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Childhood Cancers In Nigeria

Childhood Cancers In Nigeria- Can They Be Prevented?

PediatricsBy Alert DoctorsMarch 8, 2021Leave a comment

Many people would assume that cancers are a disease of the elderly. In many cases, this is true. However, you’d be interested to know that some cancers are more or less reserved for children. Some rarely occur in children older than 4 years. It’s easy to imagine that an adult has been exposed to many…

TORCH syndrome

The TORCH Syndrome And The Unborn Baby

Pediatrics, Women's healthBy Alert DoctorsMarch 5, 2021Leave a comment

The TORCH syndrome may sound familiar to you if you have been pregnant before. The motherly instinct makes many women in pregnancy avid readers of medical resources regarding pregnancy and childbirth. If you have not heard of it before, here is your chance. TORCH syndrome is not just one problem. It is a cluster of…

Congenital Heart Diseases in Nigeria

Congenital Heart Diseases in Nigeria- Can They Be Prevented?

Pediatrics, Women's healthBy Alert DoctorsFebruary 25, 2021Leave a comment

  It is never a happy moment when one is told that their child was born with a hole in the heart. After nine months of pregnancy and tough hours of labour, one can easily question why it had to happen. Surgery for these conditions can run into millions of naira. In a country like…

Dental Sealants

Here’s How Dental Sealants Can Help Prevent Tooth Decay In Your Child

Oral health, PediatricsBy Alert DoctorsJanuary 25, 2021Leave a comment

It’s very unlikely that you will meet a child with a dislike for sugar. If only sugar didn’t cause tooth decay in children, right? A good deal of our fears about their sugar intake would be allayed. However, we don’t get to choose what happens here. We can influence the outcome though. As a parent,…

Breech presentation

Why do some babies come ‘leg first’ or ‘buttocks first’? (Breech presentation)

Pediatrics, Women's healthBy Alert DoctorsDecember 23, 2020Leave a comment

The delivery experience comes with fresh apprehension and anxiety for the would-be mother. The ante-natal visits, the toll on the mother’s health all sum up to this. You can now imagine how heightened this apprehension can become when she’s informed that her baby was lying abnormally in her uterus. One form of this abnormal lie…

Placental abruption

Abruptio placentae (Placental abruption)

Pediatrics, Women's healthBy Alert DoctorsDecember 14, 2020Leave a comment

On Maternal Health today, we’d learn about one of the causes of antepartum haemorrhage, that is, bleeding before delivery- Placental abruption Naturally, the placenta, which is in charge of nutrient provision and waste removal in the developing fetus, develops in and attaches to the wall of the uterus, the part of the woman where the…

Shake a baby

Here’s why you should not shake a baby (Shaken baby syndrome)

PediatricsBy Alert DoctorsDecember 11, 2020Leave a comment

The birth of a new child evokes a feeling of joy and widespread excitement within and outside the immediate family the child just joined. Extended family folks, friends, church members and all send congratulatory messages and some even make the extra effort of coming to visit the child. Still, in the mood of excitement, they…

Infant cephalohematoma

Birth injuries( Infant Cephalohematoma)

Pediatrics, Women's healthBy Alert DoctorsDecember 5, 2020Leave a comment

Today on child’s health today, we’d be learning about birth injuries. The birth process can be quite distressing and the human factor can play out such that there could be one or two things that would go wrong and result in a birth injury. Infant Cephalohematoma is one of these injuries that can occur. Cephalohematoma…

Hirschsprung disease

When baby fails to poop(Hirschsprung disease)

Pediatrics, UncategorizedBy Alert DoctorsDecember 4, 2020Leave a comment

How often do you visit the toilet to poop? Daily? Twice daily? Once a week? or once a month? Normally, we are supposed to poop at least once a day, or at least once in two days. When a baby is newly born, one of the things the new mom, and other ‘’assistant’’ mothers look…

Sunlight and Vit D deficiency(Rickets)

Sunlight and vitamin D deficiency(Rickets)

PediatricsBy Alert DoctorsNovember 25, 2020Leave a comment

On Children’s health today, let’s learn about Rickets. You’ve probably seen a child with not-so-straight limbs, either as bowed limbs or K-shaped limbs. It could be due to this condition. What is Rickets? It is the condition seen in children when there is a softening and weakening of their bones. What causes Rickets? Rickets occur…

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