All the time, our children are exposed to many common diseases including dangerous viruses as coronavirus that they could acquire through socializing and playing with other infected children at school or club. In this topic, we will show you the top 10 common childhood illnesses and how to treat them.
1. Flu: it is a viral infection happens in the nose, ears, throat, and sinuses. If your child has flu, he will get a high temperature, sore throat, exhaustion, cough, sneezing, runny nose, headache, and severe pains.
2. Tonsillitis: it is an infection of the tonsils happens by a virus or bacteria. Its Symptoms are including a sore throat with red, swollen tonsils, pain on swallowing, headache, coughing, and fever. The glands in the neck are often swollen too, and in many cases, there may be spots of pus on the tonsils.
3. Chicken Pox: it is a highly viral infection that causes fever, headache, and a red rash before developing into itchy, fluid-filled blisters. Some children get only just a few spots, while others get them everywhere in their bodies including inside the mouth and on the scalp.
4. Ear infections: its symptoms could include earache, reduced hearing, tinnitus, and fever. The infection of the middle ear is usually viral but can be bacterial.
5. Hand, foot and mouth disease: it is a viral disease that may cause a mild, non-itchy rash on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet in most of the children while in some cases of children, it may cause mouth ulcers and feelings of unwell.