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what's the recommended age for a child to do a check-up if one of the parent is a cardiomyopath? 9 or 10 yrs?
My 8 ½ month old daughter has had terrible problems with bowel movements since I first started introducing solids to her. When she was only getting breast-fed she would have a bowel movement several times a day; but since starting her on solids at 22 weeks she holds the toilet in and does not do it
My daughter kelly(14) has had verucas since she was 8 years old the doctors we have seen have suggested against freezing but gave us Bazuka gel instead. She has two on her heel(left foot) and one on her big toe(right foot) any help would be much appreciated
I have a 11 week old baby girl. She only sleeps about 9 hours in a 24 hour period which is mainly at night. She wakes in the night about 3 times for feeds. How can i get her to sleep during the day and for longer at night?
My daughter has had 'massive' tonsils for 6 months or so, but with no pain or fever and seem to not bother her at all. Could this be related to her egg allergy which i have only noticed on contact with her skin and avoided pure egg but not egg within foods?
I am 19 years old male, i have recently and suddenly lost alot of weight, i also suffer from constant thirst, and seem to be always tired and out of energy. I am really concerned. Please Help J
can you still get pregnant when taking anitbiotics if your on the contraceptive patch?
My eight year old daughter has been diagnosed with a ganglion on her wrist, which is causing her constant pain. During the past couple of months it has grown, is there anything that can be done please?
I constantly get eyelashes going into my eyes, and when I touch my eyelashes they literally just fall off my eyelids. Why is this? Should I see my GP about this?
Approx 3 weeks ago my 8 year old daughter started blinking lots with her left eye (almost constantly). it's now affecting her school life as children are commenting on it. She's never done anything like this before and it doesn't flicker whilst she's sleeping? Can you recommend anything to stop it?
I sometimes have really painful cramps when I am on or about to start my period. They stop me doing things I would usually do and make moving a challenge. Is there anything I could do to stop them affecting me so much? Thanks.
I'm 18 and have had dark brown/black nipples since I was about 13. They are dry and scabby. I'm really worried but too scared to go to the doctors. Help!
my son has a very flat head at the back of his head on the left side, and a large bump on the the back of his head on the right side. it looks alot worse than the case you showed in todays program. we are very worried about it.
Could u pls suggest something else other than calamine lotion for chickenpox? I find that its not easing the scratching on my 3 year old munchkin. Im just pulling my hair out and feel so helpless. PLS HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my 2yr old son has reoccuring croup very badly almost every month, he's also got asthma and on a steroid inhaler and a blue inhaler. Is there anything that could be causing such bad croup?
My little toe goes in towards my others, about a 135 degree angle. I am a dancer, could this have caused this?
My 3 year old girl has a sore throat almost all the time and has had a loss of appetite. I try to encourage her to eat all her favourite food but she refuses. What should i do?
my 2year old has an obsession with playing with her belly button. Sometimes this can incur when she is sleepy but mostly when she is nervous. When she plays with it she sometimes complains of pain and soreness. is she causing any damage to herself?
My son Alfie is 27 months, and I am just a little concerned that his foot turns in when he walks,but not all the time. Is this usual with toddlers ? I used to be pigeon toed as a youngster so im obviously a lttle concerned. Thankyou.
Pigeon Toe - is there anything that can be done to help the problem? My son is 3 years old and trips up regularly.
i seem to always get cystitis a week before my period and it is such a pain and always gets in the way, ive tried lots of stuff to stop it but nothing works, is this normal?
I suffer with OCD and i am starting to notice signs of it in my 5 year old son, such as making grunting noises, sniffing etc. Is there any treatment i can get for him so that he does not have to suffer as long as i have.
When My youngest child was born she got a broken collarbone which resulted in her have a condition called Erb's Palsy. She is now has 95% movement in the arm but I was wondering if this condition will effect her walking and balance as she is always falling over?
i am 20, male and 6foot 4. if i get up to fast, i can sometimes be victim of uncontrollable shaking in my legs especially. my legs literally turn to jelly and i've even had to hold onto the door handle to keep my balance. any ideas what could cause this? it feels like a rush of blood to the head.
i have a 14yr ols daughter and shes been sucking her thumb since she was the age of 2 days old. she is getting very embarrassed because its all dry and hard. she hates it when people ask her why her thumb is like a yellowish colour please help her
my 8 year old daughter has really bent pinky fingers, should I do something about it now, or when she gets older? thank you
I'm 17 years old and i still wet the bed. I got out of nappies at 'the normal age' but then started wetting the bed at 6. I've been given lots of medication that hasn't worked (used the alarms etc) but recently i got some that stops me wetting the bed but i still wake up damp, will it ever stop?
I have a constantly blocked nose for a few years and I don’t think it is a dust allergy but maybe sinusitis. I always have to blow my nose. Please help.
I am 32 and i still toe walk, just like the little boy shown tonight.. This feels more natural to me and i end up with pains all over my legs if i try to walk flat. i am fit and well otherwise.. should i see a doctor
My 32 month old son has a misshapen head with quite a sticking out bump at the back. Will this effect him physically as he grows up, and is it too late the do anything about it? Is it very common? he has always slept on the same side.
My son is 8 years and he has quite swetty and smelly feet, his hands are swetty as well. How can we help him as his feet do get quite smelly?
I have a problem with my little toe on both my feet. When I walk it gradually folds underneath my other toes and causes great pain. It gets so bad sometimes that I can't walk. I really want a solution for this because I'm going on a Duke of Edinburgh walk soon and I don't want it to effect it. HELP!
My daughter is 4 years old but quite tall and looks very over weight but yet she eats very healthy and is very active, i try to take her out as much as possible, she is very concious of her size and she wears clothes for 9 to 10 years, any advice.
My partner is suffering from boils around the groin area. His GP has prescribed erythromycin and he has been on these antibiotics for the past 6 months but there has been no improvement. Can you please advise.
Since my early teens, I have developed more and more of a curve in my spine. Not going in an S shape like the girl on the program this evening, but outwards, although the doctor says it is starting to curve to the left also. I have to click it at the top and especially at the bottom often. Serious??
my eight year old daughter sometimes suffers from body odour. is this normal at her age? she is bathed every evening and i have started using deodrant on her although she says it is itchy, is there anything else i could do?
My daughter has scoliosis (36 degree). She is about to be fitted with a brace. I am curious to know if the girl featured on tonights show had a brace and at what point surgery becomes a possibility?
My daughter was born with gastroscisis and had major surgery as soon as she was born. Myself and my husband are quite worried as she is now 4 years old but has a 'pot belly' that seems quite large. She is a tiny child and looks a little odd, will this correct itself as she ages? Thanks
My son has just turned 6 and very rarely sleeps in his own bed all night, he either creeps into our bed, into his 7 yr old sisters bed, or will creep in and sleep on our bedroom floor. Any advice would be great? Thanks
My Husband was diagnosed with Scheuermann's disease as a 17 year old, while nothing was done when he was a child, he now is interested in back bracing. At the age of 27, is this possible and what are the concequences?
Thanks
I had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) 3 months ago. Now I get either greeny/yellow diarrhea and this alternates with normal stool or sometimes multi coloured stool! (ie, dark and very light) - is this to be expected after this operation? Thanks
every now and again i get a rash down the backs of my thighs and its very itchy,its a combination of white blotches and white spots.It can ramdomly flare up or sometimes when i ave been in the bath,what could this be?thankyou
I'm having problems with my vagina, neither of my GP's will check it out regardless of me telling them how much it's bothering me. I have a itching inside my vagina occassionally varying amounts of discharge (I can get through 2 pairs of knickers a day. Yet am dry and uncomfotable otherwise
My 5 year old son has a birth mark on his thigh. Its growing with him so is getting bigger as he grows. Its also growing long black hairs. Its starting to both him now he is at school. At doctor said he thought it was called cafe au lait spot. Should I be worried its growing?
what are the symptoms of a kidney infection and how can you treat it?
Ive had a problem for about 8 months now, it started with diarrhea and constantly feeling stick. I visited my GP and was given medication for Irratable Bowl and Anti-Nausia tablets and these didnt work. Ive had a Colonoscopy and Endoscopy with no results, I now feel ill only when going out,any ideas
I have got a brown dot on my eye & i have had it for about a month now. My friend had one on her eyes & it was cancer. What could it be?? Thanks
My son has a mis-shaped head. Is the helmet shown in tonight's show for cosmetic reasons only or should I be worried about other long term consequence of a mis-shaped head?
Is it normal for my 5year old son to have 2-4 bowel movements a day?
Thankyou
My daughter started her periods in February this year. They were light and she had no problems. On 25th Apr she started again and is still bleeding very heavily. She has to change her clothes several times a day. Her doctor has prescribed Mefanamic acid 250mg. It has been going on for 3 weeks.
What can you tell me about swallowing difficulty? Even when the food is chewed adequately it gets lodged before either going down or coming up. It's shown up in both child and adult family members.
I have two "vampire fangs" that have replaced my top two canine teeth. They begin in line with my nostrils. It effects my breathing and constantly have a blocked nose. What can I do about this?
My daughter only just turned nine and she has started developing breasts, however one side seems to be larger than the other, is this normal?
Hi I am a 42 year old woman who has been having heavy periods and sometime I pass clots too through my vagina, is this normal?
My nine year old son also walks on his toes rather than heels. Is it now too late to do anything to change this?
My daughter has had a hernia since birth which doctors say would go down but it just keeps getting bigger and now she's 14 months. She has now developed the habit of pinching it. Personally I want it surgically reduced. What do i do?
My daughter has keratosis pilaris what is the best way to treat this and will it ever go away.Thank you
my 11 year old son keeps having coldsores he has one every week is there ant thing i can do to stop them
My 3 and half year old daughter has been out of nappies for 2 years but still has regular accidents. We are convinced that the amount she goes to the toilet is not normal. She goes several times an hour and doesn't seem to be able to hold it. Is this likely to be caused by a physical problem?
Hi Docs, my son had quite a large lump on his forehead after my partner shut his head in the car door, this happened two weeks ago, the problem is he still has a lump on his head although its not as big as it was.
How long will it take to disappear ?
Thanks
Paul.
can your child catch chicken pox more than once?
My son is due to have the same operation for scoliosis in September - could you tell us more about the recovery from the op and also the long-term effects from having rods put in?
my 6 year old wets his bed and have to put him in pullups, is there anything i can do to get him to stop wetting his bed, i take him to the toilet but within an hour he's wet,
My boy's left eye sometimes appears larger than his left eye, he is 6 years old, is there anything that could be causing this?
This is about Endomestriosis, this was on the show a couple of months ago.I am 21 & I hav had a laproscapy 5months ago and I have Endometriosis. How much damage would laser treatment do?As I hate all these pills but as I am young they like to avoid surgery in this are but this is really affecting me
I have suffered with very loose stools for about a month, recently it has looked like cooking oil in the toilet. I'm loosing weight, but don't have any pain etc, should I be worried?
My daughter has just turned 1, I went to have her feet measured for the second time today unsuccessfully I might add, she is still in a 3-6 months pram shoe which are too big, her feet are too small for proper shoes, will this hinder her walking and when do you think her feet will grow?
My teenage son (aged 13) has developed a large swelling on his sternum which has recently enlarged. It gives him no pain. Do you know what this could be?
My 15 year old son has a large, movable lump on his right shoulder blade, about the size of half a tennis ball. I am growing increasingly worried but he refuses to go to a doctor to see about it.
My baby boy is 6 months old and has just recently began to roll on one side only. He does not move in his cot at night. Is this normal for a 6 month old boy.
My 2 year old daughter pulls out her hair. She has gradually worked her way from the top to the back seems to do it when shes tired. How do i get her to stop?
My 11 year old daughter often has 'pains in her stomach' which sometimes last for minutes sometimes hours. There doesn't seem to be any pattern to the pains. She often has quite a few spots on her skin (normally her face) and has loads of white spots on her nails. This all started 4 yrs ago.
Hi, I occasionally have very sharp pain inside my rectum when I try to pass a stool. Sometimes it I feel like there is a stool still inside. I am 22 Years old. Thanks!
I have this area of dry skin on the ball of my foot which causes me a lot of pain when walking. my gp said it could be a fungal infection but everything i have used to treat it does not work. i am only 16 but this is affecting my school and social life really bad. Any ideas??
my 6 month old son has had an eye infection in his right eye since he was born. we clean it constantly and it goes but comes back a week later. it has never spread to the left eye. he has had one course of antibiotics but the infection came back.
my 4 year old son for the last 3 years has had very bad nightmares every night. I already do the bedtime routine with bath, storys, etc and none of this makes any difference. Can you please help!!!
My child is 3 1/2 years old and was born 3 months premature, she will not eat anything with lumps so we are forced to puree everything she eats what can we do to encourage her to eat normal food?
For the past 9 months I have had a strange feeling in my legs almost asif they are going to explode, I have found it regularly occurs when I'm due my period. I also find it very difficult to sleep at night. I have been to see my doctor and they don't know what the problem is, Can you help me ?
my 4 year old daughter sufferes from cramps, both in her hands and in her feet. Is this normal or should i worry? Ive asked drs before but they dont know
please help
Hi, I've recently been suffering from a large twitch in my left shoulder, I broke my collarbone about a year ago, do you think this has anything to do with it? If so is there anything you could suggest that I could do to help reduce or stop the twitch, I find it highly embarressing as people laugh.
I have angry boils on the top inside of my thighs, top back of my legs and under my left breast. They flare up every few months and are really painful and are just bruised marks during the rest of the month. They can be so painful I can't sit down or wear an under wire bra! Help!
Thanks for focusing on children. My five and a half son wets his pans practically every day now. Never has done it during the night. This has been on and off for the last two years at home or outside (knows where the toilet is). What to do? neither talk or reminders help.
i've been told i have roseacea the red lumps and redness. been on antibiotics for a year they dont work. what else can i do?
My 7 month old grandson has just been diagnosed with pagiocephaly, we're unclear about the benefit of the helmet described on the show this evening - any advice please. Also where can we contact an orthortist about this
My daughter is 6 and apart from when she was a baby is a poor eater. She suffers from Tonsilitus. Her tonsils do look a little large and to me they look misshappen and horrible. Her GP feels that removal of her tonsils may help her appetite. Is this true?
My 10 year old daughter has lumps on her feet, I took her to the doctors when she was younger and the doctor basically said they would go away, but insted she has got more. She has also moaned that they are getting painful. Any ideas as to what they are ? thanks.
I'm 18 year old and i have a lump in my penis, it seems like a nerve that connects all around my penis , can you explain me what it is ? it was bigger, but it seems to be getting smaller now.
my daughter has suffered with eczema for years and had various creams is there anything else that i can use
What can be done about a ganglion, has been drained and come back, been told surgery is not available on the nhs. please help,
i have a daughter (13) who has had milk spots under her eyes since she was a baby and get worse, shouldn't they go away over time? what creams should she use? thank you.
My 13 Year Old daughter has had spots since she was 9, what should i do?
i'm constantly weak and tired. i keep going to the doctors and they say everything is fine but i keep getting light headed and sleepy throughout the day. is there anything i can do to boost my energy levels/ strengthen me up a bit?
My 9 year old daughter walks on her toes and is very heavy footed this seems to make her walk tilted forward. Should i take her to the drs? She is not bothered about it.
can i still be pregnant even though im still having periods ?
My eight year old daughter has hard skin on both big toes, she's always had correctly fitted shoes and always takes her socks off in the house to let her feet breath. I wondering if it's anything to worry about as i can't work out what might be causing it? Is there anything we can do?
my daughter has really bad constipation. is there anything she can do to help this, she has had it for a while now and we have tried laxatives and everything
I've had a problem with my hands for aslong as I can remember, I'm 20 now. The problem is hard to describe but when I clench one hand, the other hand makes the same movement meaning that my hands do not move independently and if I put strength on one hand I feel it in the other. Hope that makes sens
i have noticed that my 3 year old son reguarly has a twitch in his right eye and cheek,should this be anything to worry about?
My 4 year old son has begun to stutter. This has gradually got worse over the last 6-9 months and is really starting to bother him. Should I see a speach therapist or will he grow out of it?
Following on from the piece on tongue tie, both my two year old twins seem to be tongue tied. According to the doctor, it shouldn't be a problem unless it affects speech or eating. I'm afraid that it is affecting their speech and one of the boys dribbles a lot. Should I get it looked at?
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