Challenges Women Face with Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is an essential part of a newborn's life. It provides essential nutrients and all the required vitamins. However, some new moms face it quite challenging to breastfeed their baby for many reasons. Some might have problems latching, a painful breast, or a sore nipple. But is painful breastfeeding normal? Find out the answer from the video by firstcry.com.
Is a baby sleeping over its stomach safe?
You have a ten-month-old and want to know at what point can they start to sleep on their stomach. A lot of babies between four and seven months will start to roll either from their back to their stomach or from their stomach to their back. Some babies are very restless and also turn from side to side. The American Academy of Pediatrics has got all your queries covered, watch this video.
Day-old baby with multi organ dysfunctions, COVID-19 positive survives: PUNE
"It's not the day yet until it's the date" applies quite perfectly to the case. A day-year-old baby with multiorgan involvement and cytokine-storm, a sporadic form in severe SARS-COV2 survive at the Jahangir hospital, Pune. Mother was COVID-19 positive to which the baby carried the infection and was shifted to Neonatal ICU followed by an emergency C-section.
Record-breaking progress made in COVID-19 vaccine development: Biden
US President-elect Joe Biden stated, "There's been critical record-breaking progress made as of late in building up vaccines [COVID-19], and a few of these antibodies look phenomenally viable." He added the US is on target to start vaccination against COVID-19 by late December or early January. America will set up an appropriation intended to get the whole nation inoculated, Biden further said.
What Are The Best Probiotics For Kids: Benefits And Safety
Trillions of bacteria live on the skin and in the body, especially in the gut. These bacteria play an essential role in everything from digestion to fighting illness. Probiotic supplements claim to help restore healthy bacteria, potentially improving health.
Probiotics support the development and growth of healthy bacteria. Research has also suggested it for severe medical conditions.
What is Kawasaki Disease?
It is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in infants and young children. The condition causes inflammation in the blood vessels, and the symptoms can be severe. In addition to several days of fever, children with Kawasaki disease may develop symptoms such as rash, swollen neck glands, swollen hands and feet, and red eyes, lips, and tongue. If left untreated, then could be life-threatening.
Is it normal to get cold often while pregnant?
You're probably going to get a cold sooner or later during your pregnancy since it's not unexpected to contract a few bugs per year.
Likewise, during pregnancy, your resistant system changes, so its primary reason for existing becomes protecting your baby. This can make your immunity against infections lower than expected.
It becomes important in such cases to visit your doctors.
Mental health is the real wealth.
Will seeing the glass half full assist you with living longer? Studies have discovered that there is a relationship between expanding levels of optimism with diminishing degrees of death from cancer, sickness, flu, and stroke. This is especially valid for instances of cardiovascular diseases. People with a healthier mental health status had a practically 40% lower danger of coronary illness.
89% of patients getting plasma recover at GIMS, most are men
The success ratio for plasma donations is seen more in men than in women. Analysis done on the plasma treatment for COVID survivors in GIMS, Lucknow showed the results. Out of a total of 335 patients, 277 were men and 58 women, where the success ratio was 89% in total. Dr. RK Gupta, director GIMS further added that plasma therapy is showing positive results than expected.
Stubble burning cases up 46% in Punjab, down 28% in Haryana
Stubble consumption in Punjab expanded by 46% this year in contrast with a year ago, while in Haryana it went somewhere around 28.6%, as indicated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. There were 76,537 occurrences of stubble consumption in Punjab between September 21 and November 22 as against 52,225 such occasions in 2019, the service said in a report.
How Your Immune System Works
It can become a difficult task sometimes to explain how our immune system works. How do you explain it to your kids? Do they know what fruits can help make them Popeye, or the iron man from marvels? Then a must-watch video. Numerous kids' health has made a simple video which will help you and your kids understand your body and your immune system.
Can there be a difference between your two pregnancies?
This can be exciting news for you; but do you know that both of your pregnancies can be different in terms of everything? Your second pregnancy could show symptoms a lot earlier than your first one, and also your sweet bump will come out faster. The good news is, your labor will be shorter as your cervix will be flexible after the first birth. Want to know more? Swipe left to read the article.
What are the six essential winter wears for kids? Watch the video
Winter is almost here, and we know you're unquestionably anticipating cuddling with your child during the colder months of the year. With the correct child wears for winter, you'll have less to stress over and can expand all that cuddle time! Are you worried about how to keep your child warm in winter? Watch this video to understand what the colder time of year fundamentals for children are.
What kids eat around the world- Poland Edition
Kids in Poland are less influenced by western culture and are savored more on home-cooked healthy food. But hey, isn't this similar in other European countries too?? Maybe. So, children in Poland love having soups, more on vegetable-based, and potato pancakes. Also, what is more, exciting is they do have a dish called fruit soup and fruit dumplings!! That's something new.
Most Common Childhood Injury- ELBOW DISLOCATION
The elbow is the second most common site of injury and also gets commonly dislocated after the shoulders. Toddlers might experience a dislocated elbow multiple times over the same joint. It can cause extreme pain and obvious distortion of the joint. One of the major causes is lifting kids through their arms. This can either pull or dislocate the joint. If this happens, instant medical care is
Anna university develops biodegradable patch to monitor glucose
Anna University researchers have developed a biodegradable patch, a cellulose derivative-based polymer for detecting glucose and alcohol levels from sweat.
It is a cheaper and environment-friendly replaceable option to the glucose strips- says the Researchers. Due to its high flexibility and transparent appearance, it can be connected to a smartwatch to display & alert if the levels fluctuate.
India Is Our Priority: Serum Institute
Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine (in volume) producing company stated that India is our priority and we will be delivering the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine first to it; further adding "it is our duty and significance to take care of our nation". Poonawala said we would deliver at least 100 million doses by January and 90% will be provided to Indian Gov.
Is it normal to have very few symptoms in the first trimester? - QnA time
Please don't compare your symptoms with other women; your body is different than hers. If you haven't experienced any severe symptoms for a few days, then there is nothing to worry about because it may reappear later. What is a problem here is if you become anxious and stressed out! Stressing out can increase your complications. Still, if you doubt it, it's best to consult a doctor.
Thane Hospital performs India's first intestine transplant
With the complaint of severe abdominal pain in August, tests showed massive gangrene in the small intestine. The operation was held on a 9-year-old, Om, a pediatric patient whose intestine was affected by a viral infection. The boy's intestine got severely infected, resulting in thrombosis and gangrene, and then got referred to the Jupiter Hospital after the intestine was removed.
