What does a baby need?
Facts and advice about what a baby needs from a pediatrician. A little baby needs help with everything, and it is your job as a… Read More »What does a baby need?
Croup in children – symptoms and treatment
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
Never shake a baby – Shaken Baby Syndrome
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 or chills in children
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
Corticosteroids for children – dangerous or not?
There is no drug that worries parents more than corticosteroids. When I ask why parents are reluctant to give their child corticosteroids, fears of side… Read More »Corticosteroids for children – dangerous or not?