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Height and Weight - Kids

Over-weight is a common problem even among children in today's society. The range of ideal body weight of a child can be easily predicted knowing their height. Sometimes the adult height of a child can be predicted by knowing the height of the parents. Interestingly by the age of 9, an average boy would have attained 75% of his adult height potential and an average girl would have attained 75% of her adult height by the age she is eight years old. Use our utilities and keep tab of these interesting calculations.

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Immunisations

Immunisation is often commonly referred to as shots. They are extremely important as they can help to protect your growing child from otherwise life threatening diseases. Taking immunisation can be at times a little traumatic for the child. Minor reactions to some shots can cause a fever for a short while. The number of immunizations necessary reduce, as your child grows. Print a free immunization chart from our website and keep tack of your child’s immunisation schedules..

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Measles

Most children who get measles will have a rash, high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes. These symptoms last for 1 or 2 weeks. We don't usually think of measles as being a serious disease, but it can be very serious. For every 1,000 children who get measles, 1 or 2 will die from it.

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Nose bleeds

Most nose bleeds look worse than they are. Nosebleeds are messy, a little uncomfortable, and sometimes even scary, but they are usually not serious. Kids can get nose bleeds once in a while or more often. Most nose bleeds in children happen due to the habit of picking nose.

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