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In case you notice that your child has red eyes, around the eye is inflamed or has fever higher than 38 degrees you must take it to your doctor, these symptoms may be announcing the presence of conjunctivitis.

There are different ways to treat this disease in children. In the case in question of a newborn, one option is to provide a drug intramuscularly, or by means of an injection. Other professionals prefer to do it orally or by means of ointments or eye drops. The choice of treatment is related to the type of germ causing the infection.

In the case of having to place you drop, you must separate your eyelids very carefully and to place a drop in the space between them you will, help you keep your eyes closed for a few seconds. You should avoid touching the product and do so only using the dropper. Read the rest of this entry »

Stress is a disease that has some effect on the immune system of smaller, because these can result in immunosuppression of the responses against various external attacks that suffers the same, translating everything as a child with constant illness.

Babies show situations that are stressed by crying, this does not mean that every time your baby cries is under a situation of stress, but the crying is their way of letting us know that sometimes something is not quite right.

It also manifests itself in a constant state of alert, so it does not rest or sleep properly, appears angry most of the time, and has trouble feeding, causing much needed to nurse more often than normal. Read the rest of this entry »

Apert syndrome is a craniofacial anomaly, which causes a defect in the skull, hands, feet, and increased intracranial pressure, cardio-respiratory problems, mental retardation, blindness, hearing loss, ear infections, among others.

Family may occur through inheritance or new mutation, the syndrome occurs in fewer children and is generated during the gestation period. The diagnosis can be given at birth, because there are special features on the face, sutures close and severe brachycephaly.

Treatment consists of several operations in order to achieve decompress the intracranial space, improve respiratory function and allow normal development of the baby. Read the rest of this entry »

Measles is a disease that is considered benign. But panic is so great when the parents discover that their little darling contracted the disease.

High fever (39 to 40 ° C), nasal discharge, conjunctivitis, dry cough, baby does not feel like eating, are among others the first symptoms of measles. About four days later, red spots appear behind the ears, face and then invade the whole body. At this stage, the baby will be extremely tired because not eating very little. Read the rest of this entry »