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Spitting Up (Normal Reflux)
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Spitting up (normal reflux) is 1 or 2 mouthfuls of breast milk or formula. Spitting up (normal reflux) occurs in most infants (50%).
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Splint Care - Arm
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
A splint is a padded piece of fiberglass or plaster. Also called a half cast. It’s placed on only one side of an injured arm. The splint is held in place by an elastic wrap (bandage).
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Splint Care - Leg
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
A splint is a padded piece of fiberglass or plaster. Also called a half cast. It’s placed on only one side of an injured leg. The splint is held in place by an elastic wrap (bandage).
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Splinters (Slivers)
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
A foreign body (FB) is stuck in the skin. Some examples are a splinter of wood or sliver of glass
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Spoiled Children - Prevention
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
A spoiled child insists on having his own way. If demanding doesn’t work, he escalates. He uses tantrums and whining to get his way.
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Stools - Unusual Color
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
The stool color is strange or different. Normal stool colors are any shade of brown, tan, yellow or green. Colors that may be caused by a disease are red, black and white. Dark green may look like black, but dark green is a normal color.
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Straining and Grunting Baby - Normal
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Grunting, straining and pushing to pass a stool. This is normal during the first 3 months. Babies are learning how to get the poop out. Doctors call this the grunting baby syndrome
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Strep Exposure
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Guidance on possible strep exposure.
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Stubborn Toddler
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Your child says No to many normal requests. Your child disagrees with many of your normal suggestions. Your child constantly tests your rules
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Sty
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
A sty is a red lump or pimple on the edge of an eyelid.
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Sunburn
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Red or blistered skin from too much sun. The redness, pain and swelling starts at 4 hours
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Suture Questions
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Common questions about sutures or stitches. Stapled wounds are treated the same as sutured wounds
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Swallowed Harmless Substance
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Your child swallowed an unusual but harmless substance. Your doctor told you it was harmless. It was not a solid object that could get caught in the throat or esophagus. It was not a poison, chemical or drug.
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Swallowed Small Object
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Small harmless solid object swallowed. Child has no symptoms.
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Swimmer's Itch
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
An itchy harmless rash caused by tiny parasites in fresh water lakes. A less common rash can also occur in salt water (called clam digger’s itch).
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Tailbone Injury
Category: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
The most common injury is a bruised tailbone. The tailbone is the small bone at the lower end of the spine. Location: upper part of the groove between the buttocks.
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