If your child wakes at night with a barking cough: croup
What hoarseness, barking cough and stridor mean in croup; what to do at home and when emergency care is needed.
Parent Health Guide
Parent Health Guide
Explore common child health situations in scientific yet understandable language.
All content is written by Ayça Sözen, MD, medically reviewed, and updated regularly in line with current guidelines. Each article shows its last medical review date.
When should prolonged jaundice in infants be investigated?
Which distinctions matter when jaundice lasts beyond two weeks, which tests are ordered, and how breastfeeding is assessed.
Childhood and optional vaccines
Vaccines in the national schedule alongside optional ones such as rotavirus and meningococcal; fever and expected reactions after vaccination.
Inhaler and spacer use in children with asthma
Age-appropriate device selection, the most common technique errors, and how spacer use affects treatment success.
Fever in children: when should you see a doctor?
Fever is a sign, not a disease in itself. At what age and with which accompanying findings is urgent assessment needed?
Wind pain and infant colic
The definition of colic, the expected course of irritability, approaches that do and do not help, and what is not colic.
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