In children with ‘Asthma’, who are needing the rescue inhaler (usually Salbutamol, blue), very often or are getting recurrent wheezy symptoms, Steroid inhalers are prescribed.
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There is growing evidence that all children between age 6 months – 5 years should be given multivitamin supplements, along with a healthy nutritious balanced diet.
The answer is, not before 17 weeks of age (4months) and not later than 26 weeks (6-7 months).
Though we wait for summer in countries like UK, for some, it’s the beginning of a misery.
Of course, you can! They are two entirely different things.
This Monday was the busiest in A&E (I think busiest ever in the history of Chelsea & Westminster NHS Trust). I personally saw around 20-25 kids and advised on another 30-35. Most had Diarrhoea and vomiting, coughs and colds!
Very common at the moment and doesn’t seem to be stopping. Usually starts with vomiting and then may stop there or progress to diarrhoea as well. Sometimes it’s just diarrhoea without vomiting. Anything is possible in medical world!
Many children present to their GPs or come to A&E with difficulty in breathing and are given inhalers / nebulisers, which sometimes make them better.
Giving Yoghurt when someone is unwell, like coughing, is not good. That’s a baseless theory. Yoghurt (curd) has got lot of good bacteria and if anything, it may help you recover quickly. It may help you with the good bacteria in your gut (intestine), specially if you are on antibiotics which kill all bacteria in […]
I still come across parents, who for one reason or another, decide against immunising their children.