The painful mouth, fever, diarrhea, and purulent foci, in addition to loss of appetite, severely impair the nutritional state of the child existing on a poor diet ......At the s a m e time, the child whose diet lacks, calories or other essential nutrients may be the child whose skin and other epithelial surfaces are affected by.......... in such a way as leads to severe, and at t i m e s danger...

In view of the extreme rarity of certain findings, I take this opportunity of reporting this most unusual case of broncho-pneumonia in a child one year old. Case report P. B., a Hindu male child, aged one year and two months, was admitted into the King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bombay, on 27th March, 1943, with a fourdays' history of cough, fever and laboured breathing. On examination, the chil...

A 9-year-old male child presented with a gradually increasing swelling of left cheek for 3 months associated with pain for initial few days. There was no history of fever, anorexia, any discharge from swelling, difficulty in chewing or swallowing. Child had received multiple courses of oral antimicrobials. Family history revealed possible contact with tuberculosis. Child had received BCG vaccin...

In this section, the authors present some common and some uncommon respiratory cases that have diagnostic and/or therapeutic challenges. First case is of an eight- yr- old child having Acute onset Wheeze and fever, second one is of a 1.5- yr- old Wheezing child not responding to inhaled bronchodilators and corticosteroids, third of a 4-yr- old with Respiratory distress and wheezing with underly...

Parents can transmit their anxiety to their child, and just as children can pick up on parental anxiety, they can also respond to a parent's ability to stay calm in stressful situations. Therefore, when treating children, it is important to address parental anxiety and to improve their understanding of their child's ailment. Parental understanding and management of both pain and fever - common ...

A iViOHAMmjsijajn una., ageu ?*, xepuiieu at wit; uispensary on September 5th. The complaint was fever for three days, and a swelling over the suprasternal notch. This was about the size of an egg and had the crackling of cellular emphysema. There was' no history of injury. She was seen on this occasion by our house physician, who advised the parents to leave her in hospital but this they refus...

Congenital tuberculosis is an unusual and severe clinical pattern of tuberculosis presentation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Furthermore, it usually has a difficult treatment. We report a two-month-old male infant who presented with fever, dyspnea and a diffuse micronodular pattern at x-ray; mother with severe tuberculosis. Treatment with the triple drug regimen was initiated, but th...

Background Accurate data on care-seeking for child illness are needed to improve public health programs and reduce child mortality. The accuracy of maternal report of care-seeking for child illness as collected through household surveys has not been validated. Methods A 2016 survey compared reported care-seeking against a gold-standard of health care provider documented care-seeking events am...

BACKGROUND Febrile convulsions, or febrile seizures, are frequently encountered in paediatrics, and despite often being self limiting, these seizures strike fear in the hearts of patients' carers. OBJECTIVE This article reviews the assessment and management of febrile seizures in children. DISCUSSION The initial assessment of a child who convulses with fever should be directed at finding a ...

The cause of fever in a child can often be determined from history, physical examination, and laboratory tests; infections account for the majority of cases. Yet in 20%, no apparent cause can be found, designated as fever without source (FWS). The yield of chest radiography in children with FWS is low, and it is usually not appropriate. However, in children with respiratory signs, high fever (>...