Holes in the Heart – Causes, Sympoms. Diagnosis and Treatment
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Welcome to 2017!
Ask the Paediatricians Child Health Welcome to 2017! It’s not too late to welcome us into 2017, considering this is our first post (on the blog) this year.. Special thank to everyone, Our volunteers:Outreaches Volunteers(Medical and Non-medical team), Outreaches Sponsors, Facebook Moderators, ATP Professionals, Readers and everyone. Thank you for all the successes we achieved in 2016…
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Ear piercing in Infants
Ear piercing is the process of making a hole on earlobes to enable the wearing of earrings, to differentiate girls from boys, and for cultural reasons among others. In most cases, this exercise is carried out at infancy because of the belief that it is slightly painful at such age. In this interview with GERALDINE…
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Oral Hygiene in Children – Dr Tosin Bolarinwa
Good oral hygiene is the single most important factor in keeping your teeth and gums healthy and good habits formed in childhood will last a lifetime. Children should be encouraged to take care of their teeth from an early age so that a good oral hygiene routine is instilled in them. In this article based…
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EELA, NLA & Common skin condition in infants
EELA, NLA & COMMON SKIN CONDITION IN INFANTS Eela is a common term among the Yorubas used for skin disorders in infants likewise Nla is used by the Ibos. This terms more commonly refers to a skin disorder called Infantile seborrheic dermatitis (henceforth referred to as ISD). The cause of this disorder is unknown. This…
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What is my baby’s ideal weight?
The issue of baby’s weight is one most mums are very concerned about before delivery, after delivery and for the first few years of the child’s life. Many are even concerned up to the adolescent period. Not only Mums are concerned, we as Paediatricians are concerned as well! This is because the underlying factor in…
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Reducing Malaria Infections and Malaria Deaths in Children
CHRONIC ILLNESS Reducing Malaria infections and Malaria Deaths in Children It was the World Malaria Day recently on the 25th April 2016. The theme for this year was on ending Malaria for good! What a lofty but achievable dream. On the Ask The Paediatricians Facebook Group we had a Group Discussion on Malaria anchored by Dr…
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Simple Tips for Easy Weaning
How to go about weaning from the breasts is often an issue of serious concern to many mums. Paediatricians recommend that babies should be exclusive breastfed for the first six months of life thereafter complementary feeds should be introduced while continuing breastfeeding for as long as possible. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends breastfeeding up…
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CONSTIPATION – Causes, Treatment and Prevention!
Constipation is one of the common problems parents do often #AskThePaediatricians about. Constipation is the commonest cause of abdominal pain in children. So the goal of this post is educate parents about constipation, the likely causes, what to do when a child is constipated and more importantly how to prevent constipation. What is constipation? There are different…
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Jedi-Jedi – Myth or Reality?
Any Paediatrician who practices in Nigeria especially the South and Western part of the country can not but have been accosted by Mums who want treatment for “jedi-jedi”. In fact the average Naija Mums believe her children should regularly take “Agbo jedi-jedi” – native herbal Agbo Jedi Indeed many believe that the orthodox western medical professionals have…
