Health Concerns

Support for Symptoms and Appointments

Pediatrician-created education and resources for common concerns at home and preparing for healthcare visits.

Fever & Sick Visits

Mother checking child’s forehead with thermometer during a sick visit concern

GUIDE

The Insider’s Guide to Sick Visits

Your child is sick and you don’t want to leave the appointment thinking, “Wait… I forgot to ask that.” Take these seven questions with you so you can arrive organized and prepared, and leave knowing what to do next.

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Watch: Fever

Fever: An In-Depth Discussion

Headaches

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Printable tracker

Headache Tracker

Track when headaches happen, what your child experiences, what was happening beforehand, what helped, and whether school, sports, homework, or sleep were affected.

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Headaches in Kids

Constipation & Potty Avoidance

Young child sitting on a couch holding her stomach

Printable kit

Constipation & Stool Withholding

Use the stool consistency reference, food and fluid guides, bathroom routine tools, tracker, and reward pages to make sense of what’s happening and organize what you want to discuss with your pediatrician.

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ArticleConstipation in Young Kids: Pediatrician Answers Parent QuestionsWhy does constipation keep coming back, and why can a child suddenly become afraid to poop? Understand the constipation-withholding cycle and the approaches that can help break it.

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