Health & Wellbeing: Combatting the rise in seasonal infections
Are children suffering a form of ‘immunity debt’ from lack of exposure to bugs during the pandemic? By Meredith Jones Russell
Common Conditions
Health & Nutrition: High temperatures - Hot topic
What should carers and parents do when a child has a high temperature, especially amid Covid concerns, asks Meredith Jones Russell
Common conditions - An essential guide to impetigo
Everything you need to know about the contagious skin infection, how it is treated, and what you must do if a child catches it. By Meredith Jones Russell
Common conditions - An essential guide to norovirus
What are the symptoms of the ‘winter vomiting bug’, how can you treat it and which measures should you follow to avoid catching it? Meredith Jones Russell reports
Common conditions - An essential guide to tonsillitis
How does tonsillitis affect children, what action should carers take, and what are the treatments? Meredith Jones Russell reports
Common conditions: sickle cell disease
Everything you need to know about the group of health conditions known as sickle cell disease. By Meredith Jones Russell
Health & Nutrition - All eyes
What are the common eye problems that affect children and how can parents and carers help? Meredith...
An essential guide to earache
What are the causes of earache and ear pain in young children and what are the best ways of dealing...
Health & Nutrition - Common Conditions: Epilepsy
Epilepsy affects the brain and causes frequent seizures, or bursts of electrical activity.
Common Conditions: Croup
Croup is a condition that affects babies’ and young children’s airways. It is usually mild, but call...
Common Conditions: Measles
Measles is a highly infectious viral illness. It is now uncommon in the UK due to the effectiveness...
Guide to: childhood vaccinations
With the news that the UK has lost its measles-free status, Katy Morton looks at which vaccinations...
Guides & Resources
A Doctor's Diary
Dr Raj Thakkar offers expert medical advice for nursery practitioners on a range of common childhood illnesses.
Health
Nursery World’s special report on all aspects of young children’s health, from physical fitness to emotional well-being, immunisation and more.
Supporting…
Case studies of individual children with different needs and the inclusive practice of the early years settings that care for them.
Well-being
A four-part series in which Marion Dowling explores aspects of children's personal development.
Lyme disease: In a tick…
Lyme disease is increasingly being diagnosed in countries including the UK – so what are the symptoms, and how can children avoid catching it? Dr Bernard Raxlen explains
Sepsis: In silence
What is sepsis and how can practitioners and parents spot the early warning signs? Meredith Jones Russell reports
Allergies: Come clean
It has become popular to blame ‘excessive hygiene’ for increases in the number of children with allergies, but the truth is quite different, finds Meredith Jones-Russell
A Unique Child: Inclusion - With every sip
With little awareness of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and growing concern about their prevalence, practitioners need to know how to cater for children affected, finds Caroline Vollans
A Unique Child: Health - A guide to ... iodine deficiency
Research shows that iodine deficiency in pregnant women can impair a child's cognitive development. Ruth Thomson examines the impacts of the deficiency and outlines what can be done to prevent it.
A Unique Child: Health - An essential guide to ... Vitamin D
How can practitioners ensure children in their care get safe amounts of Vitamin D from both the sun and their diet?
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