When Should I Worry? 🚨
Parent-first warning signs. This guide supports — it does not replace — emergency care. If your child looks very unwell, seek help now.
🌡️ Fever
When fever needs medical review.
- Baby under 3 months with any fever — seek care promptly.
- Fever with lethargy, poor feeding, or stiff neck — urgent review.
- Fever lasting more than 3 days — check with your pediatrician.
- Use Dose Check for weight-based fever medicine guidance.
Open Dose Check😮💨 Breathing
Warning signs of respiratory distress.
- Fast breathing, chest indrawing, or nostrils flaring.
- Blue lips or tongue — emergency care now.
- Stridor (noisy breathing in) or severe wheeze.
- Child too breathless to drink or speak.
Consult Doctor🤢 Vomiting
When vomiting becomes concerning.
- Green or bloody vomit — seek care urgently.
- Vomiting with severe tummy pain or swelling.
- Cannot keep fluids down and looks dehydrated.
- Newborn with forceful or persistent vomiting.
Food for Growth tips💧 Diarrhea
Signs of dehydration.
- Dry mouth, no tears, sunken eyes, fewer wet diapers.
- Blood in stool or very high fever with diarrhea.
- Listless or unusually sleepy child.
- Offer ORS as advised; get help if intake stays poor.
Illness feeding advice👶 Newborn
Newborn danger signs.
- Poor feeding, weak cry, or unusual sleepiness.
- Fever or feeling cold to touch.
- Fast or difficult breathing.
- Yellowing of palms/soles or seizures — urgent care.
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