Expert Opinion
Antimicrobials
do not work as fever reducing medicines!
If not required and given may cause harm than
benefit
Fever is not always Bacterial infection; most fevers
in children do not need antimicrobials
Fevers are due to
infections, immune reactions of the body or malignancies. Rarely some drugs
including antimicrobials can also cause fever. Rare genetic conditions also
cause fever in some children.
Infections may be due
to bacteria, virus, parasite or fungus. Antimicrobials work mostly against
bacteria alone.
Bacteria as a cause
of fever in immune-competent children is a rare.
Viruses are the most
common causes of fever in children
Antimicrobials do not
affect the course of viral infections. Only few antiviral drugs are available
for select situations only!
Do consult and discuss
with your doctor for the use of antimicrobials in your child
Fever is a friend,
not a foe!
Breast Feeding is the best feeding for your
newly born infant!
Every mother knows this, yet every mother is not
comfortable or successful in feeding her child at breast.
There are many
reasons to this.
The first and the
foremost is the confidence of the mother in herself! The mother is in a
state of ‘stress’ after child birth, and is looking for support from family and
friends. She has a new member in the family for which she has to find time and
make adjustments in her routine.
Most infants are
alert and awake at night and more demanding at that time.
She has lots of
doubts about the infant as well as many a times people around her create doubts
about the success of breast feeding / breast milk.
Our customs forbid
many food or even plain water to our new mothers, which adds on to
the stress.
All these things are
counterproductive to successful flow of milk.
It is not the
production of milk but the flow of milk that is a problem.
A timely
support from the family members especially the grandmother(s), with a
guiding and helpful pediatrician who is supervising the needs of the new born,
are needed to make the lactation successful in this critical stage of the new
life.
Till what age should the child be fed at breast:
WHO says “Exclusive Breast feeding (not even water)
till six months of age, and continued breast feeding till two years”
Medical Reasons for mothers to not to feed the
new born:
Mother on anticancer
treatment, antipsychotic treatment as well as anti-thyroid treatment
should not feed the child at breast milk.
Mothers with flat or inverted nipples may not be
able to feed directly from breast. Talk to your pediatrician to overcome this
problem.
Reason
for the child for not to be fed at breast:
Child with true
lactose intolerance should not be given breast milk.
Other reasons for not
allowing breast feeding (suckling at breast) would be a very low birth weight
/premature child, unless your doctor allows you to feed the child directly from
breast. Till that time the child may be fed at expressed breast milk.
Children with cleft palate – deformity of the palate
of the child may not be able to swallow the milk without help for which your
pediatrician would guide you further.
Is asthma curable?
No, asthma is
condition in which the body reacts to a set of environment and this reactivity
of the body cannot be cured; rather this can be controlled by using some
medicines for a long term. To avoid the side effects of these medicines, we
prescribe the inhaled route to minimize the doses. Please adhere to the methods
prescribed by the pediatrician.
Stress in children
Most parents do not
agree or know that their children at are stress. Any unexplained symptom may be
the result of stress in a child which should be professionally managed by a trained
psychologist. The symptoms may range from aches and pains at various locations
of the body, with non-measurable symptoms like weaknesses, poor scholastic
performance, unacceptable social behavior etc.
DIVYA CLINIC Dr L N TANEJA Dr
RENU TANEJA