CHILDREN’S HEALTH: EYE, BLOCKED TEAR DUCT
Tears form in the tear glands that lie above the eyeballs within the bony eye sockets. These tear glands continuously produce fluid that flows across the eyeballs and down the slender tear ducts that...
View ArticleRINGWORM
The name ringworm is misleading, because the ailment to which it refers is not caused by a worm. It is in fact a form of tinea, a fungal infection, and is also known as tinea circinata. The name refers...
View ArticleBABY AND CHILDHOOD INFECTIOUS DISEASES: GLANDULAR FEVER
This simple-sounding disorder also has the impressive name of infectious mononucleosis (a name with which you can confound your friends and bank manager, I feel sure; you might even get an increased...
View ArticleBABY AND CHILDHOOD DISORDERS OF THE PANCREAS: DIABETES
Diabetes (or diabetes mellitus, if you prefer the full technical name) is inherited by baby. If affects the way the body handles the main ( omponents of food, the protein, fat and carbohydrate...
View ArticlePROLAPSE — SEVERE SYMPTOMS
These were used in the past in frail old women for whom operation might have been too dangerous. Now, with modern anaesthetics and resuscitative measures having improved so much, there are few patients...
View ArticleHEAT PROBLEMS — CONCLUSION
Small dilated blood vessels (telangiectasia) lead to a blotchy appearance and there may be areas of patchy pigmentation or depigmentation. The elastic tissue degenerates and the skin becomes thin and...
View ArticleCHILD ‘S HEALTH CARE/IMMUNISATION: REACTIONS TO IMMUNISATION AND PERTUSSIS...
REACTIONS TO IMMUNISATION Vaccines are extremely safe and effective compounds which have been thoroughly tested. They are in use worldwide. As with all medicines, some people do have unwanted...
View ArticleCHILD’S HEALTH/SPECIFIC PROBLEMS BEHAVIOURS: HEAD-BANGING PREVENTION AND...
Treatment Because this behaviour is always transitory and self-limited, and there are never any consequences, no intervention is necessary. Parents should be reassured that it is harmless, despite the...
View ArticleTHE LONG-TIME EVOLUTION OF RADIAL KERATOTOMY
An obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Nashville, Tennessee, Jill F. Chambers, M.D., had both high myopia and astigmatism before undergoing radial keratotomy, but following the operation she...
View ArticleHOSPITAL SERVICES: ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY
Most access to hospital should be via the GP (general practitioner). In some urgent cases the admission may be via A and E and the GP is unavoidably bypassed. However, in all other cases the GP should...
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