Welcome to Parent Care for Pediatric Symptoms. This resource is designed to help you obtain information regarding various childhood illnesses and injuries, and to help you make appropriate decisions for your children’s care when they are ill or injured. It provides information about health conditions, how to recognize them, and what causes them. Most importantly, the information can help you to decide what to do about your child’s medical problem and if a call to the doctor should be made, and when. Parent Care for Pediatric Symptoms also gives you practical information about how to make your child more comfortable at home when that is an appropriate course of action, and how to recognize when things may be getting worse and your child needs to see a medical professional.