Child's Health

Only 20 days ago we echoed a happy outcome of Siamese: Safa and Marwa, who were born joined by the skull, had left the hospital after being successfully separated. Today we talk about Mariane and Ndeye, two Senegalese sisters to whom doctors only gave a few days to live. It was in May 2016 and, contrary to expert opinion, they are still smiling thanks to the care of the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in the United Kingdom, the same that achieved the impossible with the Pakistani sisters.

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Some bacteria or viruses in the water that cannot be eliminated by chlorine give rise to infections in the eyes of children, they are known as "pool conjunctivitis." When going to public swimming pools, it is a fairly frequent condition in summer among the youngest ones, so we will talk about how to prevent it and what to do in case we have not been able to avoid it.

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Approximately half of the children have a heart murmur. As usual, parents get very scared when the doctor tells them that the baby has a heart murmur, but in most cases they are harmless. They are known as functional murmurs or innocent murmurs. It is often believed that a murmur is due to a serious heart disease, however, infant murmurs are called innocent murmurs because they do not affect the health of the child and can appear and disappear throughout childhood.

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There are many children who throughout their childhood must wear an apparatus to correct a defect in the teeth. The use of orthodontics is also common in adolescence and even in adulthood. Obviously, there are oral problems of genetic origin that cannot be prevented, but there are also habits that can positively or negatively influence the child's oral development, and that parents should take into account.

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Mental health in general is something that was not previously given much attention, however, with the increasing number of cases of people with mental disorders such as depression and anxiety, various measures are being taken to prevent them and to care for those who suffer A recent news is that in Florida, United States, public school students will begin to receive mental and emotional health classes from the last grade of primary education and until they finish high school.

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For some decades, the possible factors that are responsible for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have been investigated, a group of neurological disorders that, according to figures from the World Health Organization (WHO), affects one of Every 160 children Although it has been found that there are several factors that can cause it, according to a new large study conducted in five countries, genetic causes represent approximately 80% of a child's risk of developing autism.

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Safa and Marwa were born in January 2017, in Pakistan, united by the head. They are what is known by the name of 'craniopagus twins'. His family wanted to separate them if possible and, after receiving a private donation, the sisters have been able to face each other for the first time at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, which had already made two previous separations of Siamese.

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If there is something that most parents agree on, it is that fatherhood is exhausting. Most babies wake up several times throughout the night during the first months (and even years) and this makes parents almost always tired. The "problem" increases in summer, when high temperatures, changing hours and longer days make it difficult for parents and babies to rest.

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We know that homemade baby food has more and better benefits than the food we can buy already prepared, and that as we have analyzed on other occasions, most contain too much sugar: almost double the recommended amount for the whole day. Now, the World Health Organization (WHO) has published a statement that warns not only of excess sugar in baby food, but also of misleading labeling that makes them seem suitable for them, and that results in their inappropriate commercialization.

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The sea is one of the biggest amusements for the little ones, but sometimes it hides unpleasant surprises like jellyfish. They are nothing more than marine animals that arrive dragged by the sea currents, but the truth is that they scare since their tentacles have very stinging cells that in contact with the skin produce stings that cause burning sensation, sometimes quite painful.

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The issue of weight in backpacks and the possible damage that can be caused to the back, limbs and joints, is a topic that has been debated for several years. Normally, pediatricians recommend that the total weight of the backpack does not exceed 15% of the child's weight. Now, thanks to a new study, the maximum weight that children should carry in their backpacks has been defined to avoid injuries, both those that go to the back, and those that are wheels, and which is the most recommended of both options.

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