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Showing posts with label Kids Health. Show all posts

Friday, June 21, 2013

4 Children Subscriptions Disease

World Health Organization (WHO) states, there are four health disorder that often affects children, the flu, sore throat, diarrhea, and typhoid. All of these health disorders related to the immune system. That is, if a weak immune system, children are particularly susceptible to the health problems. Therefore, be aware of these health problems will help the father-mother to keep her children to avoid. There are no health problems that are:

1. Flu
Often referred to as influenza. The cause is influenza virus. Symptoms begin with a cold, fever / high heat, boy chills, sore throat, muscle aches, and my eyes feel hot and red.

Handling:
Most influenza will recover by itself (self-limited disease) as long as the child is resting a lot, take vitamin C, and given to drink that much. So, no need to rush to prescribe antibiotics. Fairly treated according to the symptoms. For example, if a fever, give fever. If cough, give cough medicine.

Prevention:
Given the airborne flu virus or sneezes, the child should wear a mask so that the virus is not transmitted through the air and spray saliva.

2. Laryngitis
Sore throat (pharyngitis) is an infection of the throat actually. Most attacking toddler age children and will attack when the immune system is not good, for example due to lack of rest. This disease is caused by a virus and transmitted through saliva grained (droplet) containing germs in the air and inhaled while breathing.

Symptoms, fever, sore throat, cough, muscle ached, a headache, and the tears, but no red eye. However, if exposed to light, the eyes will feel dazzled. Children usually become less activity, more silent, and sometimes cranky.

Incidence of sore throat fair between 6-7 times per year. If more than that, parents must be vigilant. Typically, this occurs in children who are allergic or less durability. In children with allergic or immune systems are less, susceptible to strep throat.

Handling:
Generally strep throat can heal itself despite not treated, enough with plenty of rest and eat nutritious food. Usually symptomatic drug delivery of drugs to cope with the disturbance. When mild, sore throat need at least 3-5 days to cure. Antibiotics do when encountered sudden fever. There are enlarged lymph nodes around the neck, no detritus (color "white" in the throat), and an increase in white blood cells.

Prevention:
Prevention of sore throat is to keep children of people affected by strep throat. If not possible, the child can use the mask. In addition, provide nutritious food and adequate rest.

3. Diarrhea
Diarrhea when the child is said to defecate (BAB) is more than four times in a span of 24 hours or one CHAPTER diluted and sprayed (diarrhea). Diarrhea is one of the symptoms of the disorder or gastrointestinal infections. Typically, diarrhea associated with low levels of hygiene. The reason could be by rotavirus, bacterial, or material that is not needed by the body. Generally, due to rotavirus in through the mouth. Handling is not necessarily to give anti-diarrhea medication. Let the body remove these things from the body does not need.

Handling:
During the last diarrhea, children should always receive nutrition and fluids. If it was a baby, give breast milk intake. Supply should be more than that released by the body. Also aids with administration of sugar-salt solution or ORS, or ORS special child. Give each child after diarrhea. Administration in children under 2 years 50-100 ml rehydration fluid or liquid household. Children under 10 years old give as much as 100-200 ml of fluid. At age 10 years and over, give as much fluid as desired.

During diarrhea, should avoid fruits, except bananas. Pectin substances in bananas believed to harden stools. How that is done is to prevent children from dehydration and improve endurance. Child's body is expected to be able to destroy its own illness.

If the diarrhea of ​​the day it makes the child look weak, not passionate, BAB is always liquid and sprayed, immediately bolt to the nearest hospital, especially if the mucus or bloody stools (even if only in the form of patches or spots).

Prevention:
Prevention of diarrhea to always maintain personal hygiene and the environment is to get children to wash hands before and after meals. Wash your hands at least 20 seconds using soap and running water. Keep your child's eating and drinking utensils. Note also the child's hygiene and food safety.

4. Typhus
In medical terms, this is called the health ganggguan typhoid fever. The cause is the bacterium Salmonella typhi. These bugs live in dirty water, contaminated food, and other dirty environments. The incubation period of typhoid average of 7-14 days. Common symptoms are fever with a temperature of 38-39 degrees Celsius, headache, nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea or even constipation (difficult bowel movements) for several days. Children seem weak and lethargic.

Temperature increases steadily growing every day, for example always before the night or during the day and night always subside. After a week of fever did not go away despite having given a fever, Widal test done to determine whether or not the certainty of typhoid. Usually in the second week of symptoms more pronounced with higher fever, dirty tongue, dry lips, and bloating.

Handling:
Treatment is done by administering drugs by doctors, get plenty of rest in bed, do not move a lot, and a lot of drinking. Healing time can take two weeks to one month. Patients also dipantang eating high fiber foods, foods also cause a contraction in the gastrointestinal risk, such as spicy or acidic foods. Patients are encouraged to consume high protein foods such as meat, eggs, milk, tofu, tempeh, and others. This can help the immune system so the time was more rapid healing.

Prevention:
Prevention is by typhoid vaccination every three years. Children are taught healthy living such as washing hands before eating and do not snack at random for the children who were older.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Skin Care Tips for Babies 0-12 Months


Newborns need the right skin care products that are safe. Baby Skin Care is needed because the baby's skin is thinner, tend to be sensitive, because the skin glands are not perfect.

Dermatologist, Dr. Srie Prihianti, GDSS, PhD says the baby is born with basic skin care needs that cleans, moisturizes, and memproteksi.Dengan right skin care for newborns, thinner skin can be better protected.

"Materials have baby skin care products are soft, such as soap, shampoo all have soft, hypo-allergenic or materials do not cause allergies," he said at the press launch of the book "Baby Zwitsal Spa", in collaboration with Tabloid Nakita issued by PT Publishing means Bobo, in Jakarta.

According to Dr. Prihianti, infants 0-12 months of age is safe to use products such as shampoo 2 in 1 which also serves as a soap. This kind of product has been formulated to address the sensitive skin.

"Make sure the product 2 in 1 soft, able to clean the hair and skin of the body but does not cause irritation to the eyes,"

Meanwhile, skin care products can be separated for the hair and body, when babies begin to more physical activity. The level of physical activity is what makes baby skin care needs with a differentiated product, no longer 2 in 1.

"Starting from the age of 1-2 years old baby need a different product, shampoo and soap as distinguished from lots of physical activity,"

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Benefits of Naps for Toddlers

 


At the age of five, children spend time exploring everything around them so often miss nap time. In fact, take a nap broad impact on growth and mental health of children.

Conclusions recent research has called, a toddler who did not nap or sleep less during the day are more likely to experience stress and feel happy. These children also tend to be at risk of mental health problems during their lives in adulthood.

The team from the University of Colorado Boulder, USA found that children who do not nap or sleep deprivation during the day more anxious and tend to not be interested in their surroundings. They are also less than happy with the happy event and more difficult to cope with stress.

The reason, lost time nap makes toddlers express their feelings in different ways. During the study, they measured the sleep patterns of toddlers aged two to three years. These kids wear special equipment to measure how long they nap with parental supervision.

The study's author, Professor Monique LeBourgeois documenting facial expressions in two different time toddler toddlers acquire nap time, and when they lose sleep.

The results, published in the Journal of Sleep Research, showed that toddlers who are tired from lack of sleep only successfully completed one-third (34 percent) the first puzzle with less positive emotional responses than when they get enough rest.

And, on the second puzzle that deliberately 'not resolved', a tired toddler more depressed than those who received usual nap. More than a third of children who lack sleep are also more ignorant than those who earn a nap on the puzzle they can not solve.

Prof LeBourgeois warned, that 'confusion' is not a bad thing, because it helps children learn from their mistakes. Lack of sleep makes children unable to engage and interact with others. "Just like good nutrition, adequate sleep is a basic need," she explained.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Hypnobreastfeeding Helping Successful Breastfeeding


Breastfeeding a challenging activity. Not infrequently encountered failure in nursing mothers, but not a few who successfully breast-feed, which provides milk, exclusively for six months and continued breastfeeding up to two years.

Hypnobreastfeeding be one technique that can be used by women to achieve success in breastfeeding. "This technique is actually put sentences positive affirmations to the mind when we are relaxed. Sentences entered our subconscious mind is to be expected would be able to assist our success in breastfeeding," said hypnotherapy practitioner of Yogyakarta, Arsyita Rokhma in Talks -shows and workshops held Hypnobreastfeeding Nursing Mothers Association of Indonesia.

Arsyita said, nursing mothers can practice alone hypnobreastfeeding. How, mothers looking for a comfortable and began to relax yourself while turning a blind eye.

Then imagine the faces and smiles of our children and say that the mother will give the best for the child. Other affirmations, such as her milk enough for the child, the mother can breastfeed exclusively for six months or be able to continue breastfeeding up to two years.

After that, the mother can imagine the mother's breast as empty barrel which is then filled by the flow from the tap is opened. If hypnobreastfeeding is done successfully, the mother will immediately feel the taut breasts due to increased milk production.

Friday, January 25, 2013

False Myths Regarding Breastfeeding


Breastfeeding mothers face enormous challenges to achieve success in exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continue up to two years. There is a variety of the myth about breastfeeding is not uncommon to hinder the success of breast-feeding mothers.

This was disclosed by a pediatrician from Surakarta Islamic Hospital "Yarsis" Dr. Lucy Savitri, Sp.A in Talks and Workshops organized Hypnobreastfeeding Nursing Mothers Association of Indonesia, Solo, Central Java.

Lucy recorded at least 18 false myths about breastfeeding that developed in the community. This he notes based on input from various stakeholders, such as the mother or grandmother of the baby to be his patients.

Some myths, according to Lucy, including breast milk has not come out on the first day so it needs plus other fluids. In fact, according to Lucy, the baby still has enough liquid reserves in the body during the first 48-72 hours of life, so that the baby does not need to be given other liquids.

The second myth,
breast milk can not satisfy the baby because the baby is "greedy" and baby boy drinking stronger than girls. In fact, the baby needs all the same, ie, for the first week as much as 80-100 milliliters per kilogram of body weight per day.

The age of 3-6 months, the requirement increased to 140-160 ml / kg body weight / day. "
breast milk can meet all the needs of infants up to the age of six months. If milk can not produce an optimal, because lactation management is not good," said Lucy.

The third myth, once stopped breastfeeding, not breastfeeding anymore. In fact, there are techniques to restore relactation baby suckling on her mother. Mothers stop breastfeeding due to illness, the use of infant formula or baby nipple confusion. However, the technique should be right relactation plus high spirits of the elderly and the strong support of the environment.