Three-day fever (sudden erythema) - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Three-day fever, or sudden erythema, is an acute, rash-like viral illness. Infants and young children (usually 6-18 months of age) are mainly affected. Incidence after 4 years of age is rare....
Nutrition and recommendations in nephrotic syndrome in children
Nephrotic syndrome is a clinical condition with various causes in which there is proteinuria >50mg/kg body weight/day or >3.5g/day, hypoalbuminaemia
Measles - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications
Measles is a viral systemic disease that is highly infectious and presents with a coarse-spotted (sometimes maculopapular) rash. In the prevention of measles, the most important thing is vaccination....
Gastro-oesophageal reflux in children aged 2-12 years (GERD) - nutrition and recommendations
Gastro-oesophageal reflux is the leakage of food contents into the oesophagus due to reduced tension of the lower oesophageal sphincter. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the leakage of...
Gastro-oesophageal reflux in infants and children under 2 years of age (GERD) - nutrition and recommendations
Gastroesophageal reflux is the passage of food content into the oesophagus. It is a physiological process that occurs several times a day in healthy infants, children and adults. Sometimes infants...
Febrile convulsions - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Febrile convulsions are a fairly common childhood problem of great concern to parents and carers. They are the most common cause of infantile and early childhood convulsions. They occur in febrile...
Helicobacter pylori eradication - is it necessary?
Helicobacter pylori infection is common in European countries. In Poland up to 1/3 of children become infected before the age of 18. The bacterium can be the cause of, among other things, gastric and...
Leukaemia in children - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Leukaemias are the most common childhood malignancies. They originate in the haematopoietic system and originally occupy the bone marrow. There are different types of leukaemia. In children, ALL...
Infectious measles - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Measles is one of the infectious viral rash diseases of childhood and adolescence (mainly affecting children under 15 years of age); although unvaccinated adults can also become ill. The main...
Pharyngitis and tonsillitis in children - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Angina is an acute inflammation of the mucous membrane and lymphatic tissue of the palatine tonsils and the pharyngeal tonsil. Pharyngitis is an acute inflammatory process involving the mucous...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most severe form of muscular dystrophy. It is caused by a mutation of a gene located on the X chromosome. Boys are affected; women may be carriers of the mutated...
Rose disease - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Rosacea is usually associated with a beautiful flower or a woman's name, but it also means a severe disease. Rosacea is an acute inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, accompanied by a...
Urticaria in a child - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
A rash resembling a nettle burn accompanied by pruritus is most probably urticaria. The characteristic lesion is an itchy blister, raised above the skin surface, pink or bright red in colour.
Mumps - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Mumps or parotitis is a viral infectious disease of childhood, the main symptom of which is enlargement and pain in the salivary glands, usually the parotid glands. The disease usually affects...
Sudden hearing loss - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Hearing is one of the most important human sensory organs. The appearance of any hearing problems or the complete loss of hearing is not only a health problem, but also a social one.
Alexander's disease - definition, causes, course, imaging, treatment
Alexander's disease was first described in 1949. The disease affects people of all ages. It is classified as a demyelinating disease (breakdown of myelin sheaths in the nervous system occurs)....
Chickenpox - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, risk of complications
Chickenpox (chickenpox) is a highly contagious disease that is caused by a virus - Varicella Zoster. Infection is through the droplet route. It affects everyone from newborns to the elderly, with...
Spinal column defects in children
Today's lifestyle, lack of physical activity and sitting in front of the computer and television promote spinal defects from an early age.
Leukaemia in children - causes and symptoms
Leukaemia is the most common cancer affecting children and young people. Its incidence is 1 in 3 cases of cancer in this age group.
