Sinusitis is an inflammation of the sinuses around the nose and forehead. Symptoms include mucus coming out of the nose, and pressure, pain or swelling around the eyes and nose.Take your child to the doctor if you think he has sinusitis. Antibiotics are the most common treatment. Paracetamol can help with pain, and saline nasal drops can help with congestion.

Tonsillitis is when your child’s tonsils get inflamed because of a viral or bacterial infection. Symptoms include a sore throat, difficulty swallowing, fever, swollen neck glands and a headache. If you think your child might have tonsillitis, take your child to the doctor. Encourage your child to have frequent sips of water. Paracetamol and ibuprofen can help with pain.

Sore throats are often caused by viral infections, but can also be caused by bacterial infections.Take your child to the doctor if he has a sore throat and also has trouble breathing, is drooling, has a stiff neck or has a fever.The way you treat a sore throat depends on its cause.

Colds are very common in children, especially in winter. Cold symptoms include a stuffy or runny nose, sneezing, sore throat and ears, cough and headache. There’s no treatment that can make colds go away more quickly. But paracetamol or ibuprofen, fluids and saline nose spray can help with symptoms. See your doctor if your child’s symptoms don’t improve, or if your child is very unwell. You can slow colds spreading if you wash hands and cover mouths when coughing.

Croup is very common in young children and happens most often in children under five years old. It’s usually associated with a cold (and is therefore more common in winter). It’s usually not serious. In severe cases It is important to exclude inhalation of foriegn object.

Lots of children get coughs, and their coughs tend to hang around. A cough can be upsetting for your child – and for you too! – but most coughs don’t need any special treatment.

Hearing impairment can happen at birth or start after birth. In everal countries all newborn undergo hearing screening for diagnosing hearing impairment or deafness in children. If your child is deaf or hard of hearing, he might use spoken language, sign language or a combination to talk. Depending on your child’s deafness, listening devices might help your child hear spoken language.

Milia are tiny white lumps that can appear on babies’ faces soon after birth. They’re harmless and go away by themselves. They’re common in newborns, but also in young children and adults.

A stye is a small, red, painful lump at the base of an eyelash.Try using a warm compress and gentle massage to help pus come out of the stye. Take your child to your doctor if the stye doesn’t go away within a few days. Styes are infectious. Wash hands frequently and use separate towels to stop the infection spreading.

If your baby has a blocked tear duct, his eye will water constantly and he might have discharge from the eye when he wakes up. A blocked tear duct will usually fix itself. But see your doctor if your baby has symptoms of redness, swelling or green discharge around her eye. If the blocked tear duct hasn’t gone away by the time your baby turns one year old, see your doctor.