Pediatric Symptoms - Recognizing Signs of Childhood Health Issues

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Children's Health Symptoms Directory

Recognizing the symptoms of childhood health issues is crucial for early intervention and effective management. Explore our comprehensive guide to common pediatric symptoms, empowering you to recognize warning signs such as fever, cough, rash, and more. Gain the knowledge needed to take prompt actions and seek appropriate medical attention when needed.

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A "dragging leg"

A beak-like nose

A change in taste or smell

A delay of language and speech development in young children

A drop in blood pressure

A failure to gain weight and grow at the expected rate (failure to thrive) leading to very short stature

A flare-up of the nostrils during breathing

A high-arched palate

A loss of previously acquired mental and motor skills

A lump or swelling in the area where the tumor is and can be painful

A prominent lower face

A spine that is clearly curved (i.e. scoliosis or kyphosis)

A tongue that's fixed more posteriorly

A waddling walk

A wide mouth with thick lips

A wide nose with a flat nasal bridge

Abdominal discomfort

Abnormal bone development

Abnormal brain wave patterns

Abnormal breathing

Abnormal cartilage morphology

Abnormal cleft palate

Abnormal ear development

Abnormal eye movement(nystagmus)

Abnormal eye movements

Abnormal heart rate

Abnormal motor function

Abnormal nasal region

Abnormal softening and weakening of the trachea's cartilage

Abnormal thinness

Abnormal tongue movements

Abnormalities in the head and facial area

Abnormalities of the hair

Abnormalities of the head and face

Abnormalities of the skull and facial features

Abnormality of bone mineral density

Abnormality of coagulation

Abnormality of the metaphysis

Abnormally shaped head and face

Abnormally short

Abnormally small eyes (microphthalmia) at birth

Absence of skin layers

Aged appearance at birth

An abnormal bluish discoloration of the skinblood in ey

An abnormally enlarged head (megalencephaly) and/or blindness

An aged appearance at birth

An enlarged liver

An inguinal hernia

An underdeveloped jaw and small chin

An unsteady walk

And a small jaw

And blood vessel pressure

And hypernatremia. lesions in bones cause pain in the skull

And other exposed areas of skin

And painful rashes on the

And ribs.blood in ey

And the hands and the feet

And the lesions look like warts

And thick eyebrows and eyelashes

And underdeveloped genitals

And/or brain abnormalities

And/or infections of the urinary tract

Ankle deformities

Ankles and feet

Apnea episodes (periods of time when breathing stops altogether)

Awkward or higher than normal step (gait)

Brain abnormalities

Brain malformations

Breathing ailments

Breathing and feeding difficulties (dysphagia)

Breathing difficulties

Broad and/or angled fingers and toes

Broad nasal tip etc

Brown or red blotches on the skin

Burning or painful urination

But can present differently in different people

Dark-colored urine or clay-colored stool

Deafness present at birth

Decrease in nerve activity below the neckbloo

Decreased ability to run

Decreased bone age

Decreased muscle tone (hypotonia)

Decreased nerve conduction

Decreased sensation or a loss

Defect in the diaphragmatic pericardium

Defect of the lower sternum

Defective corneas

Deficiency of the anterior diaphragm

Deficiency or absence of the layer of fat under the skin

Deformed nails and missing

Degenerative retina

Delayed bone age

Delayed coordination

Delayed development

Delayed intellectual and language development

Delayed mental activity

Delayed milestones in growth and development

Delayed motor function

Delayed physical development

Delayed puberty

Dental abnormalities

Dental or jaw problems

Developmental abnormalities

Developmental delay

Developmental delays

Diaphragm spasm

Diarrhea and vomiting

Difficulties concentrating

Difficulty breathing

Difficulty chewing

Difficulty concentrating

Difficulty coordinating movements (ataxia)

Difficulty feeding

Difficulty keeping in school

Difficulty lifting foot at the ankle (foot drop)

Difficulty paying attention to conversations

Difficulty running and jumping

Difficulty swallowing

Difficulty swallowing involuntary jerking motions were noticed in the limbs and face

Difficulty swallowing food or liquids

Difficulty understanding spoken language

Difficulty walking

Digestive disturbances

Discoloration of the whites of the eyes (blue sclera) during infancy

Dislocated hips

Distinct distractibility with new simulations

Distinct facial features

Distinctive craniofacial features

Distinctive facial abnormalities

Distinctive facial features

Distinctive malformations of the head and facial area

Dizziness or lightheadedness

Downturned corners of the mouth

Downward slanting eyes (down-slanting palpebral fissures)

Downwards tongue

Dozens of pauses in breathing per day

Dry cough or shortness of breath

Dryness in your nose

Due to the growths

Dysphagia -difficulty swallowing

Early childhood to adulthood- food craving and weight gain

Edema (swelling) in the legs and abdomen

Emotional problems

Endocrine abnormalities

Enlarged calf muscles

Enlarged chest due to over-inflation of air lobe/s in lungs

Enlarged head (macrocephaly) or enlarged internal organs

Enlarged organs

Enlarged spleen

Epilepsy and seizures

Especially during sleep

Especially the knees and elbows

Especially when the baby is feeding

Exaggerated reflexes

Excessive fluid in their brain (hydrocephalus)

Experiencing loss in one arm

Extended fingers

Extreme fatigue (tiredness)

Eye abnormality

Eye corneas that are cloudy

Eye malformations

Eyelashes or brows may be sparse or non-existent

Flat feet and knock knees

Flat nasal bridge

Flu-like symptoms

Forever bent fingers

Foul-smelling urine

Frequent burping

Frequent infections

Frequent miscommunication

Frequent recurrences ultimately may lead to kidney d

Frequent respiratory infections

Frequent tripping or falling

Frustration or acting out due to difficulty communicatingbloo

Fused fingers and toes (syndactyly)

Fusion of the skull bones too early during development (craniosynostosis)

Gastrointestinal abnormalities

Gastrointestinal issues

Gastrointestinal problems

Gazing constantly

General symptoms include developmental delay

Generally poor responsiveness

Genital anomalies

Growth deficiencies

Growth deficiencies and have abnormalities of the limbs and craniofacial region

Growth delays before birth

Growth retardation

Growth- intrauterine growth restriction

Immune system dysfunction

Impaired articulation of speech

Impaired coordination

Inability to hold head up when lying on stomach

Inability to stand with support

Inability to swallow

Including a square-shaped head

Including fever and chil

Incomplete fingers

Incomplete toes

Increased heartbeats

Increased movement of the arms and legs (spasticity)

Increased muscle tone

Increased sweating

Individuals typically have fair skin and scant

Infants- poor muscle tone

Inflamed wrists

Intellectual disability

Intellectual disabilityblood in eye

Intrauterine growth restriction

Involuntary jerking movements

Involuntary pulling of the neck

Irritability and visual difficulties

Itching or burning in skin folds or navel

Itching or tingling feeling around

Jerking movements

Jerks in the arms or legs while awake (myoclonus)

Joint deformities

Joints bent in an unchanging posture

Joints that are aberrant

Kidney abnormalities

Missing fingers

Missing or malformed thumbs

Most often affecting the extremities and the scalp

Motor disturbances

Mucous patches in mouth

Multiple abnormalities affecting the “growing ends

Muscle contractions

Muscle rigidity (tightness of the muscles)

Muscle weakness

Muscle weakness (can't lift arms or legs)

Muscle weakness or lack of muscle control

Musculoskeletal abnormalities

Nail abnormalities

Nail malformations

Narrow nostrils

Narrow roof of the mouth (pa

Nasal congestion

Neck abnormalities

Neurological abnormalities like impaired muscle coordination

Nighttime wetting

Not seeking comfort

Not seeking comfort or showing no response when comfort is given

Obstruction of the urinary tract

Occasional tremors of

Ocular abnormalities

Oculomotor paralysis

Oily or dry skin covered with flaky white or yellow scales

One arm is weakened

One arm paralyzed completely or partially

Or bloody urine

Or bumps or spots that itch

Or cessation of breathing

Or finding words. continued auras (feelings that signal the start of a seizure).blood in

Or nodules. the involvement of the pituitary gland results in polyuria

Or pauses within a word (broken word)

Or undeveloped teeth can also be symptomsblood in

Osteochondromas

Other symptoms may include blood in the urine (hematuria)

Pain in the back

Painful muscle contractions

Palate abnormalities

Panting on early intervals

Part of one side of the body is smaller than the other (asymmetry)

Part or all of the central digits (fingers or toes) are missing. ectrodactyly often affects the middle fingers or toes

Particularly the liver and spleen (organomegaly)

Patches that ooze clear fluid

Patchy scaling or thick crusts on the scalp

Pauses that last for several minutes

Pear-shaped nose

Permanent fixation (contracture) of various joints

Personality changes

Physical abnormalities

Pinky fingers that are curved toward or away from the ring finger or permanently flexed

Poor growth and physical devel

Poor head control

Poor head control and failure to sit up

Poor listening skills

Poor muscle tone

Poor muscle tone (hypotonia)

Poor posture due to weakness or stiffness in neck muscles

Poor sucking reflex

Poor weight gain

Possible bleeding

Possibly mild redness

Premature closure of the fibrous joints

Prematurely aged appearance

Presence of natal teeth

Produce large amounts of mucusblood in

Prolonged qt interval

Prominent cheeks

Protruding ears

Protruding eyes

Protruding tongue

Psychological depression due to inferiority complex

Psychological impact

Psychological signs like worry

Rapid and reflexive upward movement of the afflicted eyelid following nearly any movement of the lower jaw is the main sign of this condition resulting in the widening of eyesblood in e

Rapid bone development

Rapid physical growth

Rapidly changing moods (emotional lability)

Reactions to loud noises that are exaggerated (s

Recurrence of a sound

Red skin rashes or lesions

Redness and burning sensation in the external area of the vagina

Reduced hearing

Reduced sharpness or clarity of vision or the appearance of objects that have a distorted shape (metamorphopsia)

Repeated ear infections

Repetitive movements

Respiratory distress

Respiratory infections

Respiratory insufficiency

Resulting in poor vision

Resulting in the entire foot to appear malformed

Reverse overbite

Sad and listless appearance

Sadness or irritability

Scaling of skin

Scalp numbness. nausea. feeling tired or depressed. headaches. difficulty speaking

Scaly light-sensitive (photosensitive) rashes on the face

Scaly thick patches on the skin over the palm

Scoliosis or kyphosis knock knees heart and vision problems an enlarged liver short height

Scrotal discomfort and cosmetic abnormality of scrotum

Second stage- blisters develop a raised

Seizures abnormal eye movements

Severe cases of downward deviation of the eyes

Sexual abnormalities

Shallow breathing

Shallow eye cavity

Sharp pain in the lower back or side of the abdomen (renal colic)

Short appendages

Short forearms (missing radius bone) and short range of motion at the elbow

Short periods of quiet for specific syllables or words

Shortened lower limbs

Shortness of breath

Shortness of breath or other breathing

Sight and hearing problems

Skeletal abnormalities

Skeletal abnormalities including short stature

Skeletal abnormalities such as premature fusion of

Skeleton abnormalities like uneven and rounded fingers

Skin abnormalities

Skin malformations

Skin markings developing before or shortly after birth

Skin markings resembling blood vessels

Skin on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet is thickened and may have exaggerated linesblood in e

Skin rash with scaly papules

Skin rashes and irritation

Skin rashes and sensitivity to uv light

Skin that might break open

Skull and facial (craniofacial) features- large head size compared to the rest of their body (height

Sleep apnea and snoring

Sleep disturbances

Slow cognitive growth and motor skills

Slow motor development

Slow-growing scalp hair

Small chin (micrognathia)

Small head (microcephaly)

Small head size

Small head size (microcephaly)

Small lower jaw

Small lower jaw (micrognathia)

Small mouth (microstomia)

Smaller muscles than normal for agebl

Snoring and airway obstruction

Some children arch their backs while extending their arms and legs

Speaking disorders

Speech difficulties

Stiff joints that can’t move (contractures)

Stiffness or clumsiness in the legs or arms (ataxia)

Stippled epiphyses at birth in association with other connective tissue disturbances

Stoppage of breathing during sleep

Strenuous exercise

Structural heart malformations

Struggles with breathing

Stumbling to start a word

Such as abdominal pain

Such as inability to hear faint sounds

Such as nystagmus (involuntary eye movement) or strabismus (misaligned eyes)

Susceptibility to infections

Swelling of the face

Swelling of the lips

Swollen glands in your neck and face

Swollen lymph nodes

Swollen testicles

Teeth abnormalities and cataracts

Temporary confusion a staring spell

Temporary hearing loss.

Temporary hearing lossblood i

Temporary perplexity

The appearance of the baby’s head is very small

The arms and legs have angular abnormalities

The blue color of the skin (cyanosis)

The child's body may suddenly bend forward and the arms and legs stiffen

The colored portion of the eyes (irises) may be underdeveloped (hypoplasia) and may stick to the lens (posterior synechiae) or to the cornea (anterior synechiae)blood in ey

The eyeballs have "cherry-red" spots

The lips or mouth

The muscles of speech affected

The scaling is usually limited to the cheeks and forehead

The talus bone is out of place

Thick patches of skin

Thick skin plaque

Umbilical or abdominal herni

Uncomfortable movements

Uncontrollable arm and leg movements

Uncontrollable blinking

Uncontrollable jerking movements of the arms and legs

Underdeveloped bones in the arms and legs (hypomelia)

Underdeveloped cheeks

Underdeveloped face

Underdeveloped head

Underdeveloped jaw

Underdeveloped nails of the fingers and toes and/or mild developmental delaysblood

Underdeveloped or absent cheekbones (maxillary hypoplasia)

Underdeveloped pectoral (chest) muscles

Underdeveloped sex organs

Underdeveloped shoulder blades

Underdeveloped toes

Underdeveloped tooth enamel

Underdeveloped upper jaw

Underdevelopment of the upper jaw bone (maxillary bone)

Uneven shoulders

Unexplained withdrawal

Unintentional weight loss

Union or webbing of the flesh between the fingers

Unusual facial features

Upper eyelid movement

Upward slanting eye lids

Urinary frequency

Urinary urgency

Urogenital abnor

Various heart defectsblood

Vertebral defects

Vertically oriented and narrow pelvis

Viral infection

Vision difficulties

Vision problems

Visual difficulties

Visual impairment

Wart-like (verrucous) appearance

Watching others closely but not engaging in social interaction

Weak muscle tone

Weak muscle tone (hypotonia)blo

Weakness in arms and legs (especially on one side)

Weakness in legs

Webbing of fingers and toes (syndactyly)

Where the heart meets the diaphragm

Which may be associated with loss of consciousness at times

White bubbles in the mouth

White or yellow discharge from the vagina

Whites of the eyes

Widely spaced eyes

Widely spaced eyes (ocular hypertelorism)

Word extension or sounds within a word

’lazy eye’(amblyopia)