General Pediatrics in Children

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General Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents.

Childhood Onset of Adult Metabolic Diseases

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Effect of Metabolic Disease and Obesity in Children.

Approach to Child with Fever

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Fever - Persistent elevation of body temperature above the normal levels in an individual.

Head Lice

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Lice infestation is suspected in a child who has excessive itching on the scalp. Presence of nits (eggs) and lice in the hair confirms the diagnosis.

Toilet Training

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Parents often want to toilet train their children as soon as possible. However, do not start toilet training until both you (parents) and your child are ready. If you try to rush it you'll have more problems and toilet training will take a longer time. Usually your child is ready by the age of 18 to 24 months.

Pica

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If child is perpetually eating mud or other non-food items like dirt, paint chips, plaster, chalk, corn starch, ash, rust, soap, sand paper etc, then your child is suffering from an eating disorder called as "Pica".

Hidden Hazards of Artificial Colours and Flavours Used in Pharmaceutical Preparation

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Various controlled clinical studies have shown that the hazardous effects of pharmaceutical additives are avoided when these additives are eliminated from diet and pharmaceutical preparations.

]]>Various controlled clinical studies have shown that the hazardous effects of pharmaceutical additives are avoided when these additives are eliminated from diet and pharmaceutical preparations.

Burns

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Burns are death and necrosis of a tissue due to heat. Burns may occur due to dry heat, (in form of fire) wet heat (in form of scalds) or electrical burns.