Anorexia Nervosa in Children
This is a serious and comparatively rare condition characterized by a resistant refusal to eat and marked loss of weight. Most commonly the disorder occurs in teenage girls; only about one in fifteen cases of anorexia are in male.
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Asthma is an allergic disorder that tends to run in families whose members may have a history of asthma, eczema, or hay fever, and sometimes migraine. The child himself often has had eczema as an infant, and may have hay fever.
Read MoreAbdominal Pain in Children
Stomach pain in a child has many causes, ranging from acute appendicitis to indigestion and the recurrent pains induced by anxiety such as ‘growing pains’ and cyclical vomiting. The urgency with which medical help should be sought varies with the severity of the pain, the speed of onset, and the associated symptoms.
Read MoreAppendicitis in Children
The appendix is a short, blind-ended tube at the beginning of the large bowel. If for any reason it becomes blocked it may become inflamed, and the child is said to have appendicitis. Appendicitis is uncommon before the age of three, but can occur any time after that.
Read MoreUnconsciousness in Children
A child may become unconscious for a variety of reasons such as a head injury, asphyxia, epilepsy, shock, infantile convulsions, overwhelming infection, and poisoning.
Read MoreTreating Stings
Insect Stings
Bees, hornets, and wasps often leave a sting in the wound; they all inject a small amount of poison, which causes pain and swelling in the skin.
If possible, remove the sting with sterilized tweezers or the point of a needle, taking care not to squeeze the sting as this will cause more poison to enter the wound. Apply antihistamine cream immediately; if this is not available a solution of ammonia (one teaspoonful to a cup of water) or bicarbonate of soda (Two teaspoonfuls to a cup of warm water) may be used to relieve the pain. Soak a piece of cotton in the solution and bandage lightly in place.
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