Sleep Disorders

Sleep Disorders

In addition to experiencing the terror at night, there are also other sleep disorders, such as:

Sonabulisme

Yanking the teeth so that any noise. Sonabulisme is a sleep disorder in children. Child's sleepwalking. Sonabulisme categorized as a sleep disorder because it does not interfere with normal mental development of children. However, children who experience sleep disorders should be monitored because it can lead to danger. For example, if a child out of the house and perform dangerous actions that are not realized.

The best treatment is immediate wake. Until now there has been no research on sonabulisme, so not too much that can be known.

Snaps tooth

Other sleep disorders are yanking teeth like he was eating. According to mental health specialists up to now any sleep disorder is still in the research.

Your baby spit up?

baby spit up

Spit up a white fluid from the baby's mouth, especially after being fed milk. Do not panic, the condition in medical terms is called with regurgitation is often experienced by the baby until he was 12 months.

Spit up is different from vomiting. Spit happens because there is air in the stomach when food is pushed out into the baby's stomach. Spit happens passively or occur spontaneously. Different from vomiting when stomach contents come out because the kids try it out. Under normal circumstances, babies spit up can be experienced between 1 - 4 times daily.

Categorized spit up is normal, if the occurrence of some time after eating and drinking and not followed by other symptoms suspicious. During the baby's weight increased according to health standards, not fussy, spit up blood and not mixed hard not to eat or drink, then spit up do not need to be criticized. The important thing to watch out for is if the amount of fluid removed spit up a lot more than that entry, if this happens, do not wait too long immediately bring the baby to the doctor.

Cause of the spit can indeed vary. Among these are:

Cholesterol Medicine For Children

Cholesterol Medicine For Children

American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its policy on the issue of cholesterol in children who aged 10 years. Advocated for cardiovascular prevention programs that include: screening for cholesterol, alloys lose weight, increase physical activity of children, and if necessary giving statins to children who have excess weight without seeing a family history of disease or other risk.

Small children who have excess weight and are likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, when their age increases.

In previous guidelines, cholesterol-lowering drugs should only be given to children aged 10 years, and if weight loss regimens fail in a period of 6 to 12 months. In the new guidelines, it is recommended that the child can do cholesterol screening at age 2 years (not more than 10 years), if they have a family history of high cholesterol or heart attack on a family member (male under the age of 55 years, and women before the 65th years). The new guidelines also recommend lifestyle changes.

Baby Born Caesar and Probiotics

Baby Born Caesar and Probiotics

Gastrointestinal microflora plays an important role in the immune system helps your baby. But in babies who were born C-section, pending the formation of the digestive tract. To overcome this, probiotic (Bifidobacterium lactis like) can help increase endurance Caesarean-born babies, as well as reduce the risk of allergies and infections.

Bifidobacterium lactis proved to be safe for the baby so it can help improve endurance. Breast milk contains probiotics which are an indication of the importance of the role of probiotics since the early days of birth. Babies are born normal and healthy breast-fed have a body because of probiotic bacteria to dominate approximately 90% mikrobiota digestive tract.

Known medically, the presence of beneficial bacteria in babies born bifidobakteria section takes 6 months for infants born to normal match. Bifidobakteria obtained in the initial period of birth is needed to identify and establish tolerance to foreign substances that enter the body.

Abdominal Pain in Children

Abdominal Pain in Children

Abdominal pain are common symptoms and are often found in infants and children. Not all abdominal pain is caused by the stomach itself, can also be caused by the outside of the abdomen.

Stomach ache cause about 10% of infants and children between the ages of 2 weeks to 3 months to be fussy. Most often occurs in the afternoon to several days. This situation is something normal. Generally caused by bloating, accompanied by abdominal pain. When this situation occurs, you can help children relieve pain by performing actions that create a soothing effect, like a child's body shaking. This situation will disappear by itself in line with your child's age.

Fussy in older children is often caused by teething.

In children aged 0 to 3 months, abdominal pain often causes vomiting. In children aged 3 months to 2 years was vomiting, with a sudden scream, cry. Children aged 2 to 5 years can already claim a stomach ache though not effectively. While children aged over 5 years was able to explain what is felt and where the perceived pain.