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Misspellings

Misspelled words can lead you to miss out on important health information you are searching for. Common misspellings in pediatrics include apendicitis, menengitis, hepatitus, and exema.

Cerebral Palsey

Cerebral palsey, cerbral palsy, celebral palsy, cerebral paulsy, cerebral pulsy are common misspellings for cerebral palsy.

Aderol, Aderall or Aderal for ADHD

Common misspellings for Adderall and Adderall XR, ADHD medicines for kids, include Aderol, Aderall and Aderal.

Anerexia

Anerexia is a common misspelling for anorexia, an eating disorder that can cause serious, even life-threatening medical and psychological problems.

Appendisitis

Are you looking for information about appendisitis, a common misspelling for appendicitis?

Diarhea

Diarhea and diarrea are common misspellings for diarrhea.

Epilepsie

Epilepsie is a common misspelling for epilepsy.

Exema

Exema is a common misspelling for eczema, a chronic skin condition that can cause an itchy rash.

Hemofilia

Hemofilia is a common misspelling for Hemophilia.

Muscular Distrophy

Muscular Distrophy is a common misspelling for Muscular Dystrophy.

Obstructive Sleep Apnia and Children

Sleep Apnia is a common misspelling for Sleep Apnea or Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Salmonela

Salmonela is a common misspelling for salmonella, a common cause of food poisoning with symptoms that can include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps.

Salmonelle

Salmonelle is a common misspelling for salmonella, a common cause of food poisoning with symptoms that can include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps.

Staff Staff Infections and MRSA

Staff is a common misspelling for the word staph. Learn to identify and treat common skin infections caused by the staph bacteria, including impetigo and abscesses.

Stratera

Stratera is common misspelling for Strattera, a nonstimulant medication that has been approved for the treatment of ADHD in children and adults.

Viral Hepatitus

Hepatitus is a common misspelling for hepatitis

Viral Menengitis, Spinal Menigitis, Menangitis, and Menningitis

Menenitis, menigitis, menangitis and menningitis are all common misspellings for meningitis.

Whoping Cough

Whoping cough is a common misspelling for whooping cough.

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