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Patients, or parents and caregivers of patients, should inform physicians of any allergies or medical conditions that they have, as some may preclude the use of certain pain and fever medications. These conditions include:

• Anemia (red blood cell deficiency)
• Asthma, allergies and history of nasal polyps
• Brain disease or head injury
• Colitis (intestinal inflammation)
• Emotional problems or mental illness
• Emphysema or other chronic lung disease
• Heart disease
• Hemophilia or other bleeding problems
• History of alcohol and/or other drug abuse
• History of convulsions (seizures)
• Kidney disease
• Liver disease
• Overactive or underactive thyroid
• Stomach ulcer or other stomach problems
• Vitamin K deficiency
• Diabetes or other endocrine disorders
• Hodgkin’s disease (rare type of cancer)