Treated 14. Nurse 15. Caused
Sore Throat.
Seven out of ten sore throats are 1... by viruses which cannot be 2... with antibiotics. They are very 3... and can be a symptom of a bad cold or attack of flu. Your child's throat will be dry, 4... and itchy and she may find it hard 5... .The throat may look red and 6... and there may be white patches on the tonsils. Some children have a 7... temperature and the 8... in the neck can swell. The good news is that 9... sore throats will get 10... within a few days.
What can you do to help
—Give your child 11... soothing drinks, such as warm lemon and honey. Ice-cream is very soothing. 12... children may find sucking a boiled sweet or throat sweet helps.
— For children over three months you can give infant paracetamol
13... pain and 14... fever. Your pharmacist will 15... a suitable
product.
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Common 2. to swallow 3. recom- 4. plenty of 5. caused 6. to relieve
Mend
Glands 8. older 9. treated 10. sore 11. swollen 12. better
Reduce 14. high 15. most
Croup.
Croup is the name given to the typical sound — a harsh barking 1... and a wheezy 2... — which results from a 3... of the larynx (vocal chprds). Croup often comes with a cold and usually 4... in children 5... the ages of one and five. Young children are more likely to get the 6... because their air passages are 7... .
What can you do to help?
— Croup can be helped by breathing moist 8... .Create a
steamy atmosphere by boiling a kettle in the bedroom or take
,your child into the bathroom and run a 9.. bath. If you do this,
10... leave your child alone in the room.
— Reassure your child all the time and stay calm.
— Once things have settled down make breathing 11... by
propping up your child in bed.
When to consult the doctor.
— IMMEDIATELY if the attack is 12..., your child is very 13... and distressed, struggling to breathe or turns 14... .
1. never 7. hot
Narrower 8. between
Severe 9. easier
Cough 10. blue
| 5. air |
Occurs
Breathing 12. swelling
13. condition 14. breathless
Earache.
Earache is very 1... in babies and young children, partly because they 2... from so many throat infections and 3... . It is usually 4... an infection in the middle ear called 5... media, which makes the ear drum red and inflamed and 6... pain and fever. 7... Otitis media may result in long-term hearing 8... .
Your child may be 9..., generally off-colour and 10... of a sore ear. A baby might keep pulling or rubbing the 11... ear. It is very common for 12... attacks of earache to flare up during the middle of the night. Call your doctor if the 13 ,..is severe.
1. acute 2. problems 3. feverish 4. otitis 5. pain 6; common
Affected 8. causes 9. suffer 10. due to 11. untreated 12. colds
Complain.
Measles.
Measles is one of the most infectious childhood 1.... It is 2... by a virus and is spread from person to person by 3..., coughing and breathirtg. The '4... period' — the time between 5... the illness and becoming unwell — is seven to twelve days.
Measles begins like a bad 6... .Children with measles look and 7... very unwell with a high temperature, 8... nose, sore eyes and a 9... . A 10... appears after three to five days. This starts as large red blotches behind the ears and on the forehead, then 11... rapidly over the body, usually fading after a further three days. Measles spots don't usually itch, but the blotches often merge to form a large red mass. The 12... period — when your child can give illness to someone else — is from a few days before the rash 13... until five days after it goes. 14... such as ear and chest infections, vomiting and diarrhoea are quite 15... .
