Category Archives: General
Milk is a great food and contains lot of calcium, protein etc, EXCEPT IRON. On it’s own, Milk is fine till the age of 4-6 months, by which time child can be exclusively breast or formula fed. After that solid food should be introduced to give them other nutrients and Iron. Babies who continue to […]
Bedwetting or Nocturnal Enuresis is a very common condition. Upto 10% children at the age of 5 and 5% children upto the age of 10 can bed wet. Some also have accidents during the day. If the child has never been dry, we call it ‘Primary Nocturnal Enuresis. If they have been dry and then […]
Isolated neutropaenia is a common incidental finding in primary care. It is most often caused by acute viral infection. Benign ethnic neutropenia is common in people of black African and Afro-Caribbean ethnicity Severity of neutropenia Mild: 1.0-1.5×109 neutrophils/L Moderate: 0.5-0.9×109 neutrophils/L Severe: <0.5×109 neutrophils/L
https://gpifn.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/imap_final_ladder-may_2017_original.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/08/everything-about-winter-eczema-too-busy-scratching
I had heard of this article being discussed in statistics lectures but never got round to confirm it. I believe, not many people, including Medical practiotioners are aware of this. (I may be wrong)! This was a systematic review and meta-analysis which seems to confirm the association. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28237129