Parents of young children (0-4 years old) often contact the GP Out-of-Hours Service, which is not always for medically urgent complaints. To offer parents more support and reliable information, the GP Out-of-Hours Service has launched a campaign. When is it really an emergency, and what can you do yourself when your child is ill?
My child has a stomach ache
Abdominal pain in young children can be caused by many different things. For instance, by certain foods, by inflammation, by constipation, by allergies, by stress or anxiety.
Of 10 children, about 1 regularly suffers from stomach pains. Girls more often than boys. In more than half of the children with stomach pains, a physical examination reveals no clear abnormality that explains the complaints. In the other children, a cause can indeed be found.
For reliable information about children with stomach pain, first consult thuisarts.nl.
Can't you really wait until the next day? Then call the Out of Hours Medical Centre.
My child has a fever
As a parent, you notice when your child is sick. Your child doesn't want to play, eats very little or nothing at all, and would prefer to lie on the sofa or in bed. Perhaps you are worried. On the Thuisarts website It clearly describes when you should see a GP for which complaints and what you can do yourself.
General practitioners have compiled a good booklet with information about children with fever.
My child has an earache
Earache in children is almost always caused by an inflammation of the middle ear. The middle ear is the space directly behind the eardrum in the ear.
If your child has an ear infection, the worst earache usually clears up on its own. Often within 2 to 3 days. In children younger than 2 years old, the earache may persist for more than 1 week.
For reliable information about earache in children, first consult thuisarts.nl.
