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Finger Injury
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Injuries to fingers
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Fingernail Infection - Bacterial
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Mild bacterial infection of the skin fold next to the fingernail
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Fingernail Infection - Yeast
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Mild chronic infection of the skin fold next to the fingernail. The medical name is chronic paronychia
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Fire Ant Sting
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Stung by a fire ant. Fire ant stings are more common in the Southern U.S.
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Food Allergy
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Allergic reaction to a food.
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Food Poisoning
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Rapid onset of vomiting and diarrhea after eating a bad food.
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Foreskin Care Questions
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Questions about caring for the normal uncircumcised penis in a baby boy. Includes questions about foreskin retraction. Smegma questions are covered.
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Foreskin Infection
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
A bacterial infection of the space between the foreskin and head of the penis. The medical name is posthitis
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Frequency-Urgency Syndrome
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
New onset of passing urine often while awake. This is called urinary frequency
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Frostbite
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Frostbite is a cold injury to the skin. The ears, nose, fingers, and toes are most often affected
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Granuloma Annulare
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Granuloma Annulare (GA) is a bumpy skin condition in the shape of a circle
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Growing Pains
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Growing pains are harmless pains that occur in the leg muscles. They are common and occur in 10 to 20% of children. They often start between ages 4 and 6.
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Hair Loss - From Hair Twisting Habit
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
A nervous habit of twisting or pulling out the hair. The medical name for this is trichotillomania.
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Hair Loss - From Severe Stress
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Major thinning of the hair starting 3 months after a stressful event. The medical name for this type of hair loss is telogen effluvium.
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Hair Loss - From Tight Hair Style
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Broken hairs from tight braids or pony tails
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Hand-Foot-And-Mouth Disease
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Hand-Foot-And-Mouth Disease (HFMD) is a viral infection. Small red spots and tiny water blisters. Seen on the palms, fingers, soles and toes. The diagnosis cannot be made without these.
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