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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...
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| 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...
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| HOW TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK; MANUALLY ? |
| 2008-04-12 01:56:55 |
we have learnt: Expressing Milk">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...
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| 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...
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| 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.no...
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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 ...
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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 pharyngea...
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| 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...
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| 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 an...
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| 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 Milk">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 yo...
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| 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...
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| why does my child cough? |
| 2008-04-12 01:37:19 |
Hey all Most children 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 m...
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| 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...
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