The birth of a child is a great happiness for the parents. Unfortunately, it so happens that, as a result of abnormalities during pregnancy, the child is born with developmental defects. Among these...
To date, little is known about a rare genetic disease called Fabry disease. Its causes and mode of inheritance are still being sought.
There is an ongoing search for the cause of rare genetic chorisms occurring in children. Sotos syndrome is one of them. When does it occur? How is it diagnosed?
A rare disease affecting children is Reye's syndrome. What are the causes and symptoms of this disease?
Infectious diseases used to be a threat to the health and lives of our children. With the advent of vaccines, their course is much milder, although this is an individual issue for each child.
The problem of obesity and overweight is affecting an increasing number of children. This leads to health problems (e.g. cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive or nervous system) and lack of...
Lambliosis is a disease classified as a parasitic disease, which very often affects children of preschool and early school age. It can also occur in adults and the elderly. The patient becomes...
Dark colouring of the skin under the eyes can have various causes. It can be a genetic predisposition or a symptom of systemic or local diseases. It appears at any age, including often in children....
Dyspnoea is defined as a sensation of lack of air/problem taking in air, resulting in difficulty breathing. Children who have experienced dyspnoea describe it as a problem taking in air,...
Smallpox is an infectious disease that is very common in pre-school children and in the first year of primary school. The disease is droplet-transmitted, with the highest incidence in February and...
Fungal skin infections in children are among the common infectious diseases. Observations show that they more often affect boys, although they are also encountered in girls. They are most common in...
Many parents, come to the doctor with their children, for reasons of abdominal pain(s). Sometimes examinations do not reveal any illness, but the abdomen still hurts. It is then worth observing under...
Research into the prevalence of Tourette's syndrome in children is still ongoing, as is the search for the cause of the development of this illness. The symptoms of the disease vary greatly from...
Bacteria belonging to the Mycoplasma family are very small (approx. 0.3- 0.8 micrometres), microorganisms that do not have a cell wall. Many parents do not realise that their children may be...
Measles is classed as a dangerous infectious disease, it is caused by a virus called Measles virus, it belongs to the rather large genus Morbilivirus, which in turn belongs to the Paramyxoiviriade...
Angina (pharyngitis) in children, is caused by streptococci. It is otherwise known as acute inflammation of the palatine tonsils and pharyngeal mucosa. The disease is transmitted by the droplet route.
Many people cannot imagine what the pleura is. It is a narrow fissure (between the pulmonary pleura and the mural pleura) that contains small amounts of serous fluid. Its role is to wet the laminae...
Shingles, or septicaemia, is an infectious disease that is caused by the same virus as in chickenpox (Herpesvirus varicella zoster). After the chickenpox has been treated, the virus remains in the...
Rubella is a childhood disease which belongs to the group of infectious diseases. It is caused by the rubella virus, a virus of the RNA group. The disease is characterised by moderate symptoms in the...
Colds are the most common illness among children of all ages. It is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract. They can be caused by more than 200 different viruses. The most common is caused...