Traveller's diarrhoea with a vengeance in children of UK immigrants visiting their parental homeland.

Traveller's diarrhoea with a vengeance in children of UK immigrants visiting their parental homeland.

Six healthy children, born in the UK, travelled to their parental homeland and developed a severe form of traveller's diarrhoea. This was characterised by rapid loss of weight and chronic diarrhoea. On return to this country, investigation in 5 of them showed an abnormal, small intestinal mucosa. There was a high incidence of pathogens and potential pathogens found in stools and duodenal juice....

prevalence of atopic dermatitis in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus in southeastern of iran (kerman province): a case-control study

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Evaluation of Parental Attitudes toward Lumbar Puncture in their Children

Introduction:   Sometimes physicians need to assess some markers on selected children's cerebrospinal fluid specimen according to lumbar puncture (LP). Although immediate diagnosis and treatment especially for meningitis is necessary, But just at this moment, due to some incorrect believe in society, some parents may not allow physician to do LP. The reality is that most of these people, if the...

Travellers' diarrhoea: slow but steady progress.

Parental costs of neonatal visiting.

Interviews with 93 mothers of 109 low birthweight infants admitted to a regional neonatal intensive care unit showed that, although 82 (88%) mothers visited on a daily basis, some families faced considerable travelling difficulties. Five families travelled more than 100 miles and three families had twin siblings in different neonatal units. Analysis of the travelling and associated expenditure ...