Nosebleeds in children - causes
Haemorrhages in children, in most cases, are not dangerous for the child and do not indicate a disease. Kiesselbach's spot (a cluster of blood vessels), which is located in the anterior part of the...
Impact of parenting on anxiety disorders in children
Anxiety disorders are one of the most common psychiatric disorders. They are more common in women than in men. Unfortunately, they can also affect children. Can the way they are brought up contribute...
The experience of pain in children
Pain perception in children is a little researched phenomenon. Children who have identical lesions experience pain in different ways and experience pain differently.
Blood clotting disorders
Disorders of thrombin production result from deficiencies in blood clotting factors. The consequence is impaired fibrin and clot formation.
How to perform resuscitation in newborns?
Resuscitation is a set of actions aimed at restoring normal functions of the brain, other organs and systems and coordinating their functions at the level of the central nervous system.
How do you take away children's fear of the dentist?
The thought of visiting the dentist spends the sleep of many a parent.
Causes and loss of hearing in children
Today, more and more children are experiencing hearing problems (hearing impairment, total loss). Doctors are reporting an increasing number of congenital hearing defects and those related to...
Low birth weight in newborn babies
Birth before the 37th week of pregnancy, is referred to as preterm birth and the newborn is referred to as preterm.
Excessive sweating in children - causes
Excessive sweating, or hyperhidrosis, in children can have a variety of causes - from heart failure to tuberculosis, cancer or endocrine disruption.
Herpes in babies and children - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Many people think that the herpes virus only affects older people. It can also affect babies and children. It can lie dormant for a long time and produce no symptoms, or it can strike when the...
When to suspect drug use by a teenager?
Teenagers are particularly vulnerable to drug addiction. Adolescence is characterised by a high level of curiosity. Often teenagers cleverly conceal a drug problem from a parent. Any changes...
Diet in type 1 diabetes in children - carbohydrates, proteins, fats
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) is an autoimmune disease that involves an inability to produce insulin; resulting in elevated blood sugar levels. This can lead to damage to various organs: the eye,...
Serological conflict
Serological conflict depends on the blood group of the mother and father of the unborn child.
Children's Day - a holiday for all of us
Who wouldn't want to be a child again, at least for a while? Children's Day is the best opportunity to remind ourselves that there is still something of the little one in all of us. So let's make the...
When a child's eye "escapes"...
In most cases, the condition appears between the ages of one and five. However, strabismus can also affect older children - they are at risk of developing it until the age of eight, that is, until...
Child-safe kitchen
Preparing dinner and looking after your child at the same time is no easy task. It only takes a moment of inattention for curious little hands to wander into a hot oven or start fiddling with the...
First Holy Communion - the child's joy, the parents' stress
The celebration of First Holy Communion is one of the most important events for every Catholic. It is a sacrament, a symbol of the reception of a young person into the circle of those communing...
Smoking by pregnant women
W. Zatoński, W. Hanke Passive smoking (exposure to tobacco smoke) does not only affect non-smokers in the company of smokers.
Take an interest in duty
I'm writing on the train again. I have to admit it's my favourite place and time. I'm happy to use a pen too, as it has more to it than a keyboard. Outside the window, the September sun is...
Stone in the oesophagus in a newborn: improbable but possible
Case report of a foreign body in the oesophagus of a neonate whose treatment required open thoracic surgery.
