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Date Archives July 2017
Febrile convulsions
Very common. We see at least 2-3 everyday in A&E. Typically, happen in children 6months -6 years, with fever, all 4 limbs jerking (Generalized tonic clonic), less than 5 minutes, wake up within an hour….
Seeing a child with Croup in A&E.
Mum asked, she ate ice-cream cream today. Could it be that? No. It’s usually a virus, like Influenza, RSV, Rhinovirus etc. Treatment, if breathing is laboured, is Steroids. Otherwise, it gets better by itself. http://www.medicinesforchildren.org.uk/dexamethasone-croup-0
Shall I talk about what expectant and post delivery mums are given to eat ? (by their mothers / mum-in-laws). I can tell you, it’s not needed.
As soon as you are pregnant, you are treated as a patient (I agree, things are improving, but most parts, it’s the same old story). You are not allowed to walk fast, eat certain things,…
Picky Eaters
Kuchh khata nahi hai / Bahut Kamzor hai ! (Doesn’t eat anything / Is very weak) In my clinic, I very often hear the complain – ‘Kuchh khata nahi hai !”. I plot the child…