Key Points Learn when a child’s cut may need medical attention. Understand signs that stitches may be needed. Know when a wound should be treated as an emergency. Find out how pediatric urgent care can help. Scraped knees, bumped chins, and little nicks from everyday...
Key Points Learn common reasons kids get rashes. Understand when a rash may need pediatric urgent care. Know which rash symptoms should not wait. Find out what parents can expect at KidsStreet. You’re giving your child a bath or helping them get dressed for the day,...
It starts with an eye rub at breakfast, maybe a complaint about an itchy eye. By the time you get a good look, your child’s eye is red and watery. If your stomach sinks a bit, you’re not overreacting. Pink eye (conjunctivitis) has a reputation for spreading fast...
There is something especially draining about watching your child struggle with a stomach bug. One moment they seem fine…and the next they are pale, exhausted, and unable to keep anything down. It can move fast, and it can leave both you and your child feeling worn out...
Wherever kids go, coughs are sure to follow. Children spend so much time close together, whether at home, school, daycare, or out playing with friends, that it’s easy for germs to pass from one child to the next. A cough is often one of the first signs that something...
“Mom, my throat hurts!” Every parent has heard this phrase more times than they can remember, because a scratchy or painful throat is one of the most common complaints kids bring to their parents. (And it rarely means just one thing.) Colds, seasonal allergies, dry...
