Diwali – the festival of brightly lit homes, vibrant rangolis, assortment of sweets… and fireworks. Unfortunately, at Agashe Hospital, we often come across kids whose Diwali vacations get marred by a firecracker injury. Some eye injuries even have the potential to blind your child. Here are few quick tips on how to protect your child’s eyes this Diwali: (more…)
10th October 2017:
We all are well aware of the common signs of shunt dysfunction in infants and toddlers with hydrocephalus – enlarged head, irritability, drowsiness, full tense fontanelles when upright, seizures etc. But did you know that there is an eye sign that may be an early sign of a shunt dysfunction? (more…)
3rd October 2017:
26th September 2017:
We know that Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is one of the most common chronic rheumatologic diseases in children and that extra-articular manifestations include high fever, skin rash, serositis, and uveitis. Do you know which children are more prone to uveitis? (more…)
19th September 2017:
12th September 2017
This week we look at one of the most common causes of preventable visual loss in preterm babies – Retinopathy of Prematurity or ROP. Needless to say, all preemies less than 35 weeks and / or weighing less than 2 kgs with the below risk factors must be screened within the first 30 days of life. (more…)
5th September 2017:
This week we look at apparent paralysis from voluntary inhibition of motion due to pain, in-coordination or other causes, without actual paralysis.
29th August 2017:
This week we look at kids with special needs. Our young patients with Down’s syndrome often keep us busy with their delayed dentition, otitis media, or congenital heart diseases. Their lower IQs may be solely blamed for poor academics leaving their visual (especially refractive) errors, unattended to.
22nd August 2017:
This week we look at angular deformities around the knees in children. We know that Genu Varum or bow knees are often physiological from 0 – 2.5 years whereas Genu Valgum or knock knees are physiological from 3 – 6 years. But which cases of angular deformities in knees should raise a red flag in our mind? (more…)
