2nd Annual Conference on Pediatric Nursing and Healthcare
Theme: Innovation, Initiation and Implementation in Pediatric Healthcare
Date: June 17-18, 2019
Conference Venue: Dubai, UAE
Sunday 2 June 2019
Friday 19 April 2019
Paternal Age: A Factor for New born Baby
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Society
always reminds a woman of their ticking biological clocks and the risks that
come with having children later in life both in terms of maternal and infant
health but there's been less research for the impact of men's age on their
children's health. The problem starts for the last four decades as more couples
marry later and delay having children until they’ve completed their education
and are secured in their careers.
According
to a study of more than 40 million deliveries, Babies born to older fathers are
more likely to be less healthy at birth and women who have children with older
men may have increased health risks, too especially gestational
diabetes. Babies with fathers aged 45 or older also had a 14 %
higher chance of being admitted to a neonatal
intensive care unit and were 14 % more likely to be premature than those who
born to younger fathers.
Scientists
believe the increased risk of health conditions might be due to random genetic
mutations in sperm which can be
observed more commonly in older men rather than in younger one. Avoid of alcohol,
recreational drugs and no smoking are the keys men can keep their sperm
healthy.
What
are the Risk Factors?
- Pregnancy loss
- Rare birth defects
- Autism
- Schizophrenia
- Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Cancers
- Intelligence
- Genetic Disorders
- Life expectancy
- Mental illness
Moreover,
there can be significant advantages to having children later in life than in teens
or twenties, maturity and financial security of the parents among them. Older
parents considered to have more time and patience to nurture their children in
a better way.
Friday 29 March 2019
New Technique against Periodontal Disease
Dentistry
is the art and science of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of medical conditions.
Periodontal disease, also called as gum disease, is caused when bacteria in
plaque develops between the gums and teeth. Research has shown that gum disease
may be related with other diseases, for example diabetes and heart disease.
The
first sign of gum disease is blood on your toothbrush or in the toothpaste you
spit out after cleaning your teeth. Your
gums may also bleed when you are eating, leaving awful taste in your mouth.
Your breath may become unpleasant also.
In an exciting new
study, scientists have been able to combine biological and mechanical
techniques to repair and regenerate bone and gum tissue. Long-standing gum
disease sometime turns into periodontal disease, affecting the tissues
supporting the teeth.
To treat the condition,
researchers surgically implanted a thin, film-like membrane between the
inflamed gum and tooth. This membrane obstructs the infection from the gums and
conveys antibiotics, medication and development components to the gum tissue.
Despite the fact that
researchers have developed biodegradable membranes, these materials don't tend
to work as well for redeveloping periodontal tissue.
The scientists made
nano-fibrous membranes of poly (ε-caprolactone), which is a biocompatible
polymer already approved for medical applications. As part of the study,
researchers created a membrane which was coated with a special material that
has been found to speed up bone regeneration.
They then tested this against human stem cells from the gums which had
been exposed to erosion for eight weeks.
At the point when the researchers embedded
the membranes into the gums of rats with periodontal defects, then bone at the
defect sites regenerated to normal levels within two months.
Session on: Pediatric Denistry
Friday 8 March 2019
What Triple ‘P’ in Pediatrics? #
In
monitoring and prediction of children's growth, the spurt in puberty is often
considered too variable to be predictable. Puberty begins when the body starts
producing extra amounts of hormones which leads to physical and emotional
changes.
Changes
include breast development, pubic hair growth, a growth spurt, and finally the
start of menstrual periods in girls.
Types of Puberty Problems in Pediatrics :
- Delayed puberty means puberty hasn’t started by the age of 13
- Precocious puberty include when puberty begins too early i. e. before age 7 or 8 in girls
- Contra sexual pubertal development which means development of male characteristics in females
- Premature thelarche suggests breast development without any other signs of puberty
- Premature adrenarche include appearance of pubic hair without any other signs of puberty
Why it Happen ?
The
causes may include:
- Heredity
- Hormonal disorders (polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- Genetic disorders
- Problems in the pituitary or thyroid glands which produce the hormones for growth and development
- Chromosome disorders which affect normal growth processes
- Eating disorders
- Chemotherapy
- Other underlying medical condition or injury
New Knowledge :
New
findings and methods are now enabling to give a better picture of how children
and adolescents grow, especially during puberty.
Growth
reflects health and can be a diagnostic indicator which is capable of revealing
both diseases and psychosocial problems.
Body
Mass Index (BMI) in childhood can be linked to height gain. A high BMI early in
life was observed with a greater proportion of height gain before puberty. The
smallest pubertal spurt was in gathering of children with the highest BMI in
childhood. These findings help to make pubertal growth more clearly
predictable.
Treatment:
- Treatment depends on symptoms and the cause of the problems.
- Observation and regular check-ups
- Hormone therapy
- Surgery – for anatomical corrections
- Start counselling to help children and their families to deal with the emotional and social challenges
Friday 1 March 2019
What Vacation Meant for Healthy Life?
A
break from everything is much needed to everyone in a while. The amount of
stuff we’ve got to handle on a regular basis between work, family, friends, and
finances, we need for self-care. Vacations
are more than just a change of scenery. Many Experts believe that the break
from work provides benefits to both your physical and mental health and
includes a longer life.
Health Benefits of Vacations:
Stress Reduction:
A
study by the American Psychological Association stated that, vacations are to diminish
stress by expelling people from activities and environments that generally tend
to be sources of stress. They have
fewer physical ailments such as headaches and backaches. Neural connections
that produce feelings of calm and peacefulness become weak and make more
difficult to shift into less-stressed modes.
Cardiovascular Risk:
Studies
show an increased risk of heart attack happens even for people who skip just
one year of vacation. Stress management is a key to reducing cardiovascular
risk and upping longevity in the long run. Recent study shows, men who take
frequent annual vacations were 21 % less likely to die from any cause and were
32 % more likely to die from heart disease.
Improved Productivity:
If
we consider another study regarding the importance of vacation for employees,
then it shows, if each additional 10 hours of vacation employees took, their year-end
performance ratings improved 8 %, and frequent vacationers also were
significantly less likely to leave the firm and significantly more productive than
those who spent more time working.
Better Sleep:
Vacations
can help interrupt the habits that disrupt the sleep, such as working late into
the night or viewing an illuminated screen before bed. If you have stress from
work and you find that your sleep is disrupted because of anxiety or tension, then
you should take time off and learn to reset your sleep pattern.
How to Plan a Vacation?
- Start pre-planning
of your journey and keep it simple.
- Leave a specific
out-of-office message.
- Take more photos
and videos for life long memories.
Friday 22 February 2019
How to measure nicotine exposure in children?
Young
children are addicted to the effects of tobacco smoke and other environmental toxicants
are a major public health problem. Exposures to abstract electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), nicotine, and tobacco
products among young children are increasing day by day. Approximately more
than 2,500 teenagers start smoking every day and one-third of them will die
prematurely of a smoking related disease.
Nicotine,
found in e-cigarette vapours and tobacco products, is very addictive and
increases a person’s risk of high blood
pressure and heart disease. About
90% of all adult smokers started these habits when they were kids. To look
cool, act older, lose weight, seem tough, or feel independent generally kids
get attracted to these habits.
Risks:
·
Tobacco
cigarettes are the leading cause of preventable deaths and can cause cancer, heart
disease, and lung disease.
·
E-cigarettes,
vape pens, and hookahs (water pipes), are now become popular in recent years,
are filled with tobacco, nicotine, and other harmful chemicals.
·
Chewing tobacco can
lead to nicotine addiction, oral cancer, gum disease, and most important is it increased
risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks.
How to measure:
A
group of researchers has observed and found silicone wristbands to be a compelling
method to measure children's exposure to second hand smoke. The wristbands,
which made of silicone and resemble the kind bearing motivational messages,
were placed on three groups of kids isolated by exposure type.
- Children exposed
only to smokers
- Children exposed
to non-smokers and non-e-cigarette users
- Children exposed
only to e-cigarette users
After
the seven days of research, the tests revealed that silicone wristbands may
turn into a valuable device for epidemiology
and intervention studies of tobacco product exposure in children and adults in
the future.
Role of Parents:
Parents
are always role models for kids. If you smoke, quit it. If you can’t, do not
smoke in front of your children. Nicotine is addictive so, provide educational
materials and help your child identify personally relevant reasons to quit.
Friday 8 February 2019
Are you wondering on your child’s reading issues?
Sometimes kids have
trouble in accurate reading and fluency. Dyslexia is a disorder characterized
by trouble with reading comprehension, spelling and writing. Raising a child
with dyslexia is a journey.
Causes of Dyslexia:
It's a condition by
born, and it often hereditary. People with dyslexia are not stupid or lazy.
Most of them have average or above-average intelligence, but they work very
hard to overcome their learning problems. Research has shown that dyslexia
happens how the brain processes the information.
Symptoms in Children:
- Delayed in speech development compared with other children of the same age
- Pronunciation problem like long words properly and "jumbling" up phrases
- Little understanding or appreciation of rhyming words
- Visual disturbances when reading
- Slow writing speed and poor handwriting
- Difficulties with numbers
Other Issues associated with Dyslexia:
- ADHD can make it difficult for affected persons to stay focused during reading and other activities.
- Auditory processing disorder (APD) affects a child’s ability to sort through the sounds they hear.
- Dysgraphia can affect a child’s ability to spell and to form letters and numbers correctly.
Can it be diagnosed?
The only way to know
for sure if your child has dyslexia is to evaluate him either at school or
privately. There a few types of professionals working for kid’s dyslexia which
include school psychologists, clinical psychologists and pediatric
neuropsychologists.
Treatment and Research:
New research suggests
that, the brain can be trained to avoid dyslexia. Since many years, many neuro-scientific
studies suggest that the auditory regions of the brain synchronize with
external auditory stimuli. So, the brain is naturally able to adjust the frequency
of its brain waves with the oscillations or the rhythm of what it listens at
each moment.
There's no known way to
correct the underlying brain abnormality as dyslexia is a lifelong problem.
However, early detection and evaluation can determine specific needs and
appropriate treatment for success.
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