Medical Q&As

Child Health
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- Accidental swallowing - what to do?
- Adenitis
- Air travel - during infancy?
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency - liver effects?
- Amniocentesis - available in Ireland?
- Antibiotics twice - still no better?
- Asperger's syndrome - help in Ireland?
- Asthma - allergy?
- Asthma - family pets?
- Asthma inhaler - side effects?
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - symptoms?
- Autism - diagnosis?
- Baby's bottle - keep sterilising?
- Bad teeth
- Balanitis - cause bed wetting?
- Bed wetting
- Beyond term - dangerous for baby?
- Blood groups
- Blood in urine - what to do?
- Booster vaccination - child fit for it?
- Breast buds - need investigation?
- Breastfeeding - exercise safe for baby?
- Breastfeeding - thrush treatment safe?
- Canavan's syndrome - what is it?
- Caroli disease
- Chemotherapy - telling the children?
- Chesty cough - lungs clear?
- Chicken pox - child contact? ?
- Chicken pox - dangerous in pregnancy?
- Chicken pox - sores mouth/anus?
- Chicken pox - still infectious?
- Child with erection - abnormal?
- Cholesteatoma - please explain?
- Circumcision - anaesthetic safe?
- Circumcision - for non medical reasons?
- Circumcision - routine in Ireland?
- Cleft lip and palate - inheritance?
- Cochlear implant - is my child suitable?
- Conception - alcohol/cigarettes?
- Congenital dislocation of the hip - late diagnosis?
- Congenital dislocation of the hip - prognosis?
- Constipation in children - diet?
- Cot death - future pregnancy?
- Cot death and miscarriage - recurrence risk?
- Croup - what is it?
- Cystic fibrosis - gene testing?
- Cystic fibrosis - mistaken diagnosis?
- Deafness with a cold - what to do?
- Developmental delay - head size?
- Diarrhoea
- Diarrhoea - could be coeliac?
- Diarrhoea - related to teething?
- Doctor's receptionist - acting irresponsibly?
- Down's syndrome - heart transplant?
- Dyspraxia
- Ear infection - still deaf?
- Ear pain while flying - remedies?
- Eczema - patch testing?
- Erb's palsy - explain?
- First period
- Floppy larynx - what does it mean?
- Foetal heartbeat - present?
- Frequent coughs and colds - normal?
- Gastritis
- Glandular fever
- Glossitis - causes?
- GP fees - repeat visits?
- Granulosa-cell tumour - what is it?
- Grinding teeth - visit dentist?
- Grinding teeth - worms?
- Grommets - precautions?
- Grommets - what are they?
- Haemangioma - common?
- Hand foot and mouth disease - treatment?
- Hand, foot and mouth disease - serious?
- Heart surgery and colds?
- Henoch Schonlein Purpura
- Hepatitis A - lasts how long?
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Hirschsprung's disease - cancer related?
- Hives - causes?
- Homocysteine - explain?
- HSP - what is it?
- Human parvovirus - risk to foetus?
- Hydrocoele - hasn't disappeared?
- Hydronephrosis - more information?
- Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis?
- Imperforate anus - problems at puberty?
- Imperforate anus - treatment?
- Impetigo - treatment?
- Impetigo - what is it?
- Infant - funny turns?
- Infected knee?
- Is my baby normal?
- Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome - describe?
- Juvenile arthritis
- Kawasaki disease - describe?
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis - explain?
- Leukodystrophy - support group?
- Lipoma - rare in children?
- Lumbar puncture - how's it done?
- Marcus Gunn Syndrome - explain?
- Measles - eye risk?
- Measles - fatal complications?
- Medical secretary - access to my files?
- Meningitis
- Mesenteric adenitis - still in pain?
- Microcephaly - explain?
- MMR
- MMR - safe to give with DTP?
- MMR - single measles vaccine?
- MMR - vaccination brought forward?
- MMR - vaccine reaction?
- Molluscum contagiosum - treatment?
- Mumps - male infertility?
- Mumps related deafness
- Nappy rash
- Nasal polyps - in a child?
- Nebuliser for asthma - necessary?
- Newborn infant - over feeding?
- Niemann-Pick Disease?
- Noonan syndrome - what is it?
- Normal heart rate?
- Nuclear fallout - iodine tablets?
- Paediatric neorosurgery - Irish facilities?
- Paracetamol - different name in USA?
- Parasites - blood test?
- Periventricular leukomalacia - cause?
- Phenylketonuria (PKU) - explain?
- Plagiocephaly - will baby grow out of it?
- Polycystic kidneys - further information?
- Polydactyly - could my baby inherit this?
- Prader-Willi Syndrome - what is it?
- Pre-auricular sinus - what is it?
- Precocious puberty - explain?
- Pregnancy - incompatible blood groups?
- Premature baby
- Prioderm - safe in pregnancy?
- Pyelonephritis - renal failure risk?
- Pyelonephritis - what is it?
- Pyloric stenosis - what is it?
- Recurrent infections - 4 year old child?
- Reflux in infancy - same as adults?
- Roseola - another name for it?
- Rubella - antibody test?
- Rubella - is my friend safe?
- Rubella - serious in infancy?
- Scabies
- Scalp infection - causes?
- Scarlatina - what is it?
- Scarlet Fever
- Scarlet fever - very infectious?
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis - what is it?
- Septicaemia/Meningitis - same thing?
- Slapped face syndrome - explain?
- Sleepwalking - treatment?
- Spina bifida - folic acid?
- Spinal tumour - treatment?
- Squint
- Startle epilepsy - uncommon?
- Sternocleidomastoid tumour - explain?
- Still's disease - what is it?
- Strabismus - surgery available?
- Strabismus - what is it?
- Syndactyly - is it correctable?
- Talipes - further treatment needed?
- The pill - harmful to baby?
- Threadworms - are they serious?
- Thrush -my baby has it in the mouth and on the genitals.
- Toddler - head banging?
- Toddler speech - very few words?
- Tonsillitis - tonsils still enlarged?
- Tonsillitis - treatment?
- Tourette's syndrome?
- Transposition of the great arteries?
- Travel vaccination - for an infant?
- Travel vaccines - safe while breastfeeding?
- Undescended testicle - surgery necessary?
- Undescended testicle - surgery?
- Urinary tract infection - prevention?
- Urticaria pigmentosa - what is it?
- Verruca - prevention?
- Vesicoureteric reflux - treatment?
- Viral infection - explain?
- Viral infection - prevention during infancy?
- Vomiting - what's causing it?
- White cell count - significant?
- Whooping cough
- Worms
- X-rays - risky during pregnancy?