Child Specialist

Measles is a viral condition characterized by a maculopapular rash. It can occur in any age group. Initially, there is fever which gradually becomes high grade. The eyes of the child become red. The child gets runny eyes and runny nose. It initially looks like a case of flu. Then, the ears start getting red. In a day or two, the measles rash appears. First the rash appears on the face. It is a maculopapular rash. Blotchy, red spots appear all over the body. Rash initially starts from behind the ears. After this first the face, then gradually over a period of days the body and upper limbs and finally the lower limbs get affected. The whole process takes four to five days. As the rash starts to appear on the lower limbs it starts disappearing on the face. The fever starts to come down. The child is very itchy. Measles can be accompanied by a mild cough or diarrhea. However, in some cases, the cough may increase and there might be chest infection, which can go on to become ...

Typhoid is a disease caused by eating contaminated food or drinking contaminated water. According to Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla - child specialist in Karachi , In recent years, typhoid has become more wide spread. Many resistant strains of typhoid have emerged so that patients do not respond to simple treatments. The clinical symptoms include high grade fever going up to 102 -103 °F. The fever does not touch the normal temperature and generally stays for more than a week. The child looks sick, toxic and lethargic. The tongue is coated white and a bad odor comes from the mouth. The child does not feel like eating and feels nauseated. There may be pain in the abdomen and diarrhea may develop. As time passes vomiting may start too. If not treated in time ulcers may develop in the intestines which can be very dangerous. There may be bleeding from the ulcers leading to blood in the stools and the ulcers may burst, which is a surgical emergency resulting in urgent surgery. ...

Constipation is becoming more and more common worldwide over recent years. According to Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi , this is chiefly attributed to dietary changes in children habits. Children tend to eat more fast food, which is refined and contains less fiber; foods such as pizza, burgers, noodles, white bread, cakes, white refined flour, french fries, chips etc. Due to which children tend to initially pass less and less stools. The stool then starts getting hard. The child has difficulty in passing hard stools so he tries to hold the stools. As the child holds the stools they become more hard. The child cries in pain while trying to pass stools. It is a very painful condition. The hard stools can cause a fissure in the anus, which is even more painful and may result in blood trickling with the hard stools. The child holds the stool even more and gets more constipated. A vicious cycle is thus set up. The child is irritable, does not like to eat. C...