foundation)

• Body Mass Index: Calculator for Child and Teen (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

• Growth Charts (Nemours Foundation)

• Financial Management during Crisis (Nemours Foundation)

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• Insure Kids Now: Questions and Answers (Dept. of Health and Human Services)

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• National Children's Study (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Low income parents' reports of communication problems with health care...
• Article: Collaborating to combat childhood obesity.
• Article: Beyond medical care: how health systems can address children's needs...
• Children's Health -- see more articles

• American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatrician Referral Service (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• American Board of Pediatrics: Search by Location (American Board of Pediatrics)
• Insure Kids Now: Find Your State (Dept. of Health and Human Services) - Directory of low-cost or no-cost health insurance programs for children by state

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• American Academy of Pediatrics
• BAM! Body and Mind (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation)
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

• Children's Health Publications (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• FDA & You: News for Health Educators and Students (Food and Drug Administration)

• America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2006 (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics)
• Child Health USA 2005 (Maternal and Child Health Bureau)
• FASTATS: Child Health (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)