Health Issues

From Insects or Animals

Many types of infections associated with animals and insects can affect children. When they occur, they need a pediatrician's attention.

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How to Remove A Tick

Home care advice for the removal, treatment and prevention of tick bites for children and adolescents. Also learn when to call the doctor after a tick bite.

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Bedbug Bites
Cat Scratch Disease
Cats and Toxoplasmosis
Diseases Spread by Insects and Ticks
Hamsters and Mice Can Cause Illness
Head Lice Treatment Myths & Realities
Head Lice: What Parents Need to Know
Hookworms
How to Protect Your Child from Insect Stings
How to Remove A Tick
Identifying Insect Bites and Stings
Illness from Animals: Leptospirosis
Insect Sting Allergies
Lyme Disease
Pet Birds and Psittacosis Infection
Pets and Pasteurella Infections
Rabies Infection: How to Protect Your Child
Rat Bite Fever
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: Another Illness from Ticks
Roundworm (Ascariasis)
Sick from Ticks: Human Ehrlichiosis
Spider Bites
Tapeworms
Treatment for Animal Bites
Tularemia: An Infection Caused by Insects
Wings and Stings