Emergency Department care team for Seattle Children’s Hospital. Pediatric emergency medicine faculty.

Parents often wonder what a good age is to have ear piercing done. It is best to wait until a child can play an active role. Most often, this is past age 8. Children under 4 years may touch the ...

Change diapers more often. Focus on preventing skin contact with stool. Rinse your baby's skin with lots of warm water when cleaning off stool. Don't depend on diaper wipes alone to cleanse the skin.

Breast buds are the most common concern. Breast buds are small, disc-shaped lumps felt under the nipple and areola. Any lump found under the areola is a breast bud until proven otherwise. Breast ...

The bee's stinger injects venom into the skin. The venom is what causes the symptoms. A severe life-threatening allergic reaction is called anaphylaxis. The main symptoms are hives with trouble ...

There are many ways that children can hurt their fingers. There are also many types of finger injuries. You can treat minor finger injuries at home. Here is some care advice that should help. Caution: ...

Is this your child's symptom? Injuries to the outer ear, ear canal or eardrum Types of Ear Injuries Cut or Scratch. Most cuts of the outer ear do not need sutures. Bruise. Most bruises of the outer ...

When it just can’t wait, care closer to home Our Urgent Care Clinic in Seattle opens at 11 a.m., 7 days a week, to treat your child’s minor illness or injury. When you visit us, your child will see ...

Injuries to the arm (shoulder to hand) Injuries to a bone, muscle, joint or ligament Excluded: muscle pain caused by too much exercise or work (overuse). Covered in Arm Pain. Excluded: finger injury ...

The main concern is whether the vision is damaged. Older children can tell us if their vision is blurred or out of focus. You can test this at home. Cover each eye in turn and having them look at a ...

Seattle Children’s Gender Clinic provides gender-affirming medical care and support for adolescents whose gender identity is different from their sex at birth. Our clinic primarily provides ...

Seattle Children's Sand Point ClinicFollow NE 45th Street past the University of Washington and down a large hill. At the bottom of the hill, turn left at the stop light and continue on NE 45th Street ...