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?

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