Archive for ‘the types of disease in children’

The breech baby

What should I know before you take action to bring parents to begin the dialogue to return the child Sometimes the baby is breech so because there are real impediments to the cephalic position. You must, before starting a journey with parents face to suggest the child spin, get some important information: * Maternal age Week of gestation Date and result of the last ultrasound check Exact posture of the child in utero, to which the uterus is turned back Size of the umbilical cord Location cord (any laps around the neck and body of the child) Placenta: specify if placed in an unusual way and you know how Whether the child, theoretically, could have enough space to allow the rotation and be indicate (a gynecologist) that in his opinion, could be the easiest Route Gynecological-obstetric maternal history and family history (eg description of its birth, any other pregnancies / share, cesarean) The key points that need further analysis of mother-child r...

Communication of mourning

The loss of the child after the 25th week or birth: what methods of communication with the mother and the copy in the early stages of mourning Mourning is an emotional response and physiological processes related to change if the latter suffered a loss. Mourning is a path that is divided into several phases, in which the variables of the emotions are directly proportional to the value that each of us gives what he has lost. It can happen, for example, that the spontaneous fetal death of a child unwanted lead in parents more pain relief .. The same is true of a malformed child or disabled person. This occurs even if the parents were aware and had agreed to keep it. Before getting into specific, which will be the theme of loss of communication, I think it is appropriate to obtain an overview of possible biopsychic and emotional context of the women with whom we deal and to which we will communicate that have lost their baby during pregnancy or shortly after birth. It should be bo...

Diarrhoea and vomiting

What? There is talk of diarrhea when the child has several volleys of liquid or unformed stools and mucous membranes, often also shows the child a stomach ache, irritability, fever and vomiting. Diarrhea and vomiting almost always depend on infections caused by microbes (viruses, bacteria, parasites), arriving in the body through the mouth. When to worry? Whatever the reason for determining the diarrhea, the most worrying aspect is the onset of dehydration. The most important thing in these cases is whether there is loss of peso.Occorre, therefore, weigh daily the child with diarrhea and vomiting and should consult your pediatrician in case of weight loss. The presence of dry mouth and produce little pee in the day may be associated with dehydration and should be considered as warning signals. What to do? It is essential that the child in the first 4-6 hours drink at will must be given orally, and for the duration of symptoms glucosalina a solution (there are several on the mar...

ACETONE

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...

Gum disease because children with low birth weight

One of 14 babies in the United States born with low birth weight, less than 5 pounds 8 ounces, most of these children are premature or are part of a multiple birth. Babies born at term, we know that there are factors that contribute to low birth weight: 1.Alcohol 2.Smoking 3 .Inadequate prenatal care 4. Nutrition Bad 5.The lack of folic acid in the diet However, studies have shown at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry conducted May that women with gum periodontal (disease) seven times more likely to receive pre-term baby with low-weight birth. Compare this with the effects of alcohol and tobacco and snuff, which is said to increase the chances of a child three times achieved by a low weight. Gum disease and mothers-to-be: Like rubber, the weight can affect the fetus? Well, this has to do with the fact that periodontitis causes of bacterial infections. Pregnant women should avoid all situations where you get an infection, knowing that it can hav...