Growing Pains
3rd June 2018
3rd June 2018
3rd May 2018: We are glad to introduce to you our latest initiative – Pediatric Pearls. With this, we hope to keep giving you little clinical tidbits related to pediatric super specialties that you will definitely find useful in your practice. This week we focus on squint – we all know that Squint may be normal in the initial few months. But did you know how common it could be? (more…)
14th November 2017: The following are common questions that parents worry about: Will carrots help my child get rid of his spectacles? Will eye exercises reverse her glass powers? What can I do to stop my child’s spectacle numbers from increasing? We now have research backed evidence for parents regarding what they can do for myopia progression:
7th November 2017: This week we look at Oculo Cutaneous Albinism and two associated syndromes that one should rule out in albinotic patients.
24th October 2017:
W sitting is a situation where the child sits with his / her hips resting in flexion, internal rotation and adduction. This is commonly first seen at age 1 – 2 years and may persist till 3 – 4 years of age. W sitting may just be a matter of habit without the need for any medical intervention. So then which children should be discouraged from sitting in W position for extended periods of time? (more…)
17th October 2017:
We know about Sturge-Weber syndrome, the neuro-cutaneous disorder with angiomas on the skin of the face, typically in the ophthalmic (V1) and maxillary (V2) distributions of the trigeminal nerve. Did you know that you can predict the chances of secondary glaucoma based on the extent of the port wine stain? (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: