Tag: Pediatrics

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Why do pediatricians not recommend calcium supplement for children?

Some parents always ask me on Weibo, is there any difference between vitamin A + D and vitamin D supplementation for babies in what? How long will vitamin D take? In addition to vitamin D, do you need calcium? How big is the baby’s fish oil and calcium supplement? When the baby is two or three years old, many mothers have not made up for it. Why? Foreign professional pediatricians usually do not recommend infants to supplement extra calcium. To answer the above questions, Let’s explain three things first: First, domestic pediatricians recommend that babies regularly supplement not [fish oil] but [cod liver oil], [Fish oil] refers to supplements such as DHA, It is not recommended as a conventional supplement. Read More …

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Babies should not have both vitamin D and sun protection.

Parents all know that vitamin D can promote calcium absorption, and obtaining sufficient vitamin D is the key to successful calcium supplement. And sun exposure is undoubtedly the most economical and convenient way to obtain vitamin D. However, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. While basking in the sun makes the baby get vitamin D, If the ultraviolet rays in the sunlight are too strong, Or exposure to the sun for too long may also bring some damage to the baby’s skin. Therefore, the baby’s delicate skin must not be directly exposed to the sun. It is easy to get sunburned. The sunburned skin will become red, swollen, hot, painful, Then blisters, peeling, This not only brings temporary pain to Read More …

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Will [burn] burn your brain?

Common people commonly known as [burning and smoking] in medicine used to be called [febrile convulsion], now called [febrile convulsion]. This is a common complication when children have fever, which often occurs in children aged 6 months to 5 years old. About 2%-4% of children of this age group experience overheated convulsion. Especially children aged 12 months to 18 months have a high incidence, and there are not many attacks after 3 years old. Parents who have experienced their children’s febrile convulsions often use words such as “fear”, “terror” and “horror” to describe the situation at that time. Indeed, When the attack occurs, the child’s performance is often loss of consciousness, convulsions, rolling eyes, and limbs twitching on both sides Read More …

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Don’t let electronic screens damage children’s health,

With the popularization of electronic products, almost every family has electronic products such as computers, mobile phones and tablet computers. Children are spending more and more time on electronic screens. Watching animations, playing games, doing homework and iPad have also become artifacts to appease children and liberate parents. These products not only enrich children’s lives, but also have an impact on children’s health. AAP News has a short article on this issue. I compiled it and shared it with you. This article points out that, Pointing to the electronic screen for a long time may cause eye fatigue in children, Symptoms such as dry eye, red eye, blurred vision and light sensitivity occur. In addition, because many computer desks are Read More …

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Can antipyretic paste reduce fever?

I don’t know when to start, antipyretic stickers have become standard for fever. No matter adults or children, as long as they have a fever, no matter their body temperature or their state, they should first put a sticker on their foreheads. As for whether the sticker is useful or not, it will bring what feelings to children, and no one cares. Fever is good for the child’s recovery. Elevated body temperature can reduce the replication and reproduction of microorganisms in children’s bodies, and can also improve the inflammatory reaction of human bodies, which is conducive to the removal of pathogenic microorganisms. Fever is beneficial to the recovery of children’s illness. It is wrong to think about reducing fever for Read More …

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How to correctly deal with children’s fever?

There are many reasons for children’s fever. Infection, inflammation, tumor, metabolic immunity and other reasons can cause fever. Children of different ages have different causes and treatment measures for fever. For parents, it is difficult to judge the cause of children’s fever, and how to deal with it? The age of that child is very important If your child is less than three months old, As long as the body temperature is higher than 38 ℃, you should go to the hospital. Because at this age, especially during the neonatal period (0-28 days), more than 10% of fever is caused by serious infection, such as bacteremia, meningitis, pneumonia, etc., and the immune system of the newborn is not perfect, which Read More …

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Spring Festival, be careful of the high incidence of accidental injuries to children!

Doctors’ concerns are always different from everyone’s. Why should special emphasis be placed on accidental injuries in children during the Spring Festival? Because adults have been busy for a year, The rare Spring Festival holiday, Many people are more relaxed in spirit than usual, Coupled with drinking and other factors, it is easy to ignore the care of children, especially when large families get together, adults are more than usual, everyone thinks there will be others to look after the children, the result is that no one pays attention. Therefore, in family gatherings, we must implement who looks at which children, lump sum to people, clear responsibilities. Every year around the world, about one million children under the age of Read More …

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What if the baby vomits milk?

First, let’s look at a scene: Ah! Ah! Ah! Husband/Mom! Come on! What’s the matter? What’s the matter! Oh, my God! The child vomited! ! Vomit all wet! Did you throw up what? Milk! This kind of scene must have appeared in many families that have just had children. When the baby vomits milk, the whole family is nervous. Perhaps it is because in our cognition, vomiting is a very terrible thing, because vomiting means that there may be digestive system problems. But does vomiting milk mean that the child is ill? First, why do children spit milk? When the baby finishes eating milk, occasionally, the milk flows out along the corners of the mouth, or with hiccups, or when Read More …

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Stay away from falling from high places, safety awareness alone is not enough.

At ordinary times, I often see reports of [children falling from high altitude] in the news. I also come into contact with such cases at work. It is really painful to watch the originally lively and lovely children die prematurely due to accidents, injuries or disabilities. Although the damage caused by falling from high places is great, it can be avoided as long as it is properly prevented and controlled. Parents should know some relevant knowledge to protect our children from falling from high places. Falling from high places usually causes multiple injuries, with high mortality and disability rates. Generally speaking, injuries may be relatively mild when the height is low, there are buffers, and the ground is soft, such Read More …

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Do you really know how to put the baby to sleep?

It is not easy to coax the baby to sleep. There are also many misunderstandings about the baby’s sleep. The following are some precautions to coax the baby to sleep to see if you have made any mistakes. 1. Find out the baby’s sleepiness in time, If the baby is yawning, you must know it’s time to go to bed. However, there are other manifestations, such as upper and lower eyelid fights, crying and irritability, which are also manifestations of sleeping in infants. Some babies will become especially sticky when they are sleepy, and others will be excessively excited. Babies fall asleep in a state of excessive fatigue, but they will not sleep well. It is very important to find Read More …