Parents of young children can really struggle when their child is unwell. Here is a list from the book “God’s Design for the Highly Healthy Child by Walt Larimore M.D.”:
Respond quickly to any of the following symptoms:
[ul]Changes in colour (paleness or bluish colour around the lips face and nails; yellowish skin or eyes
Body becomes unusually floppy or stiff
One eye (or both) becomes pink red or swollen or leaks sticky fluid
Red or tender navel
White patches in the mouth
Difficulty breathing swallowing nursing eating or speaking
Blood in the stools
Crying for a long time; child can’t be comforted
Refusal to eat
Unusually cranky or tired
Chills that make the body shake
Loses consciousness (child faints has a seizure and so on)
Severe headache
Nasal fluid is strange colour has a bad smell or is bloody
Earache
Hearing loss
Blood or fluid coming out of the mouth or ears
Changes in vision; eyes are hurt by light
Stiffness or pain in the neck
Severe sore throat
Uncontrolled drooling
Rapid breathing
Severe cough cough that brings up blood or that lasts a long time
Very bad stomach pain
Swollen stomach
Pain in the back pain with urination frequent urination
Urine that is a strange colour has a bad smell or is very dark
Pain redness or swelling around a joint not caused by injury
Cut or scrape that appears infected (red oozes pus tender swollen hot)[/ul]