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Tatiana Glebova,Carmen Knudson-MartinFever is . a specific disorder requiring specific treatment. Fever is a non-specific natural response to infection. It has many possible causes and in the majority of feverish children no cause is ever found, and the bout is short and self-limiting.

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Non-sleepersAssuming that illness can be excluded, then non-sleeping requires a careful and patient analysis of parental background, personality and beliefs.

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Crying babiesCrying is the first communication which the baby makes. Normal babies cry more quickly after a stimulus than retarded babies. Premature babies have a feeble cry.

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School problemsChildren from the age of 5 to leaving school at 16–18 years will spend about 20% of their lives at school (and another 33% sleeping!) School and its activities thus play an important part in an important time of their development.

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Handicapped childrenThe prevalence of handicap in the child population is difficult to quantify because the definition of handicap varies and many children have several handicaps. Thus, one half of severely mentally handicapped children have additional physical handicaps.

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Catarrhal childrenAlmost all young children are affected by this common and well nigh inevitable syndrome (Figure 13.1). The . do not mirror the likely . (see p. 106). This leads to confusion of nomenclature and uncertainties in management. The distinct clinical types are: