The birth of a child is a memorable experience for all those dads that lugged through the process, managing not to faint. However, a top gynaecologist cautioned that the presence of the father during labour might in fact have a harming effect on the mom and child. Michael Odent avers that presence of the hubby or partner in the birthing area raises the chances of a Caesarean section, consequent split in the marriage and also mental ailments. He also considers that it could even prolong and make the process of labour more agonizing as the woman is faced with distraction due to the father nervousness. He asserts that the child delivery would be more hassle-free when women were by themselves under the care of a silent, low-profile and qualified midwife. Michael Odent who has been involved in child  [...]

A mourning mother has disclosed how the doctors erroneously diagnosed her 10-year-old meningitis-ailing son. The doctors incorrectly diagnosed the boy to be having migraine instead and told the mother to administer calpol to him. The boy, William Cressey was seen by 5 doctors in a span of 3 days prior to ultimately facing disastrous damage to his brain. 48-year-old Cheryl, the mother of the boy, constantly pleaded with the doctors that she was doubtful that her son had meningitis, but her pleas were simply unheard. Merely hours prior to his death, the school-going William literally begged one of the doctors there to help him out of this situation or he would soon die. Following a hearing on the evidence presented, the NHS professionals have faced severe criticism from the coroner for the string  [...]

ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a condition that strips the kids of their focussing and attentive capabilities. Such children are unstill and distraction seems to be common occurrence. Hence, it becomes tricky for such kids to stay put on a particular task and usually go off course, be it taking note of what the teacher might be saying or completing an errand. The National Institute of Mental Health guesstimates that nearly three to five percent children have ADHD; however some specialists consider that statistics might touch even ten percent. Symptoms of ADHD In Children Inattentiveness The key indicator of ADHD is not being able to be attentive with few kids finding it difficult to listen to a speaker, follow directions, complete chores or fail to keep tabs of personal  [...]

Those kids wearing contact lenses during the night time could slacken or even impede deteriorating eyesight. A huge populace of kids having ocular problems are short-sighted in nature – difficulty in viewing distantly located objects occurring due to malformed eyeball. The novel contact lens seems to function in analogous manner like a dental brace by applying mild pressing action on the eye for restoring the shape to normal. Scientists have uncovered that subsequent to just a year of dedicated usage, the children showed immense improvement in their eyesight and had far lesser eyesight weakening than those that wore the regular type of contact lenses. In normal eyesight, the rays of light enter the eye via the cornea, and strike the retina located at the backside of the eye where the transformation  [...]

According to latest research those toddlers using dummies or pacifiers are three times more prone to suffering from speech problems as they grow up. Researchers have discovered that pre-schoolers that used a dummy for no less than 3 years are more prone to having talking impediments than kids that didn’t make use of them. The study also uncovered that those children who habitually sucked their thumbs were also at an increased risk of deferred speech development. Though the findings are still in their initial stages, they add to the mounting proof that parents that handed out pacifiers to their tots as a means of getting some peace and silence are doing so at the cost of their kid’s development. The scientists from America and Chile during the course of their study observed the history of  [...]

A perennial dispute over if boys or girls are easier to bring up is finally answered. Mothers with children from both sexes often sense themselves spending greater amounts of time and energy on their boy than the girl. Mothering a boy has somehow been distorted to tending for one who is all fights, farts and video gaming and quite frankly many moms wonder how much more of this mayhem they could bear for any longer. However, mothers of girls are quick to retort that they have to undergo pernickety fashion sense, heightened bristly social steering, and a higher capacity of holding on to feelings of resentment. As girls grow up, the parent’s anxieties vary from body image issues to math prejudice. ‘Pigeonholing or hefty nubs of truth?’ is the imminent query ------ with Parents using ‘which  [...]

Widely prevalent heart problems among children are detected with the commonly employed procedure known as cardiac catheterization. In certain situations, it assists in mending heart ailments that earlier needed open-heart surgery. The procedure is conducted in a Paediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory also known as the ‘cath lab’. As infants possess smaller-sized hearts and blood vessels, the experts treating them would need to be fully-equipped with both specialised equipment as well as knack wise. A special form of sedation and supervision is needed in case of children due to their size, age factor and varying capacity to cooperate. The cath lab used during the procedure is well-endowed with top-notch imaging apparatus and computers used for fluoroscopy, digital movies and MRI (magnetic  [...]

‘It is time to go, okay?’  For the umpteenth time, this sentence seems to largely figure on many a mom’s conversations with their kids. In yet another vain attempt for making all kin members totally happy, the term ’okay?’ is stapled to the end of the desperate question. Obviously enough, tiny tots mostly seem to seize the chance to retort like little royals with ‘negation’ implying all is not okay. In such situations, mothers mostly feel outwitted and often let themselves get yanked into conciliations with little tactical connoisseurs who are adept at premeditated whining, lamenting and lying through their teeth to get what they want. Well, the tiny paws do seem to be in commanding position and it often takes mothers enormously long spans of time to eventually figure out that  [...]

An infectious and generally mild version of illness caused due to a virus that leads to rash formations on the cheeks, arms and legs that subsides in a couple of weeks. Fifth Disease Causes: The human parvovirus B19 is the reason behind the occurrence of the fifth disease. It is most prevalent among preschooler or school-going kids during the spring months. The disease is transmitted via contact with respiratory emissions and generally returns for five days. Though, the rash related to the fifth disease might return for numerous weeks. The relapse of the rash might be elicited by exposure to sunlight, heat, physical exercise, fever or emotional strain. Fifth Disease Symptoms: Fifth disease initiates with flu-similar signs subsequent to which rashes appear on the face and body. Transmission  [...]

Coxsackie is a prevalent, communicable childhood illness caused typically due to the coxsackie A virus and in some situations due to the coxsackie B virus or enterovirus 71. All these viral forms come under one grouping called as enteroviruses. The hand-foot-mouth disease name was derived due to the development of non-scratchy rashes on the palms and soles of the legs and even oral sores. Normally occurring in under-10 years infants, at times even adults and adolescents are affected. Majority of the grown-ups have immunity against the coxsackie A virus as they have had prior exposure to the disease during infanthood. Adults when infected with the disease have a tendency to exhibit milder version of the symptoms in comparison to kids. Coxsackie Causes: It is generally caused due to the coxsackie  [...]

Outline The process of development in each infant tends to seek its own pace; however there are some children that experience developmental delays. The diagnosis for developmental delay occurs when the infant in incapable of reaching particular defined milestones (like learning to walk or talk) in the normal time frame. There are varied factors that could lead to developmental delays like the presence of a heritable or chromosomal aberrations as well as being exposed to environment-associated risks like drugs and contagions prior to or subsequent to birth. Being aware of these caveat signs of a probable developmental delay could assist in obtaining a prompt diagnosis and feasible treatment for the affected infant. STEP I One needs to be vigilant and heedful about the infant’s behaviour. A  [...]

A gripping novel study has implied that the active constituent of Tylenol – Acetaminophen might abate the immune response of children to vaccinations. Children are commonly observed to contract slight fever subsequent to getting inoculated. Acetaminophen has been consistently used by some of the child specialists in averting vaccination-linked fever. A global study team helmed by Roman Prymula, MD, from the University of Defense, Czech Republic discovered that this might not be as viable an idea. In the course of the study conducted to delve into whether acetaminophen actually impeded vaccine-associated fever, Prymula and his associates uncovered that the widely purchased over-the-counter pain reliever medications diminish vaccine-educed immune responses. It is still ambiguous as to whether  [...]

The FDA has cautioned that bewildering Tamiflu Oral Suspension prescriptive medicines could cause detrimental excess or under dosage of the flu medicine. It is a baffling aspect even for the trained eye or the medical professionals. For instance, if a six-year-old child comes having caught the swine flu has been prescribed to take Tamiflu Oral Suspension of 3/4ths of a teaspoon two times a day then in such cases, deciphering the actual dosage could be very confusing. The measurement of the liquid medicine is generally done with the aid of a syringe that has markings of thirty, forty-five and sixty milligrams. Even for those medically trained individuals there would be quite some meticulous maths calculations to be done to finally decipher the supposed dose to be given, which in the present  [...]