Dr Olson Huff and his team of experts provide you with up to date information about your child’s health. In our health section you can find tips on common childhood ailments such as diarrhea, fever and vomiting. Find out how to prepare your child for visits to the doctor or dentist and hints on how to care for your sick child or baby.
- 7 steps to great teeth
- Tooth decay remains one of the most common diseases of childhood – 5 times as common as asthma and 7 times as common as hay fever.
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- Salmonella
- Salmonella are a group of bacteria that can cause significant illness in humans.
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- Second hand smoke or smoking by proxy
- Most everyone knows that smoking is very bad for health. In fact, smoking and the use of other tobacco products are the leading causes of death due to lung cancer and are major contributors to heart attacks, high blood pressure, asthma and emphysema.
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- Sensory processing disorder
- Sensory Processing Disorder is a neurologically based problem stemming from the brain’s inability to integrate the sensory input it receives from the sensory systems.
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- Shaken baby syndrome
- Shaken baby injuries usually occur in children younger than 2 years old, but may be seen in children up to the age of 5.
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- Sore throats, red throats and strep
- Sore throats are common in young children and grownups alike.
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- Stuttering
- “Stuttering”, categorized as a fluency disorder, affects approximately 1% of the general population or 68 million people worldwide.
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- Stye or Hordeolum
- Styes are inflamed bumps on the eyelid that go by the fancy medical name of Hordeolum.
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- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - SIDS
- We all want to offer our babies the safest start in life.
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- Sugar and young children
- It is important for parents to understand how sugar can affect their children and what they can do to keep treats and other sugary foods to a minimum.
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- Sunburn
- Don’t let the sun spoil your vacation or weekend get-a-way. The skin of small children burns easily.
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- Swimmers ear or otitis externa
- Swimmer’s ear or otitis externa refers to inflammation and infection in the ear canal. Although there are causes of this infection other than swimming, it gets its name because it is most common in warm weather months and occurs frequently in children who enjoy a lot of time in the water.
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- Taking your child's temperature
- Here is a guide to taking your child's temperature:
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- Teething
- Many symptoms and complaints have been attributed to teething, most of which are myths.
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- Three day measles
- Rubella, often called the “three day measles” or “German Measles” is a usually mild disease.
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- Thrush (Moniliasis) and Related Monilia Infections
- Thrush is an infection of the lining of the mouth and tongue of normal infants caused by Candida albicans a yeast-like fungus.
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- Ticks
- Ticks can infect young children with serious diseases such as Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
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- Tips on caring for your sick child
- Parents face many challenges as they raise their children. Among the more worrisome is that of caring for a sick child.
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- Tongue-tie or Ankyloglossia
- Questions and answers about Tongue-tie.
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- Tonsillitis - Pharyngitis (Sore Throat)
- Tonsillitis and Pharyngitis involve the inflammation of the linings and under lying structures of the tonsils and throat.
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- Umbilical hernia
- Some babies have a little umbilical hernia, which makes the belly button stick out even further.
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- Vitamin D
- Vitamin D is being hailed as the new 'wonder vitamin' - Is your child getting enough?
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- Vomiting
- Vomiting is another of those messy and unhappy events that challenge children and their parents.
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