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common cold: Treating running nose! 2008-04-12 01:58:42 Treating running
nose is no big deal... but treating its complications and PNDrip is a headache for the practitioner. In fact, I had seen pediatricians admitting and sedating for 3 days to get rid off.tricks:Running nose:A very common problem; watery or thick.. continuous or intermittent..with fever or without feverwatery or thick.. :Clean nostrils with ear buds, periodically, if its thicker.. use saline drops : no of drops + no of months of age till 8 months.. then 10 drops for all, wait 2 secondsa fter each drop.. then clean with ear buds once the drops are over. why more drops? - Bcos you want to douche the whole nasopharynx and clean the nose; the sticly secretions along nasopharynx will be dragged to oropharynx and then swallowed.If its running continuously, one may prefer putting dec
Caring for Kids, Their Health and illness: what a parent SHOULD know about his kid froma doctor 2008-04-12 01:57:38 Always ask: Layman questions:what is my child suffering from?Is it common? how common?Is it serious? How serious?nothing to worry... some thing to worry.. or critical?any danger to life or ability?Does it require medicines- /hospitalisation? how long? will it require a change of medicines? whats its chance?Effect within how many hours... if no relief then what?what i am supposed to do to keep it in check?what parameters to monitor?when should i consult back? or when to worry?Anything to prevent the same?Can it be this and that?can he have day to day food and activities in this period?Most of your questions are answered by your doc in first visit unless he has a very busy schedule.. and if you cant get answer even after asking these quieries then better change your doc.*****Avoid medical te Read more:Caring
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HOW TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK; MANUALLY ? 2008-04-12 01:56:55 we have learnt: Expressing breast milk is required in some situations when baby needs to be separated from mother.Now here is simple method to express breast milk by using own hands; don't worry; thats too easy. what you need is a wide mouth container / bowl / big cup; clean; dry and washed with soap and water. wash your hands clean and thoroughly with soap n water. you can express milk sitting or standing. STEPS: Hold /place container in front of breast. gently massage or stroke the breast from chest towards nipple; to soften the breast. 8-10 times. put your thumb over areola (the black circle around nipple); and other fingers below nipple parallel to it. now push back the breast to chest wall keeping finger at areola; 2-4 times. alternate above
what a parent would like to know about his kid froma doctor 2008-04-12 01:56:16 Always ask: Layman questions:what is my child suffering from?Is it common? how common?Is it serious? How serious?nothing to worry... some thing to worry.. or critical?any danger to life or ability?Does it require medicines- /hospitalisation? how long? will it require a change of medicines? whats its chance?Effect within how many hours... if no relief then what?what i am supposed to do to keep it in check?what parameters to monitor?when should i consult back? or when to worry?Anything to prevent the same?Can it be this and that?can he have day to day food and activities in this period?Most of your questions are answered by your doc in first visit unless he has a very busy schedule.. and if you cant get answer even after asking these quieries then better change your doc.*****Avoid medical te
Emergency Serious Danger symptoms / Signs in Children, that make a doctor visit must 2008-04-12 01:54:22 SERIOUS SYMPTOMShereby i try to enlist the serious signs, for which an advice on phone or website or through nonpersonel correspondence is not recommended, as its legal responsibility for a doc to not to administer any medicines when the patient is not personally attended.Please read these symptoms
carefully before you write to me regarding child health.Surely you can discuss with me the details about your child, helath, disease and doctor, but if any of these symptoms or signs are there; please consult a doc personally immediately then write to me.These signs are those where there is even a remote chance to cause serious concern for life and health in terms of morbidity and mortality.not breathing, or a nonresponsive child.pulse or heart beats not felt and /or hand and feet are extremely Read more:Children
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Managing Fever In Children 2008-04-12 01:52:45 Any rise in temperature is a discomfort.. and above 101F it becomes intolerable... and hence requires treatment.'Highest level of tolerable temp' has no clinical significance as some children show symptoms of hyperpyrexia even at 103 F. and it varies from person to person.The question is whether do we need to treat the fever?fever upto 101F should be watched.. as it may get cured spontaneusly and it can cure the disease at times.High fever in children, can at times turn lethal; so observing without treatment is no wise.How do we manage:1.Switch on Fan /AC, not directed towards pt, air in room should be free flow.2.take clothes off.. no blankets... a common question always asked is what to do if child is shivering...? The answer is child may shiver.. we may give blanket for 1o min only.. as Read more:Children
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METHOD OF ADMINISTERING MEDICINES TO INFANTS 2008-04-12 01:52:16 THIS TIP IS BEST USED TO TEACH PARENTS THE METHOD OF ADMINISTERING MEDICINES TO INFANTSits a frequent complaint from parents that their 6 month old doesnt take any new diet/ medicines...Its time to complement feeding.. they understand.. but he vomits out whatever given!he vomits medicine too!what to do?Its surprising that even some of hospital staff doesnt know how to feed a baby!And thats what make them vomit even the medicines.Its rather, they spit it out!Yeah! they have already learnt to accumulate unknown things in oral cavity; so once the spoon is out they spit it out!Try these tricks:whenever and whatever u r giving in child's mouth, should be given iwith child in semiupright or sitting posture; that will avoid unnecessary stimulation of pharyngeal muscles.if the child doesnt allow s
How to console a crying infant? 2008-04-12 01:51:29 Yep! seems to be an easy issue but it isnt as most parents realise.There are simple tricks:check out baby has no pain anywhere:e.g. tight clothes shoes cap scarf etc.Look out for any ant bites / mosquito bitescool....rest job isnt difficult if baby is given a good stomach feeling feed.hold the baby in your arms , preferably on your shoulders; and tap on back.If the baby is in bed, lift his head and shoulders with the support of your one hand and give swings..1...2...3.....4....5and baby stops crying
!if all this doesnt do... do contact your doctor.The common causes why baby cries in night are:hungerpainfevercold / noseblock / coughcolic / indigestion / excess feedconstipationlack of social recognition... wants to seek attention
My baby is four months old; should i stop his breast feeding? 2008-04-12 01:50:31 HELLO! ALL@!there had been lots of controversies and misconceptions flouted by quack doctors;regarding the breastfeeding duration and time of starting complementary feeding.Now read this carefully!Mothers milk is THE only best for baby; till only six months;after six months; babies growth needs warrant introduction of variety of calorie and enriched dietin baby's food.So, as your baby is just four months, give EXCLUSIVE BREAST FEED TILL SIX MONTHS OF AGE.why cant i switch to top feeds?you shouldn't switch to top feed because almost always they are not required for your baby.Even though they claim of having a balanced diet, baby is in need of some naturalimmunity which will protect the baby from various infections and also will selectively help ingrowth and development of specific organs; e
WANT TO FEED BREAST MILK WHEN YOU ARE AT WORK? 2008-04-12 01:47:55 click here to download a powerpoint show on manual expression and storage of breast milk.I say; why not!we all know that mother's milk is the most important thing in the world for your baby; at least for first six months.but there are some social situations like place of work and society when breastfeeding isnt possible for some reasons.HERE ARE SOME TIPS:Mother's milk can be stored at room temperature for upto 12 hours and in refrigerator for upto 24 hours without getting spoiled.Now you know the trick.Feed your baby early in morning before going to work.Express milk in a clean sterile/boiled container; express both breasts; each for upto 15-20 minutes so that FULL milk is emptied.If you feel like milk not moving take a break of an hour; try again. SO if you start at 6 am, by 8 am you ma
IS MY MILK ENOUGH FOR MY BABY? i FEEL MY MILK IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MY BABY; WHAT TO DO? 2008-04-12 01:40:44 Hello again!Many proud moms do complain to me,1. My milk is not enough for my baby2. He/she is continuously crying and hungry3. He needs extra milk,may be he doesnt like my milk.HERE ARE THE EXPLANATIONS:REMEMBER: TEN points: MOST IMP POINT 71. Your milk is best for your baby. THE ONLY BEST! If your friend is using top feeds for some reason, consult your doctor before you think of same. There are reasons for both.2. Even if you have twins, your milk is enough for both the babies.3. Baby is born and milk is produced from breast in accord to each other.So milk produced for a premature baby will be different thanthat for the full term baby.4. Every time baby cried doesnt mean that baby was hugry and needs milk.5. If your baby passes urine more than 3-4 times a day, then by no meansbaby is ge
why does my child cough? 2008-04-12 01:37:19 Hey all Most child
ren cough a lot times a year making us feared about various illnesses.Well its not so. Normal Children do get cough many times a year, as much as 8 to 10 times a year till age 5 years. There are many reasons:Cough can be mainly because of infection or allergy.And sometimes due to airway narrowing / obstruction for various reasons.The common causes for children being highly susceptible are:There airways are narrow,Their immunity is relatively low.They cant easily cough out or take voluntary deep / more effective breaths... so get easily complicated.Both infective and allergic cough produces lots of irritation and inflammation along the airways, in addition body responds by producing secretions, all together result in airway narrowing and may produce noisy breathing or dis
How much water do we need? 2008-04-05 10:24:48 A news study shows the "truths" we know about water
may not have any scientific basis. Do you push your kids to drink water? I know I do. I don't think this study says that's a bad thing by any means, but it is interesting. We always hear we need to drink eight glasses of water a day. That may be correct, but there's really no proof. Two doctors from the University of Pennsylvania said they spent a lot of time looking for research that shows how much water we need each day. They found very little. One researcher thinks, "It's required for life, and I guess that's led people to think, well. it a normal amount is good, then extra might be better." I remember being told I was getting heavy by my manager at a clothing store in college. She told me to drink more water because it will fill you u
National Parks Waive Many Fees for Disabled Americans 2008-09-10 01:36:10 Old Faithful geyser, Yellowstone National
Park.An Autism Bulletin reader shared this useful tidbit: The National Park Service and other federal agencies that manage recreation lands around the nation waive admissions fees for citizens with disabilities and their caregivers and parents.What you need to gain free admission is an "Access Pass," Geological Survey, which says:The pass is for citiz Read more:Americans
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Scientists Raise Voices Against Autism Parents' Vaccinophobia 2008-09-10 01:34:21 A series of recent articles shows that scientists and public health advocates are finding their voice in advocating that all children get vaccinated against contagious diseases in spite of the fears of some parents that the shots are dangerous and could cause autism. Not all of the articles mention the fear wrought by one British scientist's theory published in 1998, and later disputed, that the m Read more:Autism
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Institute of Medicine to Discuss Investigating Autism-Environment Link 2008-09-10 01:33:21 The Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous Systems Disorders, a part of the Institute
of Medicine
in Washington, D.C., is hosting a workshop on April 18 and 19 to discuss research strategies for exploring the potential relationship between autism and the environment.The two-day workshop is open to the public and comes at the request of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt, according Read more:Autism
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CDC Director Cites Autism as Urgent Concern, and Other News 2008-09-10 01:32:21 Autism is an urgent priority for the Centers for Disease Control, according to director Dr. Julie Gerberding (pictured at left). Gerberding told a Senate panel on April 18 in Washington that she understands the frustrations of parents and families of people with autism spectrum disorders that there are not available "more answers about the causes and possible cures," she said, according to a repor Read more:Autism
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Special Federal Court to Hear Autism Case 2008-09-10 01:30:27 The online archive of documents in the "Autism
Docket" at the United States Court
of Federal
Claims shows a list going back five years, though the claims that vaccines cause autism are older than that. This special court in Washington, D.C., set up by a 1986 act of Congress, exists to hear claims that vaccines cause injuries. On Monday, June 11 at 9 a.m., in a 450-seat courtroom, lawyers will begi Read more:Special
Vaccine Court Starts Hearing Autism Case, and Other News Briefs 2008-09-10 01:29:37 The United States Court
of Federal Claims opened its first test case into the allegation that childhood vaccines such as measles-mumps-rubella shots, or the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal, led to children developing autism. This report from the Associated Press, carried on The New York Times website, explains that the court will hear nine test cases that represent almost 5,000 other va Read more:Autism
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The Autism Puzzle Shows Its Complexity in Autism Speaks Controversy 2008-09-05 11:06:35 That members of the same family disagree on how best to deal with a child's autism is not news. (Concerns about divorce among parents of autistic kids recently led the National Autism
Association to announce a new program to provide marriage counseling --> to keep parents together.)What is news is that members of the Wright family -- founders of Autism Speaks --> , arguably the nation's most suc Read more:Complexity
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Federal Research Grants Show Intensified Effort to Find Autism Clues, Treatments, NIH Says 2008-09-05 11:03:16 The research grants recently announced by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) add up to $66 million over the next five years, and the round of funding -- plus a second round next year -- demonstrates the federal government's commitment to finding causes and new treatments for autism spectrum disorders, according to the agency's program manager for autism research."It shows the NIH's commitment Read more:Autism
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Advocates, Parents Among Those Appointed to Autism Committee at National Institutes of Health 2008-09-05 10:59:24 One theme of the Combating Autism
Act of 2006 was to do more to coordinate federal government efforts on autism research and diagnostic screening along with autism services and education programs. Following this directive, Mike Leavitt, the Bush Administration's secretary of Health
and Human Services, on Nov. 27 announced 19 appointments to the government's Interagency Autism Coordinating Committe Read more:Advocates
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California Study: Autism Cases Rise in Spite of Vaccine Changes 2008-09-05 10:56:41 California
public health researchers have found that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in young children has risen, even after doctors stopped using a mercury-containing preservative thimerosal in the vaccines babies receive.The study, "Continuing Increases in Autism
Reported to California Developmental Services System," is published in the January 2008 issue of Archives of General P Read more:Spite
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McCain Says He Believes Vaccine Preservative Is Factor in Autism's Rise 2008-09-05 10:54:37 Sen. John McCain
of Arizona, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has gone on record as saying he believes that a mercury-containing preservative that was used in vaccines administered to young children is behind the rise in autism spectrum disorder.The statement has created much buzz in the blogosphere because it taps into a raging controversy in the autism community about the causes Read more:Autism
Audio: Interesting Show on Autism at "Studio 360" 2008-09-05 10:37:39 "No matter how hard he tries he knows he can't fit into the NT [neurotypical] world."That's how radio producer Tamar Brott describes Jonthan Mitchell, a 52-year-old writer who has Asperger's. He is very high-functioning on the autism spectrum, and he writes stories that delve into his feelings of alienation, longing, obsession and rejection of special education programs. A profile of Mitchell is t Read more:Audio
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How to console a crying infant? 2008-09-05 07:45:38 How to console a crying
infant?Yep! seems to be an easy issue but it isnt as most parents realise.There are simple tricks:check out baby has no pain anywhere:e.g. tight clothes shoes cap scarf etc.Look out for any ant bites / mosquito bitescool....rest job isnt difficult if baby is given a good stomach feeling feed.hold the baby in your arms , preferably on your shoulders; and tap on back.If the b
Managing Fever In Children 2008-09-05 07:39:43 caring for kids, their health and illnessAny rise in temperature is a discomfort.. and above 101F it becomes intolerable... and hence requires treatment.'Highest level of tolerable temp' has no clinical significance as some children show symptoms of hyperpyrexia even at 103 F. and it varies from person to person.The question is whether do we need to treat the fever?fever upto 101F should be watche Read more:Children
, Fever
what a parent would like to know about his kid froma doctor 2008-09-05 07:35:19 caring for kids, their health and illness*****Always ask: Layman questions:what is my child suffering from?Is it common? how common?Is it serious? How serious?nothing to worry... some thing to worry.. or critical?any danger to life or ability?Does it require medicines- /hospitalisation? how long? will it require a change of medicines? whats its chance?Effect within how many hours... if no relief t
Emergency Serious Danger symptoms / Signs in Children, that make a doctor visit must 2008-09-05 07:27:44 SERIOUS SYMPTOMShereby i try to enlist the serious signs, for which an advice on phone or website or through nonpersonel correspondence is not recommended, as its legal responsibility for a doc to not to administer any medicines when the patient is not personally attended.Please read these symptoms
carefully before you write to me regarding child health.Surely you can discuss with me the details a Read more:Children
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