Newborn health

Family guidance on newborn health: practical tips, child development milestones, and when to consult a pediatrician or clinician.

Heart failure in newborns: signs, causes, diagnosis and treatment

Heart failure in a newborn is a condition in which the heart and circulatory system fail to meet the body's blood flow needs or do so only at abnormally high cardiac filling pressures.

Conjunctivitis in a one-month-old baby: causes, symptoms, treatment, and when to see a doctor

If a month-old baby's eye is truly red, pus appears, or the eyelid is noticeably swollen, the baby should be taken to the doctor the same day.

Hives in newborns: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment

A newborn, or neonate, is a child in the first 28 days of life; this is a period of high vulnerability, when even a seemingly "simple" rash requires more careful assessment than in older children.

Treatment of atopic dermatitis in children under 1 year: care, ointments, emollients, and safe therapy

Atopic dermatitis in children under 1 year of age is a chronic inflammatory skin disease in which the skin barrier is disrupted, dryness increases, and itching, redness, flaking, oozing, or crusting appear.

Seborrheic dermatitis in newborns: causes, symptoms, care, treatment, and when to see a doctor

Seborrheic dermatitis in newborns and infants most often appears as "cradle cap" on the scalp: yellowish, white, greasy, or waxy flakes that can look alarming but are usually harmless and do not cause pain to the baby.

Atopic dermatitis in newborns: symptoms, diagnosis, skin care, and safe treatment

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease in which the skin barrier is compromised, resulting in dryness, itching, and a tendency to recurring inflammatory breakouts.

Umbilical Sepsis in Newborns: Signs of Omphalitis, Sepsis Risk, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Umbilical sepsis is the common name for a dangerous situation when an infection of the umbilical wound in a newborn, that is, omphalitis, goes beyond local inflammation and leads to a systemic infection.

Neonatal sepsis: signs, causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infection in newborns

Neonatal sepsis is a severe systemic infection in a child during the neonatal period, usually in the first 28 days of life, in which the microbial infection causes organ dysfunction or a high risk of such dysfunction.

Screening for Premature Babies: What Tests Are Needed After a Preterm Birth?

A baby born alive before 37 weeks of pregnancy is considered premature. The World Health Organization distinguishes three main groups: extremely premature babies, born before 28 weeks; very premature babies, born between 28 and less than 32 weeks; and moderately or late premature babies, born between 32 and less than 37 weeks.

Vomiting during teething: could it be related to teething, danger signs, causes, and how to help your child

Vomiting during teething most often coincides with this period in time, but is not a typical symptom of teething itself.

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