Showing posts with label pediatrician. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pediatrician. Show all posts

8/05/2008

Febrile Seizures are the children

After six months and during the first two years, between 3 and 5 per cent of children convulsing amid feverish episode infectious.

Fortunately, this incidence decreased to zero between 4 and 5 years old. Men tend to suffer from this disorder much more frequently than girls and in some families seems to have greater sensitivity than in others.

The causes of such attacks, are very diverse, but in the case of simple febrile seizures, it is an infectious process extra skull. In these cases, the abrupt increase in temperature that usually produces a viral infection, disrupts the electrical impulses brain, which makes the child loses consciousness and at the same time, develop involuntary movements class spasmodic: convulsions. After 2 or 3 minutes, gave the episode and almost always coincides with the fall in temperature.

The convulsive episodes, triggered by spikes in temperature very high, higher than forty degrees. The fever with these characteristics often cause viral infections. That is why if the child was taking an antibiotic to solve the latter problem, of course, it was unable to control infection because viruses are not sensitive to that.

Which face a seizure? If the seizure lasts no more than 3 minutes, and then lower the temperature reacts correctly, leaving with dreams post-convulsive proceeds of attrition that leads the episode, saying that this is a typical febrile seizure.

However, when the diagnosis is unclear, are made all the necessary studies to discover the cause of the seizure, as it may be due to meningitis and should perform a lumbar puncture.

As febrile convulsions never leave aftermath, it is not necessary to practice any sophisticated study, the neurologist who will decide whether to place an electroencephalogram after a month of the episode to certify that everything is fine.

Those children who have more than one episode, should receive diazepán under the supervision of a pediatrician only in the first 48 hours of feverish episode started.

7/27/2008

Seborrhoicus eczema in babies

In the first months of life, is often seen in most babies crusty on the scalp.
Sometimes it is very important, while in others it is almost imperceptible. It also called cradle cap, probably because it appears when the baby is fed with milk, but has nothing to do with it.
There are some cascaritas yellowish-amarronadas that at times can extend up to the front and, fortunately in a few cases, compromising the face.
The breasts are concerned with the appearance Irritant presented, but the baby does not bother you. When are very important, often cover much of the scalp in many cases impede the normal hair growth.

Oil almonds
The crust can be removed with almond oil.
First was placed on his head without rubbing, will be left several hours (may be all night) and repeat the operation for two or three days. Then, when cascaritas are more loose, it can easily take off with a fine comb or simply passing one card as a spatula, without forcing those who are very attached, since it can cause an injury.
After each application, washed their hair with a neutral glycerine soap to help remove them. If we note that the skin is very red or cause itching, if the crust is bad odor or becomes infected, we must not hesitate to consult the pediatrician.