Find your child's symptoms in the left column and then click on the link in the right column to learn more about the illness. (Note: This chart is meant to serve as a guide and not to replace the advice of your doctor.)
| Symptoms: | What it could be: |
| Vomiting; diarrhea; poor appetite; possibly fever. | Stomach bug or food poisoning |
| Queasiness or stomach upset after or while riding in a car, boat, plane, or amusement ride; vomiting. | Motion sickness |
| Severe cold symptoms; usually fever; diarrhea; vomiting. | Flu |
| Congestion; runny nose; sneezing; sore throat; cough; achiness; possibly fever; sometimes stomach ache or vomiting caused by swallowing mucus or by excessive coughing. | Cold |
| Ear pain; fever over 100; possibly stomach upset, vomiting, and /or diarrhea; possibly fluid draining from ear. | Ear infection |
| Tenderness in pelvic area; possibly mild fever, nausea, or vomiting; need to urinate frequently; painful urination. | Urinary tract infection |
| May have dry, itchy rash on face, kneecaps, elbows; allergic symptoms whenever child eats the offending food, such as: itching and swelling of face, lips, and mouth; hives; watery eyes and runny nose; possibly vomiting, diarrhea, or difficulty breathing. | Food allergy Call 911 if your child is having trouble breathing |
| Vomiting after taking certain medications or combinations of medications. | Medication side effects |
| Vomiting; you think your child may have swallowed some kind of non-food item like a drug, chemical, or plant. | Poisoning Call your Poison Control Center right away |
| Vomiting after a blow to the head; possibly also dizziness, confusion, sleepiness, seizure, unconsciousness. | Concussion |
| Seemingly fine one minute and then writhing in pain the next; vomiting; lethargic; passing blood from the rectum. Most common between ages 6 months and 3 years. | Intussusception Call the doctor right away |
| Poor appetite; low-grade fever; possible vomiting; stomach pain that worsens over a few hours and seems to be in lower right quadrant or middle of abdomen. | Appendicitis Call the doctor right away |
| Lump in the genital area or near the navel that suddenly becomes larger, harder, or darker, and cannot be easily "pushed back in"; possible vomiting; writhing in pain. | Incarcerated hernia Call the doctor right away |
| Fever; vomiting; irritability; poor appetite. | Meningitis Call the doctor right away |
| Fever; fatigue; poor appetite; vomiting; abdominal discomfort; dark-colored urine; jaundice (yellowing of skin and eyes). Uncommon. | Hepatitis |
| Abrupt vomiting five to seven days after a viral illness like flu or chicken pox; associated with taking aspirin; drowsiness or hyperactivity; possibly diarrhea; seizure. Very rare. | Reye's syndrome Call the doctor right away |
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