The back-to-sleep movement for babies has been around for more than 10 years. Since it started, the number of SIDS deaths has dropped by half. ... Popularity:
Acute middle ear infection is common in children. Its incidence rises during the winter, when respiratory tract infections are common. With prompt treatment, the prognosis ... Popularity:
Immediately after delivery breast milk is yellowish and sticky. This milk is called colostrum and is secreted for about 5 days, thereafter a transitional milk ... Popularity:
Fever is a sign of interaction between antigen and the host's defense mechanism. The body maintains normal core body temperature at a set point of ... Popularity:
Whole cow's milk is not recommended for infants. When breast-feeding is not feasible, artificial feeding needs to be practiced. Artificially fed infants should receive sterile ... Popularity:
Milia: Histologically, milia are retention cyst of pilocebaseous follicle, usually seen in term infants and scattered in nose, chin and forehead. They exfoliate and disappear ... Popularity:
Fifth disease is caused by human parvovirus B19.Fifth disease, so-called because it was the fifth red-rash childhood disease to be identified, is generally a mild ... Popularity:
True clubfoot is characterized by abnormal bone formation in the foot. There are four variations of clubfoot, including talipes varus, talipes valgus, talipes equines, and ... Popularity:
Newborn and maternal health and survival are closely linked; therefore, it is important to treat mothers and their child as a dyad through all phases ... Popularity:
Clinical jaundice occurs in 2/3 of all newborn babies (60% of term infant and 80% of preterm infants) during the 1st week of life. Defined ... Popularity:
