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First Aid Kit

Every home should have one! And also every car. It's a bit like insurance: you hope you're not going to need it, but if you do, it's essential to have it.

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Constipation

For new burns, you could give some sugar water or add sugar to milk. Increase the content of water a

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Choking

If the child is not coughing but is gasping, turning scarlet and then greyish, with an expression of

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Smothering

What you need to be worried about are thin plastics on the bed or in the house since they are both a

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Burns

Cool the burned area with cold water for about ten minutes. This will help blood vessels, which have

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Conjunctivitis

Wipe the eyes gently with sterilised cotton moistened with boiled water. And apply antibiotic eye

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Colic

Do whatever you can to soothe your baby. Maintain eye contact with the baby, keeping him in motion,

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Sprains

Comfort the child as the accident must have scared the child. Let him put the limb in whatever posit

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Rashes

Use plain water to clean the rash area. Don't use soap or diaper wipes, as they could be irritating.

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Diarrhoea

The basic principle in the management of diarrhoea is maintenance of water in the body. This is best

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Poisoning

If your child has swallowed any pills, medicines, tobacco, alcohol or berries, clear his mouth of an

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Stomach-ache

If her tummy ache lasts longer than 15-20 minutes check your child's body temperature and put her to

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High Fever

Take off your baby's clothes and sponge her with cool water, till the temperature reduces to around

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Appendicitis

Before the doctor arrives, you could check your child's temperature and put her to bed. Do not give

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Thrush

You can clean the thrush patches by giving your child some water to drink after every feed. This was