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	Juvenile arthritis
Accidental swallowing - what to do?	Kawasaki disease - describe?
Adenitis	Langerhans cell histiocytosis - explain?
Air travel - during infancy?	Leukodystrophy - support group?
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency - liver effects?	Lipoma - rare in children?
Amniocentesis - available in Ireland?	Lumbar puncture - how's it done?
Antibiotics twice - still no better?	Marcus Gunn Syndrome - explain?
Asperger's syndrome - help in Ireland?	Measles - eye risk?
Asthma - allergy?	Measles - fatal complications?
Asthma - family pets?	Medical secretary - access to my files?
Asthma inhaler - side effects?	Meningitis
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - symptoms?	Mesenteric adenitis - still in pain?
Autism - diagnosis?	Microcephaly - explain?
Baby's bottle - keep sterilising?	MMR
Bad teeth	MMR - safe to give with DTP?
Balanitis - cause bed wetting?	MMR - single measles vaccine?
Bed wetting	MMR - vaccination brought forward?
Beyond term - dangerous for baby?	MMR - vaccine reaction?
Blood groups	Molluscum contagiosum - treatment?
Blood in urine - what to do?	Mumps - male infertility?
Booster vaccination - child fit for it?	Mumps related deafness
Breast buds - need investigation?	Nappy rash
Breastfeeding - exercise safe for baby?	Nasal polyps - in a child?
Breastfeeding - thrush treatment safe?	Nebuliser for asthma - necessary?
Canavan's syndrome - what is it?	Newborn infant - over feeding?
Caroli disease	Niemann-Pick Disease?
Chemotherapy - telling the children?	Noonan syndrome - what is it?
Chesty cough - lungs clear?	Normal heart rate?
Chicken pox - child contact? ?	Nuclear fallout - iodine tablets?
Chicken pox - dangerous in pregnancy?	Paediatric neorosurgery - Irish facilities?
Chicken pox - sores mouth/anus?	Paracetamol - different name in USA?
Chicken pox - still infectious?	Parasites - blood test?
Child with erection - abnormal?	Periventricular leukomalacia - cause?
Cholesteatoma - please explain?	Phenylketonuria (PKU) - explain?
Circumcision - anaesthetic safe?	Plagiocephaly - will baby grow out of it?
Circumcision - for non medical reasons?	Polycystic kidneys - further information?
Circumcision - routine in Ireland?	Polydactyly - could my baby inherit this?
Cleft lip and palate - inheritance?	Prader-Willi Syndrome - what is it?
Cochlear implant - is my child suitable?	Pre-auricular sinus - what is it?
Conception - alcohol/cigarettes?	Precocious puberty - explain?
Congenital dislocation of the hip - late diagnosis?	Pregnancy - incompatible blood groups?
Congenital dislocation of the hip - prognosis?	Premature baby
Constipation in children - diet?	Prioderm - safe in pregnancy?
Cot death - future pregnancy?	Pyelonephritis - renal failure risk?
Cot death and miscarriage - recurrence risk?	Pyelonephritis - what is it?
Croup - what is it?	Pyloric stenosis - what is it?
Cystic fibrosis - gene testing?	Recurrent infections - 4 year old child?
Cystic fibrosis - mistaken diagnosis?	Reflux in infancy - same as adults?
Deafness with a cold - what to do?	Roseola - another name for it?
Developmental delay - head size?	Rubella - antibody test?
Diarrhoea	Rubella - is my friend safe?
Diarrhoea - could be coeliac?	Rubella - serious in infancy?
Diarrhoea - related to teething?	Scabies
Doctor's receptionist - acting irresponsibly?	Scalp infection - causes?
Down's syndrome - heart transplant?	Scarlatina - what is it?
Dyspraxia	Scarlet Fever
Ear infection - still deaf?	Scarlet fever - very infectious?
Ear pain while flying - remedies?	Seborrhoeic dermatitis - what is it?
Eczema - patch testing?	Septicaemia/Meningitis - same thing?
Erb's palsy - explain?	Slapped face syndrome - explain?
First period	Sleepwalking - treatment?
Floppy larynx - what does it mean?	Spina bifida - folic acid?
Foetal heartbeat - present?	Spinal tumour - treatment?
Frequent coughs and colds - normal?	Squint
Gastritis	Startle epilepsy - uncommon?
Glandular fever	Sternocleidomastoid tumour - explain?
Glossitis - causes?	Still's disease - what is it?
GP fees - repeat visits?	Strabismus - surgery available?
Granulosa-cell tumour - what is it?	Strabismus - what is it?
Grinding teeth - visit dentist?	Syndactyly - is it correctable?
Grinding teeth - worms?	Talipes - further treatment needed?
Grommets - precautions?	The pill - harmful to baby?
Grommets - what are they?	Threadworms - are they serious?
Haemangioma - common?	Thrush -my baby has it in the mouth and on the genitals.
Hand foot and mouth disease - treatment?	Toddler - head banging?
Hand, foot and mouth disease - serious?	Toddler speech - very few words?
Heart surgery and colds?	Tonsillitis - tonsils still enlarged?
Henoch Schonlein Purpura	Tonsillitis - treatment?
Hepatitis A - lasts how long?	Tourette's syndrome?
Hirschsprung's disease	Transposition of the great arteries?
Hirschsprung's disease - cancer related?	Travel vaccination - for an infant?
Hives - causes?	Travel vaccines - safe while breastfeeding?
Homocysteine - explain?	Undescended testicle - surgery necessary?
HSP - what is it?	Undescended testicle - surgery?
Human parvovirus - risk to foetus?	Urinary tract infection - prevention?
Hydrocoele - hasn't disappeared?	Urticaria pigmentosa - what is it?
Hydronephrosis - more information?	Verruca - prevention?
Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis?	Vesicoureteric reflux - treatment?
Imperforate anus - problems at puberty?	Viral infection - explain?
Imperforate anus - treatment?	Viral infection - prevention during infancy?
Impetigo - treatment?	Vomiting - what's causing it?
Impetigo - what is it?	White cell count - significant?
Infant - funny turns?	Whooping cough
Infected knee?	Worms
Is my baby normal?	X-rays - risky during pregnancy?
Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome - describe?

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