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22.10.2019
Infant rapid breathing or breathlessness can be experienced in any age group, but it becomes especially serious when it happens in infants. The actual term…
05.11.2019
You have to address the dangers of preeclampsia as soon as possible because this condition can cause danger to both the mother and the child.…
31.10.2019
Elation overcomes your senses as you prepare for the birth of your child. You have gathered the clothes, set up the nursery and created a…
07.11.2019
Birth injuries have a lot of seriousness to their nature. Unfortunately, you have cases where a birth injury has such severity that the child will…
31.10.2019
When it comes to delayed birth, this condition happens most often when a mother has other issues that can cause the baby to come late…
31.10.2019
You have varying degrees when it comes to injuries from birth. In addition, you have some birth injury conditions that don't become evident until much…
31.10.2019
Thousands of pregnant women each year suffer from gestational diabetes. What exactly is gestational diabetes and how does it work? This condition happens when a…
31.10.2019
As the pregnancy continues, the doctor must take care to monitor the mother and the infant for changes. The doctor must keep a close eye…
04.11.2019
Under the best of circumstances, an infant will enter the world and everyone celebrates its new existance. The doctors and medical staff do their best…
05.11.2019
Of the 30 million Americans across the United States who take antidepressants as a way of coping with depression and anxiety, many of them are…
05.11.2019
Considered an SSRI, Prozac gets prescribed for bulimia, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety problems. The drug has its benefits, but in some cases, the side…
05.11.2019
A medication known as Topiramate, this antiepilepsy drug has often been used in coordination with Phentermine, and they use this as a tool for weight…
05.11.2019
First designed and created by the pharmaceutical company Bayer, Yaz became a medication that remained one of the top birth control pills around. Unfortunately, you…
05.11.2019
Normally, your doctor prescribes Zofran to combat vomiting and nausea. Pregnant women will feel severe symptoms of morning sickness, and the doctor will give them…
05.11.2019
A brand of medication known as Zoloft, doctors prescribe this medication for depression, social anxiety and panic disorders. At one time, doctors prescribed this medication…
07.11.2019
When doctors go to deliver a child, they don't want the child to have a birth injury. The birth of a child should come as…
05.11.2019
Pregnant mothers have a certain level of expectation. They want the nurses, doctors and medical staff to be there for them as needed, and they…
31.10.2019
Medical research continues to try to learn the best industry practices that can help most people. They constantly work to learn more about these different…
22.10.2019
Cerebral palsy is a severe disability that can affect anyone, even infants who’ve had a clean bill of health during a mother’s pregnancy. It is…
31.10.2019
Infants cry—that's a fact. When you have to worry is when they have an arched back because this isn't normal. You may not always have…
22.10.2019
You may be wondering, "What does it mean when your infant has its arm bent toward body?" In some cases, it may not be anything…
31.10.2019
When your infant has childhood dysarthria, this condition has a negative impact on the child's motor speech. Normally, when this happens, it's because the muscles…
22.10.2019
Whenever someone's regular functions necessary to live start declining, you get worried that they will continue to go downhill. You want to do whatever you…
22.10.2019
Sometimes when a birth injury occurs, the infant suffers as a result, but a lot of people don't realize the damage until much later. One…
22.10.2019
Not all birth injury symptoms will show up immediately. For example, let's say that you have an infant, and he displays some of the signs…
22.10.2019
After you have had your child, it matters what their eating habits look like. The doctor will keep a close eye on this to ensure…
22.10.2019
You notice that your child seems to drool excessively. This could even indicate further underlying problems with your child that you may want to have…
22.10.2019
Does your child seem to favor one side of his body? This could mean that a birth injury may have taken place. Like with you…
22.10.2019
When your child experiences a fever, you could also refer to it as pyrexia. This natural bodily reaction happens whenever your body responds to an…
01.11.2019
One of the least fun parts about being a parent, changing an infant's diapers probably ranks low on the scale of enjoyable tasks. Nevertheless, this…
01.11.2019
If you have a baby, you will hear them cry. That is normal for babies, but how do you know when you have a fussy…
01.11.2019
You have a few cases where your child may be born with fine hairs. This comes shortly after birth, but these hairs will normally fall…
31.10.2019
Most parents think that the time flies by fast as their child seems to grow up so quickly. You will hear this said so many…
01.11.2019
You try to feed your child, but he doesn't seem interested. What do you do now? Is there something wrong with him? You will see…
01.11.2019
When your child experiences inflamed nasal passages, this can turn into a serious health condition if you don't address it right away. In most cases,…
01.11.2019
Oh, no! Your little munchkin has severe constipation. What do you do now? First, let's look at how you notice this condition. Let's say that…
01.11.2019
Each child will differ from the next one. That's why when it comes to parenting experts who give advice, you have to take what they…
05.11.2019
After a birth injury, you may be wondering how life with your child will be. That largely depends on the circumstances of the injury because…
31.10.2019
Children who have a birth injury sometimes suffer from disabilities that can make their life harder. They may struggle in school with academics, and they…
31.10.2019
Perhaps you have decided that you would prefer to homeschool your children because they have a birth disorder, and you feel like they might do…
05.11.2019
Parenting can make you feel exhausted. While you love and care for your child more than anyone else in the world, you have to persevere…
31.10.2019
Falling under the name of Citalopram, most people know this drug as Celexa. They classify this drug as an SSRI, which means that it's a…
01.11.2019
You hope that when you have a child that they will enter the world as healthy as possible, but you have cases where that won't…
04.11.2019
When you're pregnant, you often worry about the child's movement, and in fact, it has become common for the child to be active from 22…
07.11.2019
One of the last things that you would ever want is to deal with infant paralysis. This is your child after all. Because the child…
04.11.2019
What happens when you notice an infant low heart rate? The heart rate of your child is one of the most important aspects of your…
04.11.2019
What happens when your child has muscle rigidity or stiffness? You should never ignore this condition because it could even be a sign that your…
04.11.2019
You could have the best child, and they will still burp and spit up from time to time. In fact, parents have often been encouraged…
04.11.2019
When seizures strike, you should always take them seriously because they can do a dangerous level of harm to your child. As this happens, it…
04.11.2019
Let's say that your child displays a different skin texture or skin color. You may feel worried about this. In most cases, you shouldn't worry…
14.11.2019
When folic acid deficiency anaemia strikes, it happens because of a lack of red blood cells in the body. Medical science advances every day, and…
04.11.2019
As a parent, you want to see your child progress unhindered and reach the milestones without experiencing obstacles. What do you do as a parent…
04.11.2019
When an infant has a skull fracture or a bulge, doctors have also referred to it as head trauma. Under most circumstances, this will be…
04.11.2019
As your baby grows, it matters that he puts on weight. It shows you signs that you have a happy and healthy child. Within the…
22.10.2019
Treatment for a birth disorder is largely determined by the type of injury, diagnosis, and severity of the symptoms. For instance, a child diagnosed with…
22.10.2019
Based on information from the United States Department of Education, the assistive technology programs intended for infants, toddlers and children have been rising. Part of…
08.11.2019
If your child has a birth disorder like cerebral palsy or something else, it can make simple things hard for them. Something like taking a…
08.11.2019
Time passes and you notice how the growth of your child seems sluggish. This could be due to your child having a birth injury. Children…
08.11.2019
With any child, teaching them how to potty train can become a monumental milestone in their life. You will experience much of trial-and-error before you…
08.11.2019
Sadly, not all children will have the ability to walk because of a birth injury like cerebral palsy that stops their muscles from functioning normally.…
08.11.2019
You have cases with cerebral palsy where your child may need to use a mobility device like wheelchairs. This makes it easier for him to…
22.10.2019
Any child that has a speech disorder will often take speech therapy as a method for treating it. Most children enter the world prepared to…
14.11.2019
The medical community has defined infant bells palsy as a weakness or paralysis on one side of the face. While this isn't typically your long-term…
14.11.2019
You may have heard of infant bells palsy and wonder if your child has a case of it. Let's have a look at the bells…
14.11.2019
Doctors don't fully understand the causes behind infant bell's palsy. You do have cases where both sides of the face might be affected, but it…
22.10.2019
In general, doctors try to do other things first before they decide on surgery because of how all surgeries come with their own set of…
22.10.2019
Clinical trials have been used in the medical community as a way to understand treatments, medicines and medical equipment better. Through clinical trials, researchers learn…
22.10.2019
When it comes to birth disorder, you have over 4,000 different kinds that could affect your child. While you might feel alone in this, the…
08.11.2019
You have a variety of birth injuries that you can encounter with your child. While some will only last a few days to a couple…
08.11.2019
Birth trama, or BT for short, doesn't happen on the same level in the United States as what it does in other countries. Still, you…
08.11.2019
In the last decade, C-section births have increased in popularity, and this has led to a higher number of C-section injuries. If you were to…
08.11.2019
The medical community refers to it as caput succedaneum, and this describes a swelling that happens with the scalp after he has been delivered. Children…
08.11.2019
When infant cephalohematoma occurs, blood cells accumulate in the space between the infant's scalp and his skull. You may even see a swelling within the…
08.11.2019
Previously, they called children with cognitive developmetal disabilities as having a case of mental retardation. Time has slowly phased this out, however. This has become…
08.11.2019
Millions of pregnant women use an epidural for their birth every year because it relieves them of some of the pain. Pregnancies have been called…
22.07.2019
Though all people with CP have problems with movement and posture, doctors classify CP into one of four types based on the main type of…
09.12.2019
Considered a severe disability that can have lasting side effects, some of the cerebral palsy symptoms can be quite debilitating. It can leave a child…
22.10.2019
Cerebral Palsy is caused by damage or abnormal development of the brain's outer layer, the cerebral cortex. Depending on how it occurred, it might be…
14.11.2019
Typically, fetal lacerations happen when a child comes into the world through a caesarian section. Usually when this happens, the doctor made a mistake, and…
14.11.2019
When you go to have a child, the last thing that you ever want is for a them to have a birth injury. Unfortunately, birth…
14.11.2019
Group B Step Infection has had a negative impact on one out of every 2,000 babies each year. This common bacterium normally comes from out…
14.11.2019
Horner's Syndrome happens from damage that occurs to the nerves that lead from the brain over to the face and eyes. Luckily, this condition only…
22.10.2019
In general, diagnosis of cerebral palsy occurs during a newborn's first 2 years as part of their regular health care provider visits. During these visits,…
22.10.2019
While cerebral palsy can cause debilitating effects that they will feel throughout their lifetime, this disease doesn't classify as degenerative, which means that it would…
22.10.2019
While cerebral palsy itself isn't considered deadly, some of the conditions that can arise can cause death. Some of these medical conditions and disabilities only…
22.10.2019
While CP can be a debilitating disorder, with the help of assistive devices there is hope for a relatively normal life. Further, because CP is…
05.11.2019
It has become a standard practice ever since the start of the 1960s where the doctors cut the umbilical cord as soon as a child…
05.11.2019
Preferably, when you go to have a child, you don't want it to suffer a birth disorder. While you will love your child either way,…
17.12.2019
Cerebral palsy receives the unfortunate distinction of being both one of the most prevalent birth injuries and an extremely expensive disorder, averaging close to $1,000,000…
05.11.2019
When maternal infections happen, you have to take them seriously because of how they can lead to a serious birth disorder. Normally, this happens when…
05.11.2019
The medical community looks at umbilical cord compression as what happens when the umbilical cord gets flattened from the pressure. This increases the risk to…
31.10.2019
When talking about birth injury, the leading cause of these injuries come from delayed birth. The human brain doesn't have the capabilities to withstand ongoing…
05.11.2019
If you start to have umbilical cord problems, you need to respond in as timely of a fashion as possible. This can prevent further issues…
05.11.2019
If you've ever had your child suffer a birth injury, you may be finding yourself asking, "Why?" How do birth injuries happen? You have a…
05.11.2019
The medical industry continues to move forward at a rapid and ever-evolving pace. These advancements have come over the course of the last couple of…
14.11.2019
Someone who has Horner's syndrome will experience an impact on their nerves running from the brain to the eyes. As a result, it can lead…
14.11.2019
Hydrocephalus, a health condition where you see an unusual buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in parts of the brain cavities known as ventricles, can be hard…
14.11.2019
Infant hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy happens when oxygen deprivation occurs within the brain. As a result of this condition, your child could have cerebral palsy. HIE…
14.11.2019
When a child suffers a birth injury, it will range anywhere from the mild to the severe, and while some injuries will go away with…
14.11.2019
Brain ischemia happens whenever a lack of blood flow to the brain causes brain damage. Basically, this happens because of how the brain gets starved…
14.11.2019
As much as possible, you want your child to enter the world with as of few disabilities as possible, and you want them to live…
14.11.2019
Also known as spasmodic torticollis, infant cervical dystonia occurs as a neurological medical condition where the baby's neck muscles snap back and contract involuntarily. When…
14.11.2019
Known as an inflammation of the fetal membrane that happens because of a bacterial infection, many times this will get caught within the mother's urogenital…
14.11.2019
Around 300,000 people suffer from this condition within the United States, and cystic fibrosis has been marked as individuals who have difficulty with digestion and…
14.11.2019
Infant dystonia disorder affects the child's muscles through causing slow, writhing and involuntary movements. It could also have to do with postures that have been…
15.11.2019
Newborn babies have the highest risk of all age groups that they will develop an illness known as meningitis. This happens when they have a…
15.11.2019
A birth injury that happens when one or both of the baby's shoulders get trapped on the mother's pelvis in labor, infant shoulder dystocia will…
15.11.2019
Anyone who suffers a skull fracture could have serious health implications. However, when it happens to the vulnerable brain of infants, it becomes an especially…
15.11.2019
Infant spina bifida happens when the spine and the spinal cord don't form properly for the infant. This form of birth injury classifies under the…
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