Headaches often are caused by stress. Headaches occur when your child is worried about something or under pressure. These are often called “stress headaches.”
Read MoreThe American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety, and well-being of all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
As part of that commitment, the AAP publishes expert advice for parents, caregivers, and patients on Pediatric Patient Education. Information can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and many titles also are available in Spanish.
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Headache - Stress Related
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Headache - Symptom
Pain or discomfort of the head. This includes the forehead to the back of the head
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Headaches: What Teens Need to Know
A lot of teens do. In fact, 50% to 75% of all teens report having at least one headache per month!
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Health Care for College Students
College is filled with many opportunities to learn and experience life. You'll be responsible for making your own choices, including choices about your health. Following is important information to help you stay healthy and safe on your new journey.
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Healthy Communication With Your Child
Healthy communication with your child is one of the most important and rewarding skills that you can develop as a parent. It also makes the tough parts of parenting (such as disciplining your child) much easier and more effective. Good communication
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Healthy Weight Patient Pledge
Information and guidance on helping patients to establish a healthy weight pledge.
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Heart Rate Fast - Normal Causes
Your child’s heart rate (HR) sometimes speeds up. It seems too fast. The medical name for this is tachycardia. Most of the time, your child’s HR seems normal.
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Heart Rate Fast - Stress Related
Information and guidance on recurrent bouts of fast heart rates that relate to stress in children.
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Heat Reactions
Symptoms after being in high temperatures (such as heat waves). Symptoms after hard work or sports during hot weather.
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Helping Your Child Cope With Life
Here is information from the American Academy of Pediatrics about how you can help your children be more resilient.
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Helping Your School-Age Child Cope With Death
By school age, children understand that death is an irreversible event. Yet even though youngsters recognize that death is something more than going to sleep for a long time, they still may have many unanswered questions that they may not verbalize: Where did grandmother go when she died? What is she
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Hepatitis A Infection—Child Care and Schools
Fecal-oral route: Contact with feces of children who are infected. This generally involves an infected child contaminating his own fingers, then touching an object that another child touches. The child who touched the contaminated surface then puts her fingers into her own mouth or another person’s
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Hepatitis A Vaccine (VIS)
Hepatitis A is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). HAV is found in the stool of people with hepatitis A.
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