Little began actively engaged, will often try to do new things. Climb the ladder, chair or just plain walking alone can cause your child falls. This is because your baby for the first time to do all that, and still not skilled to do it.

Usually fall will cause minor injuries such as bruises or bumps, but can also cause serious injury that requires immediate medical care.

Immediately brought to the doctor, if your child shows signs or symptoms as follows:

The little guy looks sleepy and want to sleep on or is hard to wake.
Vomiting is more than 2 times.
Crying.
Complained of pain in the body or pain that continues to grow.
Can not run as usual.
Irritable or cranky. Continue reading …

Children who are exposed to radiation therapy before the age of five are known to have increased risk for tumors of the brain or central nervous system a few years later. Data was obtained from a study of children who survive childhood cancer. Nerve tumor types frequently encountered in children are gliomas and meningiomas, which are commonly found in the brain and other parts.

Approximately 1% of the total cancer patients aged children are able to survive in the intervening years known to be affected by a tumor on her nervous system if they are exposed to radiation. Highest risk for second cancer (cancer of the nervous system) for children who undergo radiation therapy at a very young age have the possibility of developing brain cancer later in life.

A study involving 14 361 patients with cancer at the age of the children who survived after five years free from cancer, including 116 children suffering from cancer a few years later the nerves. A total of 40 of them suffered from intermittent gliomas nine years after the first cancer-free at the age of the children and 66 of them had cancer meningiomas lapse of 17 years after being cured of the first cancer at the age of the children. Continue reading …

At a certain age children are often cranky and attack people who are nearby. This can occur if the child feels too powerful or excited, frustrated, or bored. Or it could be the child feel deeds scratching, pinching, biting or even act it is adorable and fun. For that do not make the child feel misunderstood.

Pay attention to what makes a child do that? Whether the child is bored, too excited, frustrated, happy or are waiting for your reaction. If children are bored, you can ask the other activities that are more challenging and fun. If he is too excited, it’s time to rest. But if he tries to seek your attention, try to switch to casual but still firm without being overly react to his behavior.

Apply from the outset that any form of aggressive behavior that is not justified.  firmly and consistently what it should do and should not be done by children. Give him the award if the child is able to cope with his emotions well. Do not ignore his feelings if the child is taking aggressive. Help him so that he can express his feelings through words. Observe also . It could be he’s aggressive action as seen from the surrounding environment, or television.

A heart attack can be experienced not only adults, but children now aged about 12 years, also had to suffer a heart attack. The cause is obesity.

The study was conducted at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, the United States, the 343 patients who are very obese children, aged between 5 to 23 years, with an average age of 12 years. Examined children’s heart condition and they have seen changes in the left ventricle heart, pumping part of the heart to the rest of the body.

Looks thickened left ventricle heart, which can cause the flow of blood pumped through the body is reduced. This can result in a risk of pain in the chest and heart attacks. The more obese a child, the risk of developing heart disease are also getting bigger, as presented in the meeting of Echocardiography American gatherings in San Diego.

So, do not delay anymore to lose weight the child if the child is included in the obese group. Maybe for some people, fat kids look cute but be mindful of the consequences or risks that may occur. You certainly do not want this to happen to your little one is not?

Injury caused to the child, one of which is a bleeding wound. It can be caused because of a fall, cut sharp objects and other causes.

Minor injuries are usually not harmful. Of particular concern when the wound was wide and deep, especially when the arteries, can cause heavy bleeding. If not quickly addressed can cause blood pressure to drop rapidly, causing shock.

Besides these injuries can also injure the tendons (tendons) and the neural tube. Injuries with cuts wide and deep, needs immediate treatment from a doctor.

When the injury is only a minor wound or only small blisters, can be treated as follows:

Rinse the wound with clean water to remove dirt or dead tissue in the wound there.
Then wipe with plain soap, and rinse until clean.
Cover the wound with a band-aid. Continue reading …