Children's Health

Does your child have severe pain?

Has your child been unable to urinate or had a dry diaper for longer than 12 hours?

Does your child have mild to moderate pain?

If you have answered "No" to the above questions, go back to Check Your Symptoms and continue to answer the questions to evaluate your symptoms.

Is your child unable to urinate?

Does your child have bloody urine? Note: Check to see whether the bleeding is coming from another area. If there is a cut in the genital area, blood may become mixed with urine. For more information, see the topic Cuts.

Do you think that your child's injury was caused by physical or sexual abuse?

Does your child have any urinary symptoms, such as difficulty urinating?

If you have answered "No" to the above questions, go back to Check Your Symptoms and continue to answer the questions to evaluate your symptoms.

Does your child have severe pain with urination?

Does your child have burning pain with urination that does not seem to be caused by genital skin irritation?

Does your child have to urinate often without being able to pass much urine?

Does your child have pain in the back just below the rib cage, on one side of the body (flank pain)?

Does your child have bloody urine?

Is your child vomiting?

For the past 24 hours, has your child urinated slightly more often and passed smaller amounts of urine than usual?

For the past 24 hours, has your child had cloudy, bad-smelling urine without other symptoms?

Has your child had mild urinary symptoms off and on for 2 weeks or longer?

If you have answered "No" to the above questions, go back to Check Your Symptoms and continue to answer the questions to evaluate your symptoms.

Do you think that your child's symptoms may have been caused by abuse?

Does your child have mild urinary symptoms?

If you have answered "No" to the above questions, go back to Check Your Symptoms and continue to answer the questions to evaluate your symptoms.

Does your baby have a rectal temperature of or higher?

Do you think that your baby has a fever, but you are unable to measure his or her temperature?

If you have answered "No" to the above questions, go back to Check Your Symptoms and continue to answer the questions to evaluate your symptoms.

Has your child had an operation or other medical procedure in the past 2 weeks?

Does your child have a medical condition or take a medicine that affects the immune system?

Does your child have a temperature of or higher?

Do you think that your child has a high fever, but you are unable to measure his or her temperature?

Has your child had a temperature of to after 12 hours of home treatment and medicine?

Do you think that your child still has a moderate to high fever after 12 hours of home treatment or medicine, but you are unable to measure his or her temperature?

Does your child have a temperature of or higher with any other symptoms of a UTI?

Do you think that your child has a fever with any other symptoms of a UTI, but you are unable to measure his or her temperature?

Has your child had a temperature of to for 24 hours or longer?

Has your child had a fever off and on for 24 to 48 hours?

Do you think your child has had a mild to moderate fever off and on for 24 to 48 hours, but you are unable to measure his or her temperature?

Does your child have frequent fevers and other symptoms of illness?

Does your child have frequent fevers without an obvious cause?

If you have answered "No" to the above questions, go back to Check Your Symptoms and continue to answer the questions to evaluate your symptoms.

Is your child acting like he or she did when diagnosed with a previous urinary tract infection (UTI)?

Is your child reporting the same or similar symptoms that he or she had when diagnosed with a previous UTI?

For the past 24 hours, have you thought your child may have a UTI, but he or she does not have any clear-cut urinary symptoms now?

If you have answered "No" to the above questions, go back to Check Your Symptoms and continue to answer the questions to evaluate your symptoms.

Is your child acting like he or she did when diagnosed with a previous urinary tract infection (UTI)?

For the past 24 hours, have you thought your child may have a UTI but he or she does not have any clear-cut urinary symptoms?

If you have answered "No" to the above questions, go back to Check Your Symptoms and continue to answer the questions to evaluate your symptoms.

Does your child have symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI)?

Does your child have increased urination but no other symptoms of a UTI?

If you have answered "No" to the above questions, go back to Check Your Symptoms and continue to answer the questions to evaluate your symptoms.

Have your child's symptoms not improved after 48 hours of treatment with antibiotics?

If you have answered "No" to the above questions, go back to Check Your Symptoms and continue to answer the questions to evaluate your symptoms.

You have answered "Yes" to a question that indicates you may need immediate care. Call your health professional now to discuss your symptoms and arrange for your care.

• Symptoms are likely to worsen without medical care.
• If you do not have a health professional, seek emergency care.
• Emergency transportation is not needed. However, if you are not able to travel safely either by driving yourself or having someone else drive you, call an ambulance.

You do not need to answer any of the other questions.

You have answered "Yes" to a question that indicates you need to call your health professional to discuss your symptoms and arrange for care.

• An appointment today is usually needed.
• Symptoms are unlikely to improve without medical care.

Return to the Check Your Symptoms section and answer the questions. You may need to see a health professional sooner if you have other more serious symptoms.

You have answered "Yes" to a question that indicates you may wait to see if your symptoms improve over the next 24 hours (or the specified time period). If symptoms improve, no appointment is needed.

• If symptoms do not improve after 24 hours (or the specified time period), an appointment within the next 24 hours is usually needed.
• If appropriate, try home treatment to relieve your symptoms.
• Check your symptoms in 24 hours, or sooner if there is any change.
• Call your health professional if symptoms get worse.

Return to the Check Your Symptoms section and answer the questions. You may need to see a health professional sooner if you have other more serious symptoms.