by admdinesh1 | Dec 13, 2017 | blog
How to Save Your Children from Chronic Disease This article is all about how to save your children from chronic disease. Talking about chronic diseases may raise many questions in our mind. We all know what chronic diseases are. Due to today’s lifestyle and environment, many of us are exposed to these diseases. Even though we are provided with modern medical facilities, there is no exception for chronic diseases. In this world where even the adults can’t withstand this completely messed up scenario, children are no exception. Children are fragile beings, we should handle with care. A Child’s health and happiness is a parent’s first and foremost wish. Every child needs to be pampered, loved and provided with a healthy life. Now let’s look into How to save your Children from Chronic Disease and their Safety Measures Asthma Asthma is mainly caused due to certain factors like underweight during birth or overweight, due to high intake of antibiotics, exposure to the violent atmosphere, parents with depression and some other genetic reasons. Its symptoms include chest tightening, coughing, sneezing, difficulty in breathing etc. But this can be controlled to an extent through proper medications and avoid the exposure to pollutant air, cigarette smoke, pollen grains, allergens etc. Cystic fibrosis It is a genetic disease which affects not only lungs but also liver, kidney-pancreas. Its symptoms include coughing, poor growth, difficulty in breathing etc. Pancreatic enzyme replacement, lung transplantation, antibiotic intake are some of the treatment given for this disease. But still, it cannot be cured when the stage changes. Yet treatment at the early stage is preferable (parental stage). Obesity Obesity...
by admdinesh1 | Dec 4, 2017 | blog
When to Consult a Pediatrician? It’s really upsetting for parents when a baby is sick. The baby becomes more uncomfortable and miserable than normal, which makes parents pretty depressed too. If we talk about newborn babies then they probably cry more, feed less and sleep restlessly. Parents take the best care of their kids but still, they fall ill at some stage. Each time when your child is sick you feel alarmed and seek medical help, especially when you have an infant. Even throughout the first year of newborn, parents make many trips to the pediatrician’s office. Most of these visits are routine follow-ups or for recommended essential immunization, but some visits may be due to the need for immediate medical care. In case of infants, it is necessary to get medical advice from your pediatric as infants cannot tell their pain. Sometimes it’s hard to tell how sick your child is. Yes, generally rush to the hospital and consult pediatric for a simple cold or a cough, constipation, or sleep problems is not needed. When should I consult the doctor? See the doctor if your baby has any of the following: Baby is having temperature of 38 degrees / 39 degrees C or higher with rashes on skin A cough or cold that gets worse with no improvement in several days Suffers from diarrhea and vomits more than usual Baby has any kind of ear drainage Blood in the urine or has bloody diarrhea Baby is continuous crying for hours If not able to move an arm or leg, seems drowsy Any changes in skin tone has yellow,...
by admdinesh1 | Nov 28, 2017 | blog
How To Save You and Your Child From Swine Flu Swine influenza otherwise called swine flu is a respiratory disease caused by type A influenza virus. The disease is spread from pigs. This is a type of disease which can be overwhelmed through proper care and precautions. Generally speaking, children are the most vulnerable section who might catch up any disease so quickly since their immunity system is defendable compared to elders. Keep track of symptoms : If your child is experiencing cold tailed with a cough and sneezing there are chances that he/she is suffering from swine flu. If the baby was having the asthma-related disease before, parents must be so keen to follow a controlled medication to the child. Self precautions There is nothing serious to be worried about swine flu unless we take self-precautions and self-treatments at home itself can drive out the severity to a major extent. Ensure if the child has given vaccination to swine flu. Let’s find some reference for it: ● Maintain a hygienic surrounding near the infected child. ● Ensure that the virus is not let to spread to other family members and cleanliness is advised to be ensured. ● Teach the child some healthy practices to avoid the disease spread to other people. ● Ensure the instant supply of liquid type food to the child such as fruit juices, broth, and filter water. ● Chicken soup is a best homemade medicine. ● Always keep track of body temperature of your child. Precautions for adults While child suffering from swine flu, family members may also get it transmitted from the...
by admdinesh1 | Nov 19, 2017 | blog
8 Things Child Life Specialists want you to know for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month We are in the modern era still each year it is seen that more than 15000 kids and the adults in the U.S. are diagnosed with a killer disease cancer. The families in which this disease has created a disaster are in need of supervision, assistance, and support and need someone who can help through this situation. The specialists are certified to help and are trained to do just like that. Child life specialists are the professionals who offer helps to the cancer patients who are children and also help their families in hospitals and to cope up with the various challenges relating to the illness and disability. As September is known for the Childhood Cancer Awareness month, the specialists or professionals are asked to share their role as for why it is important to know about the Childhood cancer awareness month. The 8 things which a Child Life Specialists want every individual to know for Childhood Cancer Awareness are: 1. Child Life specialist supports the children and motivates them to fight against the disease and not to lose hope at all. They realize them to fight the disease and help to remove the fear from them. 2. They provide the tools which are needed while the treatment and the diagnosis. Also helps after the treatment to cope with the disease. They influence the children not to help themselves only but to help other children and their families to fight against the disease. 3. The foremost objective of a child life specialist is to smile...
by admdinesh1 | Nov 14, 2017 | blog
Types of Newborn Diseases and Vaccination If you want to know about the types of newborn diseases and vaccination then this article is written just for you. It might be a joyful and a proud moment to see those little sweethearts opening their eyes to see you and to see the world. They seek to walk this earth like we did and maybe explore it in a much greater way but the responsibility to help them achieve that lay in our hands. Newborn Are Easily Prone To Many Diseases With the time passing by, our planet has become more vulnerable to various viral and dangerous diseases. And in such a scenario we should be careful in nurturing our child’s health. A newborn could face various diseases ranging from breathing problems to congenital heart defects. Being in the womb for months and coming to a new atmosphere will make it hard for the baby to control its body heat. Common Diseases Jaundice and Macrosomia are the common diseases found among the babies. It is due to the excess bilirubin production while the latter is due to the excessive birth weight. Fortunately, both are curable as the child’s antibodies are strong to fight against both. Sepsis is another disease that occurs when the baby has a dangerous infection in its bloodstream. In this case, the antibodies aren’t strong enough to fight the germs affecting the blood cells and thus the baby is brought into neonatal intensive care unit. Antibiotics and close monitoring have resulted positive in curing. These are the diseases that a newborn could probably face and to avoid such diseases...
