Category Archives: Children Health
Back Pain in Children
What is it? Back pain in children is rare, but should be of concern. Usually due to organic causes, especially in preadolescence. Any back pain that lasts more than a few days requires a thorough medical study. It was noted that 85% of children with back pain lasting more than 2 months have any specific [...]
Scoliosis in Children
What is it? Scoliosis is the lateral deviation of the spine and is characterized by a rotation of the vertebrae associated with lateral tilt. It is a fairly common problem in pediatrics and can be seen at birth, during childhood or adolescence. Some conditions worsen with growth and can produce a striking, functional disorders causing [...]
Ideal Food for Children
Food should be a balance between fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. In children, the development process is even more important. Listed below are compounds that should not be missed in children, and what happens if this comes to pass. Let’s start by vitamin A, found in carrots, bananas, spinach, egg yolk, beans, liver, cheese and [...]
The Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles
Schools are the most suitable place to reach children and is at the stage of school education when establishing the main habits of future adult life. In addition the school has the academic knowledge to enhance the promotion of healthy lifestyles as it is at school age, the time of purchase behavior that will accompany [...]
Children: Improving Self-esteem
We know that self-esteem is the cornerstone of the welfare of every individual. It is essential in the development of personality and hence, it is increasingly more valuable and be more vigilant, especially with child self-esteem. We worry that they get an idea of their own positive and healthy. Self-esteem is a consequence of our [...]
Abdominal pain and Fructose in Children
Recent research presented at the American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting of Texas, a major cause of abdominal symptoms, at least in children, is fructose. In this study, 245 children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years with chronic abdominal pain, were tested to evaluate the fructose malabsorption (the inability to absorb fructose) with [...]
One in Five Children Wet The Bed
One in five children wet the bed in around 10% of children between five and fifteen years wet the bed at this disease is called enuresis, a figure that declines with age although it is estimated that can affect about 7% of children over ten years. According to pediatricians children should have control over their [...]
The Benefits of Napping in Infants and Children
Everyone knows the benefits of sleep and rest so they can perform adequately. The nap, according to many studies help to be more alert and more productive. It also increases the holding capacity of things, improves mood and sociability facilitates. Pediatricians recommend that infants and children sleep nap because it helps to replenish the forces, [...]
How to prevent Gastroenteritis
Usually not. His pediatrician diagnosed easily with these symptoms should not be any type of study except in the following situations: Malaise and dehydration. Bloody diarrhea important. Suspected poisoning with various affected. Prolonged diarrhea (more than two weeks). Infants under 6 months. The reason you do not need a study (or even a stool culture), [...]
Child obesity should talk
For several years we have been discussing as a country on the effects of junk food in our children. The year 2007 was estimated that between 20 and 30 percent of preschool and school children had some degree of overweight. More recent figures indicate that the picture is more serious, revealing that about 40% of [...]