Abdominal migraine is concerned with stomach or abdominal pain which can affect both the children and adults. It is common in children before the age of twelve and is common among girls also. It is mainly a kind of disorders of intestinal motility which is triggered by abnormal brain waves. It is usually a variant…
Knee pain is common in children and should not be a cause of anxiety. Mostly it is due to the hectic day schedule of the child or little injury, etc. Knee pain in children at night hurts more which causes restless sleep. Normal pain can be relieved by some home remedies like massage and muscles…
Lethargy is the feeling of slowness, sluggishness, tiredness, drowsiness, malaise, listlessness or weakness. The lethargy in children or infants may indicate a serious medical condition and need prompt medical investigation. Lethargy in children may be due to different causes, may it be physical or mental. The causes are needed to be found out before starting…
Pinworms are parasites found inside the colon of a human. Generally these are found in children especially between the age of 5 to 10 years. Any individual can be affected by this but children are more prone to this ailment. An itchy rectal area is the most common symptom of pinworms. A severe itching occur…
Most children are born healthy but some have birth disorders. It’s better to be aware of the symptoms so that they can be corrected at the earliest. Spina Bifida The back bone protects the spinal cord. Some times it doesn’t close completely during the prenatal development and leaves a gap. If the gap is small…
Deficiency of red blood cells is called anemia. It’s become a very common blood disorder and about 7% of the children in United States are anemic by the age of 18. Insufficient iron in the blood causes anemia in toddlers. Hemoglobin is responsible for transporting oxygen from lungs to various parts of the body. This…
Pink eye is a disease, also called ‘conjunctivitis’ and often referred to as ‘red eye’. This is a kind infection that affects the eyes in infants or babies. This disease may occur in adults as well. Those infected would have a red patch on the white part of the eye and inner eyelids. This would…
Depression is a feeling of sadness for continuously long periods of time. It can occur to young and old, boy or a girl. Depression in kids leads to fall in the school performance, development of learning disability, start taking unnecessary risk, drug and alcohol use, dropping out of school, bunking of classes, pretending and lying…
Failure of the thyroid glands to produce the requisite amount of hormone is called hypothyroidism. It directly affects the growth and development in the young and leads to various problems in the older ones. A defect in the thyroid gland affects the almost every part of the body. It’s bound to reflect on the metabolic…
Dyslexia refers to the problem of the child in reading and recognizing alphabets and sounds. They think visually so have problems in understanding letters, numbers, symbols or written words. Until the children reach school, it’s hard to identify the existence of the problem. When they start schooling it comes to light. Generally dyslexia is seen…