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Record temperature, breathing, alertness, fluids, urination, rash, pain, and timing.
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Use red flags to guide health decisions; do not replace medical care with unverified remedies or adult medicine.
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Physically secure medicines, cleaners, hot liquids, choking hazards, and water risks.
Family Situation Paths
Daily Health And When To Seek Care
For fever, cough, vomiting, diarrhea, allergy, asthma, seizures, and home injury prevention.
Family Situation PathsBreathing difficulty, seizures, severe allergy, dehydration, altered consciousness, poisoning, drowning, head injury, or poor infant responsiveness needs urgent care.
Related common questions
Fever, cough, or diarrhea: when parents should seek care
0-1: Infancy / 1-3: Toddler / 3-6: Preschool / 6-12: Primary school / 12-18: Adolescence
Vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration concerns
0-1: Infancy / 1-3: Toddler / 3-6: Preschool / 6-12: Primary school
Food allergy, rash, or severe allergic reaction risk
0-1: Infancy / 1-3: Toddler / 3-6: Preschool / 6-12: Primary school / 12-18: Adolescence
Repeated wheezing, exercise-related shortness of breath, or night cough
1-3: Toddler / 3-6: Preschool / 6-12: Primary school / 12-18: Adolescence
What parents can do after a febrile seizure
0-1: Infancy / 1-3: Toddler / 3-6: Preschool
Preventing falls, choking, burns, poisoning, and drowning at home
0-1: Infancy / 1-3: Toddler / 3-6: Preschool / 6-12: Primary school