Rubella - prevention and complications - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Rubella is an infectious viral disease that mainly affects older children and adolescents. The most common and basic method of preventing the disease is vaccination, which is part of the basic...
Pertussis - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Pertussis is an infectious bacterial disease that most commonly affects children.It is most dangerous for newborns and children under 1 year of age.
Conjunctivitis in newborns - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Conjunctivitis affects approximately 1-12% of newborns and can be either bilateral or unilateral. Conjunctivitis in newborns is an inflammation of the mucous membrane that covers the sclera and the...
Migraine in a child - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Headaches are one of the most common reasons for parents to visit the paediatrician with their child. When they are paroxysmal, accompanied by photophobia, hypersensitivity to sounds, tastes, nausea,...
Pertussis, child cough - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Pertussis is a bacterial infectious disease that takes the form of a chronic bronchitis with a characteristic cough. It is caused by the aerobic Gram negative bacteria Bordetella pertussis. The...
Herpes labialis and HSV 1 infection in children - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Herpes labialis is a contagious disease caused by the herpes virus ( HSV 1). Humans are the only reservoir of the HSV virus. There is also a subtype of HSV-2 virus that causes infection of the...
Rubella - rash childhood disease - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Rubella is a common viral disease of childhood. Rubella mainly affects older children and adolescents.
Migraine in children - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Headaches are one of the most common reasons for parents to visit the paediatrician with their child. When they are paroxysmal, accompanied by photophobia, hypersensitivity to sounds, tastes, nausea,...
Migraine in a child - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Migraine is a fairly common cause of paroxysmal headaches in children and adolescents - in Poland it affects approximately 4.4% of children. The pain is paroxysmal, usually bilateral, usually...
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...
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.
