introduction: indian childhood cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease usually seen in paediatric age group and is unique to the indian subcontinent. the definitive causative factor for the disease is not found till now but excess copper ingestion has been associated with it.case presentation: an indian origin one and half year old premorbidly normal male child presented with history of gradual di...

BACKGROUND Cognitive ability is negatively associated with functional somatic symptoms (FSS) in childhood. Lower childhood cognitive ability might also predict FSS and functional somatic syndromes in adulthood. However, it is unknown whether this association would be modified by subjective and objective measures of parental academic expectations. METHODS 14 068 participants from the 1958 Brit...

AIM To undertake a qualitative systematic review that explores psychological and social impact, reported directly from children and adolescents at least 6 months after their critical illness. BACKGROUND Significant advances in critical care have reduced mortality from childhood critical illness, with the majority of patients being discharged alive. However, it is widely reported that survivin...

The children, who are the age of 5 years or less than five years, called as under childrens. They more prone to posses health problems they have a immunity fight against diseases. Children major consumers care. In India, about 35% total population is children below 15 age. not only large in number but vulnerable various and considered special risk group. Majority childhood sickness death preven...

OBJECTIVE To study childhood risk factors for chronic fatigue syndrome in adult life. DESIGN Examination of data from the 1970 British birth cohort. PARTICIPANTS 16,567 babies born 5-11 April 1970, followed up at 5, 10, 16, and 29-30 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) identified by self report at age 30 years. Data from childhood from ...

BACKGROUND It is well documented that childhood abuse, neglect and household dysfunction are disproportionately present in the backgrounds of homeless adults, and that these experiences adversely impact child development and a wide range of adult outcomes. However, few studies have examined the cumulative impact of adverse childhood experiences on homeless adults with mental illness. This study...

A number of studies have demonstrated an increased rate of histories of childhood maltreatment among adults with serious mental illness. The present investigation documented the presence of childhood maltreatment in a sample of 40 psychiatric inpatients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The type (neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse), duration, and severity of childhood maltreatment was e...

Introduction: In Ethiopia, even though there are great achievements in decreasing infant and child mortality from year 2000 to 2011, still children are suffering from diarrheal diseases, respiratory problems and malnutrition. This study was done to determine the prevalence of illnesses among under-five children and mothers’/caregivers’ care seeking behavior for childhood illnesses in Bahir Dar,...

Childhood lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are associated with dysbiosis of the nasopharyngeal microbiota, and persistent following LRTI may in turn be related to recurrent or chronic problems. Therefore, we aimed investigate microbial clinical predictors early recurrence symptoms as well recovery community hospital admission for children. To this end, collected data characterised micr...