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Definition When a febrile process in a child does not eat more than two days or by vomiting can have many before, the blood sugar falls too much and therefore the body tries to burning fat for energy. This incompletely burned fat causes an increase in circulating ketone bodies and the breath is the characteristic odor of acetone in both breath and urine. Causes Acetone itself is a symptom of disease, mainly children, that cause fever, vomiting and diarrhea, such as virus infections. Symptoms * The smell of acetone on the breath * The smell of acetone in the urine * General decay * Increased fever * It causes more vomiting, which makes a closed, since these are more acetone, which causes more and more vomiting fever. Treatment It relies mainly on sugar to the body. It often results in small sips of sugar water diluted to prevent vomiting and could open the circle of acetone / vomiting / fever / acetone. You can also take a water with lemon juice, very little salt and ...
Ringworm is very common disease in children. Children are often sensitive to, because their immune system is not as strong as an adult. The disease of childhood ringworm has nothing to do with a worm. It seems circular worm in the body, it makes such a look, hence the term was invented. Ringworm is actually a fungus that can be highly contagious, if not treated quickly. After a week of treatment, the possibility of spreading the disease to other body parts or other children is low. How to heal There are several options available that are purchased online or at your local pharmacy. Most creams for ringworm fungus disease of childhood responsible. Ordinary marks are Lotrimin, Lamisil and Micatin. Most drugs with terbinafine hydrochloride Jock has a great job to the cell membrane and the elimination of the fungi affecting usually after 4 weeks. If your child begins treatment, you will be the results after a week. Continue with the cream of the lichen, as indicated three weeks unt...
The purpose of this article is to provide the necessary information on vaccination in children and the diseases they preventable. Recall that the staff of vaccination and your family pediatrician are always available to go into that and clarify all doubts. Index of diseases: - Poliomyelitis - Diphtheria and Tetanus - Hepatitis B - Pertussis - Haemophilus influenzae type b - Measles - Mumps - Rubella - Pneumococcal - Meningococcal - Varicella - Useful if after vaccination ... POLIOMYELITIS What is polio? Polio is an infectious disease caused by three different types of viruses that enter the body primarily through the digestive system. This disease is very dangerous because, in severe cases, can cause irreversible paralysis, usually of the limbs and sometimes death. Unfortunately there are no medicines to cure this disease once it has developed, the only real possibility to prevent these serious health consequences is represented by prevention through vaccination. In...
What The acetonaemia or ketosis is a very common condition in childhood and is due to a momentary disturbance of the metabolism of the child who, after burning all the sugars available to the agency begins to burn as a source of alternative energy including fats, thereby determining the increase in blood and urine ketone bodies (hyperketonemia) until it reaches toxic levels. In an attempt to reduce its concentration in the blood, the body begins to eliminate in urine and acetoacetic acids 3-hydroxy-butyric acid (may be highlighted in the urine with the help of stick urine for the presence of ketonuria, sold in all pharmacies) and through the lungs, acetone: the latter, in contact with air, releases the characteristic smell of ripe fruit. Causes Acetone and toned bodies that are due, in most cases, deficient food, especially after a feed too high in fat, but can also occur after prolonged fasting during the "stress" infectious febrile that can cause both increased secretion of hor...
The child's welfare is the most important way to evaluate the success of nutrition. You can do the weekly check of weight, the mother will determine whether the milk is enough if the baby will grow less than 125 grams per week or if it will piss enough (less than 6 wet diapers per day, urine odor strong), you should consult your pediatrician. In addition, a child eats properly, is comfortable between feeds the other, sleeping a few hours (this varies widely because there are children who look like dormice, "eat and sleep and children already with the hectic pace of life modern or appear batteries batteries producing a note that "there is never downloaded). The mother should continue their usual diet, only adapt to increasing demands of liquids and calories (500 calories, of which at least 60 provided by the protein), take a varied diet, eliminating only later foods that seem disturb the baby. As a precaution you should avoid the mushrooms, seafood, limit coffee to a maximum of tw...