Health and Sicknesses of Children 21 - WHAT TO DO TO PROTECT CHILDREN’S HEALTH

298 Where There Is No Doctor 2020 SIDE ONE Where There Is No Doctor 2020 299 SIDE TWO 300 Where There Is No Doctor 2020 How to Use the Child Health Chart FIRST, write the months of the year in the little squares at the bottom of the chart. [...] The direction of the line of dots tells more about the child’s health than whether the dots are inside or below the two curved lines. [...] The back of the mouth and tonsils become very red, and the lymph nodes under the jaw or in the neck may become swollen and tender. [...] A day or 2 later the rash appears—first behind the ears and on the neck, then on the face and body, and last on the arms and legs. [...] A yellow-gray coating or membrane may form in the back of the throat, and sometimes in the nose and on the lips.