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Sick baby? When to seek medical attention
When to contact your baby's doctor
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When to contact your baby's healthcare professional
Baby won't eat
Your baby is sleepier than usual
Tender belly button or penis
Your baby has a fever
Diarrhea or constipation
Your baby is vomiting
Dehydration
Cold symptoms
Your baby has a rash
Eye discharge
You are worried
When to seek emergency care
Be ready to answer questions
Content
When to contact your baby's healthcare professional
Baby won't eat
Your baby is sleepier than usual
Tender belly button or penis
Your baby has a fever
Diarrhea or constipation
Your baby is vomiting
Dehydration
Cold symptoms
Your baby has a rash
Eye discharge
You are worried
When to seek emergency care
Be ready to answer questions
When to seek emergency care
Get care right away for:
- Bleeding that won't stop.
- Poisoning.
- Seizures.
- Large or deep cuts or burns. Also call if your baby breathed in smoke.
- Major mouth or facial injuries.
- A head injury that causes changes in consciousness or the size of the pupils. Also call if your baby is fussy, sluggish or vomits several times.
- Near drowning.
- Trouble swallowing, which may appear with drooling and spitting.
Other symptoms that need care right away include:
- Trouble breathing.
- Not being conscious, acting strangely, or withdrawing or seeming less alert.
- Skin or lips that look blue, purple or gray.
- Pain or fussiness that gets worse or doesn't go away.
During a checkup, ask your baby's healthcare professional what to do and where to go if your baby needs emergency care. Learn basic first aid, including CPR. And keep emergency phone numbers and addresses handy. If you have a cellphone, put medical and emergency numbers in your contacts.
