Often children develop a persistent cough after suffering from a cold or flu. This lingering cough can be controlled temporarily using over-the-counter medications; however, those medications will cause side effects like drowsiness and might also result in congestion. The idea of using some home remedies after consulting the doctor is the best way of managing this persistent cough. Three most effective home remedies for cough in children are: Keep a humidifier in the room of your child overnight. This will help in loosening his tight and congested cough. Make sure that he sleeps keeping his head a bit elevated; ask him to use an extra pillow for that. The humidifier functions by realizing water vapor in the air; this loosens up congestion and also prevents cough. You should clean the humidifier  [...] 

We get gray hair usually when the aging process begins in our body. This makes gray hair an absolutely unlikely problem in children. However, still some children develop gray hairs. In this article, we have discussed the possible causes of gray hair in kids. Premature graying: Medically, this condition is referred to as canities.  Hair follicles contain a cell type known as the melanocytes. These cells possess the responsibility of producing melanin, a pigment giving the hair its dark color. As the aging process begins, the melanocytes become less active and there’s a drop in the amount of melanin produced by them. This results in graying of hairs. If a child’s melanocytes become less active due to some reason, he can also develop gray hairs; the condition is referred to as premature graying. Deficiency  [...] 

Fever itself is not a disease; it occurs as sign of different diseases. A child develops fever due to several illnesses; examples include bacterial infections, colds and flu. According to theories of medical science, fever is the body’s normal response towards illness. In this article, we have discussed ways of managing a kid’s fever. The best non-medicinal way of controlling fever is keeping the environment comfortable. You can do so by keeping room temperature cool and making him wear light clothing. When your child feels like sleeping, allow him to use light blanket; however, if you find that the child is shivering, you should offer him an additional blanket. A child suffering from fever should consume adequate amount of fluid. This will not only cool down his body, but will also help  [...] 

The bedbugs are tiny insects nesting in dry and warm places. They are named so because of their love for furniture and mattresses. They grow best on these spots as there they can get to taste mammal blood; mammal blood acts as the main food source for the bedbugs. Bites from bedbugs mostly are painless themselves; they do not impose any risk of serious health problems. However, the person experiencing those bites might have significant discomfort. If the infants are bitten by bedbugs, the situation might be taken care of methodically to make sure that it does not turn into a more grave skin disease. Bedbug bites may provoke infants for scratching the affected region of their skin, which might result in scarring. Below we have discussed the right ways of managing bedbug bites in infants. When  [...] 

For a color-blind person the colors red, yellow, orange, blue and green might stand as names of different colors, but the color identified by them under those names are different than a normal individual. In this article, we’ll be discussing about color blindness in kids. A color-blind kid can see colors, but not in the same way that a person with normal vision would do.  According to the current statistics, 0.5% girls and 8% boys in the US are color-blind. Often due to misdiagnosis, colorblindness is identified as learning disabilities or laziness or inattentiveness; this makes the child more confused. Misdiagnosis often forces color-blind children to undergo therapies that they do not require. To avoid such situation, children having problems in identifying colors must under a test that  [...] 

Children should perform certain eye exercises primarily for improving their vision; besides that, practicing eye exercises also improves the hand-eye coordination of the little ones. Children who play games like tennis, baseball or badminton require having good hand-eye coordination for performing well in the field or court; this makes eye exercise even more beneficial for these children. Eye exercises allow children to view the board in their classroom better and develop their overall body balance. This article will inform you about the 3 most effective forms of eye exercises for children. The impulsive eye exercises : These exercises are designed for improving a child’s ability of staying focused on a particular object for a prolonged duration. This eye exercise includes the following  [...] 

What causes anemia in children? The 3 most common factors responsible for occurrence of anemia among children are: excessive loss of blood, insufficient RBC production by bone marrow and severe destruction of the RBCs. A child at times might also develop anemia due to nutritional problems such as a deficiency of iron or vitamins, infections, exposure to drugs and toxic substances, some cancer types or inherited disorders. Children can suffer from blood loss induced anemia after undergoing a surgery, incurring an injury or experiencing problems like intestinal bleeding, issues related to blood clotting etc. The anemia type triggered by severe destruction of the RBCs is medically knoawn as hemolytic anemia. The RBCs of the patients suffering from this anemia type hs a life span shorter than 120  [...] 

Although genetics play the most vital role as far as the rate of increase in height of a child is concerned, certain food types might help kids to grow taller according to his or her potential. Foods rich in vitamin D and calcium: Calcium is extremely important mineral for ensuring proper bone formation and growth in kids. Vitamin D on the other hand helps in improving calcium absorption, which makes bones of growing children healthier and stronger. Food items containing vitamin D and calcium include: eggs, dairy products like milk, yogurt and cheese etc. Vegetables and Fruits: A balanced diet for children must include vegetables and fruits in high quantities. Vegetables and fruits act as the source of important nutrients like Vitamins A, C and E and minerals like potassium, folate etc. Kids  [...] 

Often children get bad breath. The reasons of bad breath can vary from one kid to the other. In this article, we are discussing the most common factors that may lead to bad breath in children. Lack of proper dental hygiene: This is probably the most common cause of bad breath in children. There’s a common belief that children are not as much susceptible towards developing gum disease as the adults; however, that is not right. Children should have equally good dental hygiene as the grownups. Like the adults, they must also brush, and floss at least twice every day. You must teach your little one, the right way of brushing the teeth; teach them how to clean their tongue. The kids should never use mouthwashes, fluoride toothpastes and rinses. Dry mouth: In daytime, most of the bacteria and debris  [...] 

Rheumatoid arthritis gets categorized as an autoimmune disorder. Immune system of individuals suffering from this condition destroys cells responsible for protecting our overall health. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or JRA i.e. rheumatoid arthritis in children occurs in kids below 16 years of age.  This form arthritis is frequently seen in adults, but nowadays several children are also diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Going by the recently obtained statistics, around 30,000 kids of the US are diagnosed with JRA. Like rheumatoid arthritis in adults, JRA is also marked by physical deformities like swelling of knuckles and joints, inflammation of lymph nodes, high fever etc. A child can suffer from 3 rheumatoid arthritis forms; they are: pauciarticular JRA, polyarticular JRA and systematic  [...]