Sick Kids

Learn about tests, procedures, common conditions, and how to keep kids well.

• Basic Blood Chemistry Tests
• Blood Culture
• Blood Test: Complete Blood Count
• Blood Test: Hepatic (Liver) Function Panel
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Constipation
• Coughing
• Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Chloride Sweat Test
• ECG (Electrocardiogram)
• EEG (Electroencephalogram)
• EMG (Electromyogram)
• Febrile Seizures
• Germs: Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, and Protozoa
• Giving Opioid Prescription Pain Medicine: What Parents Need to Know
• Hand Washing: Why It's So Important
• How to Take Your Child's Pulse
• Is It a Cold, the Flu, or COVID-19?
• Is My Child Too Sick to Go to School?
• Mumps
• Soiling (Encopresis)
• Spinal Tap (Lumbar Puncture)
• Stool Tests
• Strep Test: Throat Culture
• Talking to Your Child's Doctor
• Talking to the Pharmacist
• Too Late for the Flu Vaccine?
• Urine Tests