Bed Wetting or Night time Incontinence or Nocturnal Enuresis
It is the commonest
pediatric problem. About 10% of the 10year old kids bed wet occasionally. It is a developmental issue.
Bed wetting is characterized by involuntary
urination at night. It is more common in boys. Bed-wetting before age of 6-7 years is not a concern
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Rickets
Rickets is a disease of caused by the deficient
calcification of the bones in children leading to softening and weakening of the bones mainly due to the deficiency of
vitamin D.
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School absence for children with infective diseases
Children with certain
infectious diseases are usually advised to stay away from school both for the benefit of the child as well as to
ensure that the infection is not transmitted from one child to the other.
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Rashes in infants
During the first few weeks of life, a baby's skin can exhibit a variety of
rashes. Most of these are harmless and transient.
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Mantoux test
This is a diagnostic skin test for demonstration of the presence of
hypersensitivity to
tuberculosis, where a small amount of the
tuberculin is injected under the arm skin and the reaction is interpreted
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Teenage problems
Teen-time is a mixed bag, there are hundreds of new aspects of life and living which are to be discovered in this period. Teens are often energetic, thoughtful, and idealistic, with a deep interest in what's fair and right. It is a phase when physical and psychological modulations are underway at a very rapid pace. The biggest advantage of this phase is that at this time one can modulate the mind and body as one wants, because the growth is still on; but it also means that any errors or neglect can lead to a permanent damage.
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Protein Energy Malnutrition
Protein energy
malnutrition (PEM) is a type of disease caused due to decreased intake of food and deficient protein in the food most commonly seen in children and to the debilitated and uncared.
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Kallmann Syndrome
Kallmann
syndrome rare
inherited condition characterized by
hypogonadism (decreased functioning of the glands that produce sex hormones), eunuchoidism and impaired or absent sense of smell.
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Adrenal Hyperplasia Congenital (General)
The term
congenital adrenal hyperplasia encompasses a group of autosomal recessive disorders, each of which involves a deficiency of an enzyme involved in the synthesis of
cortisol,
aldosterone, or both and androgens (testosterone). Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a family of genetic conditions affecting the
adrenal glands. It can interfere with normal growth and development in children ? including normal development of the genitals.
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Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is an autosomal recessive disorder, metabolic disorder affecting the uptake of zinc, characterized by periorificial (around the natural orifices) and acral (in the
limbs) dermatitis,
alopecia (loss of hair), and
diarrhea.
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