Children represents the future. Their healthy growth and development should be a primary concern for everyone.
Pediatric Health Care meets the need of sick and
unhealthy child, infants and adolescents.
Pediatric health mainly focuses on goodness and well-being of child from
neonates through adolescence. Infants,
neonates are especially helpless and children are vulnerable to
malnutrition and irresistible illnesses, a large number of which can be successfully prevented or treated.
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Neonatology is a hospital based sub-speciality connected with care of
premature neonates and sick new-born to overcome the critical condition of the
baby. The ideal look after both low and high hazard
babies relies upon learning of the family history, the historical backdrop of earlier and current
pregnancies and the occasions of
labor and delivery.
There are some noteworthy impacts that may bring about poor
neonatal result like: poor
maternal nourishment, neediness, physical or mental burdens, extremes of maternal age (<16 yrs., >35 yrs.), dark race, medicinal
sicknesses exhibit earlier pregnancy, obstetric inconveniences amid the antepartum and intrapartum periods, and the acquired hereditary inclination to the
baby.
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Food and nutrition is one of the main factor that impact a
child health & development. Eating certain food cannot guarantee that your child will be smarter. The benefits of good nutrition to
health are endless. Better nourished children have an enhanced natural ability to fight infection. Age of the child will determine the consistency and amount of foods to be eaten.
Researcher has proven that, what your child consumes at, say, 5 months will affect their learning ability years later. For instance, breastfeeding appears to lead to higher IQ, while iron deficiency correlates with reduced cognition and achievement at school age.
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Vaccinating children against deadly diseases can possibly decrease the risk of sickness in both vaccinated and un-vaccinated people because of pivotal role that children play in the transmission of
disease.
Childhood Influenza Vaccination: Children, specifically those under two years of age, and teenagers experiences a few of the most noteworthy rates of influenza. The negative impacts of influenza on both infected adolescent and their parent is significant.
Influenza vaccination is recommended for children of age 6 months to 36 months in most European countries. It is previse that
influenza vaccine market is near US$ 1 billion due to large target population and strong
health care infrastructure.
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Childhood Obesity is growing at an alarming rate, which indicates the next generation will face
chronic health complications leading to lifelong diseases and fatalities.
Childhood Obesity occurs when the child or adolescent consumes more energy than he/she requires for growth and physical activity. There are other causes such as unhealthy eating habits or genetics.
The potential
health complications for
childhood obesity are
anemia, liver problems, high cholesterol,
asthma, sleep apnea, high blood pressure or diabetes etc. Most of the children with
pediatric diabetes have Type 1. Those kind of children has to depend on exogenous insulin for his whole life. Due to “inborn error of metabolism”, there is an increasing population of
childhood diabetes, T2D. Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) refers to any hereditary form caused by mutation in autosomal dominant gene which disrupts insulin production in children.
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Pediatric cardiac problems are challenging. A child with
pediatric cardiology needs exceptional care. Infants or toddlers who faces
cardiac problems will show symptoms like poor color and swelling, typically in their face and in case of children, they may complain about irregular heartbeat, dizziness,
shortness of breath and chest pain etc.
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Children’s mental health is as important as their physical
health and deserves the same quality of support. 1 in 5 children show evidence of a diagnosable
mental health problem.
Pediatric psychiatry includes the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of
mental disorders in children. It explores the biopsychosocial factors that impact the advancement and course of mental issues and treatment responses to different medications. Eg. Childhood Autism, Rett’s syndrome, Asperger’s syndrome.
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It is common for a child or adolescent to experience breathing or lung problems because their bodies grow and develop.
Pediatric Pulmonology deals with children’s
respiratory health diseases such as, chronic cough, asthma,
pneumonia, difficulty in breathing, cystic fibrosis, sleep disorders etc.
Pediatric pulmonology involve in the service of intensive care of children, infants , young adults who need mechanical ventilation and life support.
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Children are susceptible to discomfort caused by gas as their delicate digestive system develop and acquire to move gas through their digestive tracts ineffectively.
Pediatric gastrointestinal problems are common in children. A broad range of congenital and acquired hepatobiliary disorders such as digestive, nutritional, and liver
disorders in infants, children, young adults requires intensive care. The range of conditions including malabsorption syndromes such as celiac disease and cystic fibrosis; feeding problems and swallowing
disorders; gastroesophageal reflux, diarrheal disorders, acute and chronic inflammatory bowel disease, acute and chronic hepatitis; inherited metabolic and immunological defects; liver failure requiring artificial liver support or liver transplant; and short bowel syndrome and intestinal failure, often needing parenteral (intravenous) or enteral (tube) feedings, and sometimes requiring small intestinal transplant.
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The diagnosis on
pediatric neurological behavioral disorders are all time high and the numbers are climbing. May people believe that there’s nothing that can be done for children with this diagnosis aside from medication, however that is not true. These
pediatric neurological disorders are not the result of one single cause nor it is same with every child. It varies with child to child. The related
disorders include autism, brain tumor, neuromuscular medicine, intellectual disability, Cerebral palsy,
adolescent epilepsy, abnormal mental development etc. In South Africa, it is estimated that around 1.8 million children will have
neurodisability.
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Children with
pediatric rheumatology complains about pain in the joints, muscle, tendon, bones, or exhibits other symptoms of arthritis and
autoimmune disorder. Wide variety of
pediatric rheumatic disorders are often difficult to diagnose. There is no known reason for most types of
pediatric rheumatic disorders, nor is there proof to recommend that toxins, food or allergies make children build up any of the infections. Some examination indicates a hereditary inclination, which implies the combination of genes children gets from their parents may cause the beginning of a
pediatric rheumatic disorders when activated by different factors.
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Pediatric Nursing care is an emerging field in
pediatric health care. At the point, when a kid requires
health care, the parents may feel offhand for the street that lies ahead with regards to caring over their child. One prevalent decision in this case is
pediatric nursing care since it includes having an exceptionally trained home care provider go to your home, enabling the child to be encompassed by the things they are most acquainted with rather than a healing center room.
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This session will have a discussion on current advancement, technology, new inventions and research on various topics related to
Pediatric. Some of the current advancement involved in
pediatric health care are ECMO, telemedicine, Electronic medical records, smart pills, stem cells, respiratory supports, surgical advances, digital engagement (eg. Diseases monitored by apps) etc.
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