TheNational Children’s health Archives

Category Archive: Children’s health, Lifestyle & Health

Need to manage diabetes in children with care and support

Nov 12, 2014 Ruchira Dhoke Children’s health, Lifestyle & Health 0

With an increase in incidence of diabetes in children and adolescents, being a chronic condition it needs close attention. With some practical know how, you can always become your child’s most...

Otitis Media: a common inflammatory middle ear infection in children

Nov 10, 2014 Ruchira Dhoke Children’s health, Lifestyle & Health 0

A baby wakes up in the middle of the night crying, u may not quite understand the reason for the sudden outburst, but it may be due to tremendous pain in the ear caused due to a condition called as...

Adenotonsillectomy might help children with asthma to control their symptoms better

Nov 05, 2014 Ruchira Dhoke Children’s health, Lifestyle & Health 0

Asthma can be defined as a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways which is characterized by recurrent, reversible, airway obstruction. In response to various stimuli like allergens, exercise,...

Cerebral Palsy: a neuromuscular disorder in children

Oct 31, 2014 Ruchira Dhoke Children’s health, Lifestyle & Health 0

First described by William Little in the 1840s, Cerebral palsy is a common developmental disability that poses considerable diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to the physician with degree of...

Importance of Micronutrients in the diet: for growth and development of your child

Oct 30, 2014 Ruchira Dhoke Children’s health, Lifestyle & Health 0

WHAT ARE MICRONUTRIENTS? Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals required in small amounts that are essential to our health, development, and growth. As the name suggest micronutrients are needed...

Spina bifida: a neural tube defect in new born

Oct 23, 2014 Ruchira Dhoke Children’s health, Lifestyle & Health 1

Spina bifida is one the neural tube defects (NTD) which occurs in the first month of fetal life, when the neural tube fails to close properly, leaving an opening in the spinal cord and the backbone....

Stop the Diarrhea causing rotavirus

Oct 15, 2014 Ruchira Dhoke Children’s health, Lifestyle & Health 0

Rotaviruses, the intestinal viruses that infect infants and children by three years of age are the most common cause of gastroenteritis, including hospital-acquired diarrhea worldwide. It is...

Down’s syndrome: I am born with an extra chromosome

Oct 13, 2014 Ruchira Dhoke Children’s health, Lifestyle & Health 0

The irony of life is not every child is born privileged, fortunate and perfect. We call them Special. The human body, each cell has a nucleus, where genetic material is stored in the genes which...

Hand foot and mouth disease: common in children

Oct 09, 2014 Ruchira Dhoke Children’s health, Lifestyle & Health 0

School going children are very vulnerable to variety of infectious diseases as they are in close proximity with other children. Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a very common infectious disease...

Does your child have ADHD?

Oct 07, 2014 Ruchira Dhoke Children’s health, Lifestyle & Health 0

When a doctor said that your child or teen has “attention deficit hyperactivity disorder” (ADHD), the first response from his or her concerned parent is, “What do I do now?” As a parent, it...