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Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by many different germs, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi.This article discusses describes pneumonia that occurs in a person whose ability to fight infection is greatly reduced because their i...
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You have either undergone a procedure or been diagnosed with an illness that has made you "immunocompromised.” This means that your immune system is very weak, making it difficult to fight off infection. Certain cancers, cancer treatments, HIV infection, and transplant surgery are examples of things that can make you immunocompromised. You must be very careful—even the slightest infection can carry the risk of hospitalization or death. This sheet gives precautions you can follow to protect yourself from infection. You will need to follow them until your doctor tells you that you can stop. You may need to be careful for the rest of your life.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Public Health Association have guidelines that can help you make up your mind.
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Not all day-care options are good for your child. If you're just starting to look, here's are some guidelines from the experts.
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There's no substitute for good old-fashioned loving care. Beyond that, if a child hasn't had a fever for the past 24 hours and feels okay, he or she can return to regular activities. The following suggestions should help your child get back up to speed soon.
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Fevers are only a symptom of something else happening in the body. Your child can have a fever and not look or feel hot. So always take your child's temperature for at least 1 minute before deciding how serious a fever is.
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This number represents three out of five young children in the United States. During the last decades of the twentieth century, increased employment of mothers outside the home significantly increased child-care demand.Child care is provided by bo...
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When you work with cranky people, you can choose to be happy instead of miserable by following this simple formula: Stop, look and listen, then respond.
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