Signs and Symptoms of Common Childhood Illnesses
It can be difficult sometimes to work out what might be matter with your youngster because they can’t tell you. This following may help.
Illness Signs and Symptoms
Common cold - sneezing, sore throat, runny nose, headache, irritability
Gastroenteritis - vomiting, diarrhoea, dehydration
Tonsillitis- very sore throat, difficulty in swallowing, fever, headache, aches and pains
Scarlet fever - fever, loss of appetite,sore throat, pale around mouth, “strawberry tongue”, bright pinpoint rash over face and body
Dysentery - vomiting, diarrhoea with blood and mucus, abdominal pain, fever, headache
Chickenpox - fever, very itchy rash with blister-like appearance
Measles- high fever, runny nose and eyes, cough, white spots in mouth, blotchy rash on body and face
Mumps - pain and swelling of jaw, painful swallowing, fever
Rubella (German measles) - slight cold, sore throat, swollen glands behind ears, slight pink rash
Pertussis (whooping cough) - snuffy cold, spasmodic cough with whoop sound, vomiting
Meningitis- fever, headache, irritability, drowsiness, confusion, dislike of light, very stiff neck, maybe small red spots beneath the skin that do not disappear when a glass is pressed against them