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A food allergy to papaya occurs when your immune system mistakenly identifies a protein found in the skin and flesh of the papaya as a threat and creates antibodies in a reaction against it. These antibodies cause your body to exhibit certain symptoms in an attempt to flush out the offending protein.
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According to California Pacific Medical Center, most viral fevers range between 101 degrees and 104 degrees and disappear after two or three days. A fever of 103.5 degrees Fahrenheit technically sits on the border between a common fever and a high fever.
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Toddlers with a mild to moderate fever often experience sleep disturbances. Fevers can cause your child to have both nightmares and night terrors, but the latter are slightly more common in children around ages 4 or 5 years than in toddlers.
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According to the University of Michigan Health System, recurrent abdominal pain affects up to 15 percent of kids between the ages of 4 and 12 years. Recurrent abdominal pain in children often has no known medical cause, but that does not mean your child's symptoms are not real.
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Food allergies occur when the immune system has a negative reaction to the proteins found in a certain food. MayoClinic.com states that 6 to 8 percent of children under age 5 have food allergies, as do 3 to 4 percent of adults.
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