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• Summary
• Start Here
• Treatments and Therapies

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• Related Issues
• Specifics

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Research

• Clinical Trials
• Journal Articles

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Summary

It is hard when your baby is sick. Common health problems in babies include colds, coughs, fevers, and vomiting. Babies also commonly have skin problems, like diaper rash or cradle cap.

Many of these problems are not serious. It is important to know how to help your sick baby, and to know the warning signs for more serious problems. Trust your intuition - if you are worried about your baby, call your health care provider right away.

Start Here

• Common Conditions in Newborns (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• What Are Some of the Basics of Infant Health? (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Also in Spanish

Treatments and Therapies

• Do Not Give Infants Cough and Cold Products Designed for Older Children (Food and Drug Administration)
• How to Give Your Child Medicine (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• How to Treat Diaper Rash (American Academy of Dermatology)
• Should You Give Kids Medicine for Coughs and Colds? (Food and Drug Administration) Also in Spanish
• Treating Tear-Duct Blockage (Tear Duct Massage) (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)
• Treating Tear-Duct Blockage (Tear Duct Probe) (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)
• Treating Vomiting (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish

Related Issues

• Finding a Doctor for Your New Baby (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Getting the Most From a Doctor's Visit (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Sick Baby? When to Seek Medical Attention (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

Specifics

• Baby Acne (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Colic (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Colic in Babies (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Colic Symptoms and Causes (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Common Cold in Babies: Symptoms and Causes (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Coughing (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Diaper Rash (Nemours Foundation)
• Diaper Rash (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Ear Infection (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Fever (High Temperature) In Kids (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Flat Head Syndrome (Positional Plagiocephaly) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Jaundice and Breastfeeding (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Jaundice in Newborns (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Oral Thrush (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Plagiocephaly (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Surgery for Tear Duct Blockage (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Vomiting (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Your Child's Vision (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

Images

• Congenital Dermal Melanocytosis (Blue-Gray Spot) (VisualDX)
• Diaper Dermatitis (VisualDX)
• Diaper Rash (Irritant Diaper Dermatitis) (VisualDX)
• Heat Rash or Prickly Heat (Miliaria Rubra) (VisualDX)
• Milia (VisualDX)

Health Check Tools

• Elimination Problems or Constipation in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Feeding Problems in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Fever in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Mouth Problems in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Nausea and Vomiting in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Infant, Newborn, Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Infantile Colic (National Institutes of Health)

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

• Article: Are Newer Drugs Better? An Analysis of Neonatal Pharmacological Treatments across...
• Article: Neonatal therapy after maternal central neurotropic drug exposure-a retrospective cohort study.
• Article: Probiotic supplementation and risk of necrotizing enterocolitis and mortality among extremely...
• Common Infant and Newborn Problems -- see more articles

Find an Expert

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Also in Spanish
• Find a Pediatrician or Pediatric Specialist (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation)

Patient Handouts

• Colic and crying - self-care (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Diaper rash (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Diarrhea in infants (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Excessive crying in infants (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Newborn jaundice - discharge (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Rash - child under 2 years (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• When your baby or infant has a fever (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish