Children's Health

Children's Health Resources & First Aid

These resources are for information only, we strongly recommend that you seek the advice of your own doctor and do not rely solely on the information linked to from this page.

Allkids cannot be held responsible for any mistakes or omissions on any of the sites visited using the links from this page.

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MENINGITIS SYMPTOMS CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS HOSPITAL STAYS NHS Guide to Childhood Illness

Common Spots and Rashes in Children
symptoms, incubation period and treatment

• NHS DIRECT - Childhood Conditions - brilliant slide show showing different types of spots and rashes enabling you to quickly identify the illness
• CHICKEN POX- NHS Direct  /  Homehealth-uk com
• CHILDHOOD ECZEMA - Net Doctor  /  Surgery Door
• HEAT RASH - NHS Direct  /  Net Doctor
• IMPETIGO - Net Doctor  /  Dr Green (USA)
• MEASLES - NHS Direct  /  Net Doctor
• MENINGITIS - NHS Direct  /  Net Doctor
• RUBELLA (GERMAN MEASLES ) NHS Direct  / Net Doctor
• SCARLET FEVER - NHS Direct  / Net Doctor
• SLAPPED CHEEKS (ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM) Net Doctor  / Dr Green (USA)
• THREE DAY FEVER - Net Doctor
• THRUSH - Net Doctor  /  NHS Direct

• ALLERGIES - FOOD - Net Doctor  /  Blossom (British Allergy Foundation)
• ASTHMA - Asthma.org  /  BBC Online
• BIRTHMARKS - Birthmarks Support Group
• CONSTIPATION - Net Doctor  /  Childhood Constipation
• COUGHS & COLDS - Net Doctor  /  Boots Well Being
• CONVULSIONS (FEBRILE FITS) - Net Doctor  /  Surgery Door
• DIARRHOEA - BBC Online  /  Surgery Door
• EAR INFECTIONS - NHS UK  /  Patient.co.uk
• FEVER (HIGH TEMPERATURE - Netdoctor
• HEAD LICE (NITS) - Patient.co.uk /   Bug Busting
• MUMPS - Net Doctor  /  Dr Green(USA)
• NOSE BLEEDS - Net Doctor
• SORE THROAT - Surgery Door  /  Net Doctor
• STICKY EYE (CONJUNCTIVITUS) - Net Doctor  /  Medinfo
• VIRAL INFECTIONS/VIRUS - Dr Greene  /  Net Doctor
• WHOOPING COUGH - Medinfo  /  Whoopingcough.net

• BBC - Basic First Aid - Information for: Burns - Bleeding -  Broken bones -  Choking - Drowning -  Fits - Poisoning - Resuscitation
• BBC - excellent interactive first aid course - test your skills
• St John Ambulance - First Aid Advice Online
• British Red Cross - online tutoria - audio and video,l and basic infomation on choking, burns, CPR, high temperature and recovery position 

General Medical Sites - UK

• Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital
  have provided this extensive health information site especially for families and children - seperate sections for toddlers, kids and teenagers with information on health and hospitals, plenty of fact sheets for parents and online advice from Dr Jane Collins -a consultant paediatric neurologist.
• Bupa - abc of  health fact sheets
• Child Health Zone - provided by  Boots the Chemist
• EmbarrrassingBodiesKids - from Chanel 4, fun and informative look at Kids health
• Net Doctor - a whole section devoted to children's health care
• Patient UK - information leaflets and an extensive web directory of health
• Surgery Door - kids health information and common sense practical advice
• Home Health - providing hundreds of pages of easy to read health information and advice, with something of interest for everyone.
• Medic Direct - huge medical site with an excellent child health section

• Kidshealth - information for parents, kids and teens
• Dr Green - caring for the next generation - excellent and easy to navigate
• Child Development Institute - providing parents with all the latest information

• Index of Rare Disorders - Contact a Family - for families with disabled kids
• National Organisation of Rare Disorders - alphabetical index
• Project Happy Child - extensive list of resources

• Tales Of The Road - government sponsored road safety games and advice for young children.
• Traffic Club - teaching young children how to be safe on our roads, with games and information
• Childalert.co.uk - first for child safety and well being
• Child Safe - you can register or just buy ID tags as a one off purchase
• Safekids.org (USA) - safety tips and resources
• Kidscape - UK site helping to keep our children safe from bullies & danger
• Royal Society for the Prevention of AccidentsKids ID - the children's ID card for medical emergencies also wristbands
• Child Protection Products - Safe Water Alarms specialise in a range of child protection products including poolguards, gate alarms, shopping trolley covers, child water safety products and more.

• HealthAtoZ - search alphabetically
• Omni - the UK's gateway to health internet resources