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When Your Child is Sick: What You Can Do to Help

Availability: In Stock
ISBN: 9780717169221
AuthorNicholson, Prof. Alf
Pub Date18/03/2016
BindingHardback
Pages356
CountryIRL
Dewey618.92
Publisher: Gill
Quick overview In this readable and authoritative book, consultant pediatrician Professor Alf Nicholson guides parents through the most common childhood illnesses, explaining what is happening and what parents can do about it, including alternative medicines and therapies, where appropriate.
€27.99

Professor Alf Nicholson FRCPI, FRCPCH and Grainne O'Malley want to empower parents to help their sick children. Parents can do more to help if they have reliable information at hand. Alf Nicholson knows, from over 20 years' experience of working with children, that most ailments are minor and can often be treated at home. When Your Child is Sick catalogues the top 20 ailments your child will face as he/she grows. This handy reference book will help you identify what's wrong, how to treat the illness at home and how to know when you need to call a doctor. One of the most common questions Alf is asked by parents is, 'Is this normal?' To answer those questions there is a chapter on the normal stages of development. There are also sections that focus on the 'new illnesses' of childhood that can often be controversial: obesity, asthma, allergies and ADHD. This new and revised edition contains extra information on adolescent health and mental health. There is also a guide to what every home medicine cabinet should contain (besides a copy of this book!).

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Professor Alf Nicholson FRCPI, FRCPCH and Grainne O'Malley want to empower parents to help their sick children. Parents can do more to help if they have reliable information at hand. Alf Nicholson knows, from over 20 years' experience of working with children, that most ailments are minor and can often be treated at home. When Your Child is Sick catalogues the top 20 ailments your child will face as he/she grows. This handy reference book will help you identify what's wrong, how to treat the illness at home and how to know when you need to call a doctor. One of the most common questions Alf is asked by parents is, 'Is this normal?' To answer those questions there is a chapter on the normal stages of development. There are also sections that focus on the 'new illnesses' of childhood that can often be controversial: obesity, asthma, allergies and ADHD. This new and revised edition contains extra information on adolescent health and mental health. There is also a guide to what every home medicine cabinet should contain (besides a copy of this book!).