They have one daughter, Shireen, a small girl of poor health, and bearing a disfigurement from a childhood ailment.

A woman would quite likely have ten or twelve children, several miscarriages and still-births only to see about half her children die from common childhood ailments.

She could try to dramatize Ruslan's list of childhood ailments, but none are serious enough to warrant a coveted medical exemption.

You just haven't gotten the feel of dealing with childhood ailments.

As he outgrew his childhood ailments, he set his mind on becoming a naval officer.

Ear infections are a common childhood ailment.

She'd had broken bones, colds, flus, chicken pox, and every other childhood ailment, but didn't recall feeling anything like this.

A number of misconceptions surround many of the most common childhood ailments and how or whether they should be treated with over-the-counter remedies.

There will always be attempts to personalize the competitors with feature stories that emphasize family tragedies, childhood physical ailments and heartbreaking disappointments.

I did get the usual childhood ailments, though, such as mumps, measles and chicken-pox.