Last week I wrote about allergies – phobias of the immune system. In that post, I explained that allergies occur when the body’s immune system… Read More »Prevent allergies by sucking on children’s pacifiers!
Facts and advice about croup and a barking cough. Written by pediatricians for parents. ‘False’ croup, viral croup or croup as we know it today,… Read More »Croup in children – symptoms and treatment
If you shake a baby so violently that the head is thrown back and forth, the blood vessels under the hard meninges are torn off.… Read More »Never shake a baby – Shaken Baby Syndrome
Febrile seizures affect about one in twenty children at some point during early childhood. It is most common between 6 months and 5 years of… Read More »Febrile seizures or chills in children
Iron deficiency is the only common nutritional deficiency in Swedish children today. The risk of iron deficiency and anemia is the reason why you should… Read More »Iron deficiency and anaemia in babies, children and adolescents
