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THE CHILDHOOD VACCINATION

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:24:12 +0000

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. Read more

ACETONE

admin — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:18:19 +0000

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. Read more

Practical advice

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:28:16 +0000

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. Read more

Acetone in Children

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:06:15 +0000

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 [...]

Infant Ringworm Disease – What is and how to heal

admin — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:54:55 +0000

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 [...]

Colic is unfortunate for the child and parents

admin — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:42:57 +0000

Colic is the medical term used to describe the inconsolable crying in infants. Babies with colic cry at least three hours per day. Crying spells usually occur in the afternoon or evening. Colic usually occurs when the baby is about three weeks. However, there may be colicky infants as early as weeks after the birth. [...]

Sleep disorders in children – Baby Sleep Solution

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:37:44 +0000

Have you ever thought of sleep disorders in children? If you have a newborn, you probably know that your sleep patterns differ from those of adults. You need to sleep more (sometimes up to 16 hours per day), but not the same hour of sleep he does and he needs to wake up again several [...]

Special care of premature infants

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:55:05 +0000

Talk to your doctor about the diet of preterm infants. He recommends May vitamins, iron and special formula if the baby is fed with a bottle. Doctors give vitamins for premature babies, so that they grow and stay healthy. The doctor may also prescribe iron supplements for a premature baby, at least four months. After [...]

Obesity and children – to prevent and overcome, this combination

admin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:04:58 +0000

Obesity and children is a bad combination, that all parents fear, is a condition in which excess body fat negatively on a child’s health or welfare. Currently, the proportion of children overweight or obese in the United States, or more than 30 percent in 30 states. In other words, 1 of 3 is considered overweight [...]

Keeping Kids Healthy means education

admin — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:54:30 +0000

It seems an example of the increase of the disease, in which children already have seen that in adults. Things like childhood obesity, juvenile diabetes and childhood obesity with blood pressure is caused increasingly diagnosed in children. These diagnoses were also tracking down the activity of the child and the decrease in physical activity classes [...]