Healthy vs an unwell child

It is understood that the gesture of a healthy child differ from that of an unwell child. But have you give a thought to it and discover what to look out for?

When a child is sick, the child may not have strength to hold his or her head upright at all time. You will see the child may lost his or her strength and the head may just droop. In a health baby, the head will be held up at all time.

For baby, when unwell, he will drawn up his feet up to the belly and cry. This is a sign that he is in pain and you if take a look at his stool, you may notice that it is unusual. If accompanied by smelly or unusual stool texture, this confirmed the baby is unwell.

For child who start teething, you will notice that the child may just refuse to play like his usual self. Instead of what he usually do like running around, he may just lie in his bed.

A healthy child will sleep peacefully and quietly throughout his sleep. However, when a child is unwell, he will have startle and sudden awaken from his sleep. If the child hold his hand firmly with his thumb and fingers drawn in pressing upon his palm so compressed that you find it difficult to force open it, this may connect with approaching disorder of the brain or fit. The hand as well as feet may both bent downwards.

You may also observe to see any change in the child behaviour as an indication of sickness. For instance, his head being drawn rigidly backwards, or his arm fixed firmly to one side or his legs are stiffly raised upward or the child breathe heavily with long deep breath. Any of the above sign with unusual amount of crying may be an indication that the baby is unwell and need medical attention.