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kids can have health problems. Some problems are serious - and some are not so serious.There are many diseases like allergies,asthma,Teeth & Mouth,Skin,Infections & other diseases.
Food Allergies:
Food allergies occur when your immune system makes a mistake. Normally, your immune (say: ih-myoon) system protects you from germs and disease. It does this by making antibodies that help you fight off bacteria, viruses, and other tiny organisms that can make you sick. But if you have a food allergy, your immune system mistakenly treats something in a certain food as if it s really dangerous to you.
The histamine then causes symptoms that affect a person s eyes, nose, throat, respiratory system, skin, and digestive system. A person with a food allergy could have a mild reaction - or it could be more severe. An allergic reaction could happen right away or a few hours after the person eats it. Some of the first signs that a person may be having an allergic reaction could be a runny nose, an itchy skin rash such as hives, or a tingling in the tongue or lips.
Asthma:
Asthma is a chronic condition in which a child has repeated asthma attacks, episodes where air cannot get in and out of the lungs the way it normally does. This usually happens when a child with asthma is exposed to some trigger such as a viral infection (for example, the common cold), an allergen (for example, pollens or animals), an irritant (for example, cigarette smoke or air pollution), exercise or cold air.
Children with asthma often cough and make whistling noises when breathing (wheeze) as air travels through the narrow airways. Other symptoms may include fast breathing (tachypnea), chest tightness and difficulty breathing.
Asthma is the most common pediatric chronic illness, affecting one of every 13 school children, or nearly 5 million children younger than 18 in the United States. Most children develop symptoms before age 6, but many of them outgrow their asthma later in childhood. Certain risk factors make it more likely that asthma will last into adulthood, including having parents with asthma, also having allergies or eczema with it, or having had bronchiolitis requiring hospitalization during infancy.
Bronchiolitis:
Bronchiolitis tends to affect infants and children under 2, especially babies between 2 months and 6 months of age, and is the most common reason for hospitalization of infants in the United States. Approximately one in five infants will get bronchiolitis each year, with 2 percent to 3 percent needing to be hospitalized. Although bronchiolitis can occur at any time of the year, it most commonly is seen during the winter months.
Bronchiolitis generally gets better within one to two weeks. However, sometimes it can turn into an infection in the ears. Having bronchiolitis early in life may increase the risk of developing asthma.
Fungal Infections:
Lots of kids get fungal infections. Kids love to share and hang out together. Some of these infections are contagious (say: kon-tay-jus), which means they easily spread from person to person. Close contact or sharing a comb or hairbrush with someone who has tinea can spread the fungus from one person to another. Because fungi need a warm, dark, and humid place to grow, public showers, pools, locker rooms, and even the warmth of shoes and socks can give fungi the perfect opportunity to strike.
Taking antibiotics can cause some kids to get a yeast infection. Antibiotics get rid of germs that make us sick, but they can also kill many of the harmless bacteria in our body. These harmless bacteria normally fight with the yeast for a place to live, but when antibiotics kill them, the yeast is free to grow.
Sometimes, a fungus may infect kids if they have an immune system disorder (this means their bodies can t fight certain types of infections). This is rare, but it does happen.
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