Question 1: Why does the baby keep having diarrhea on the fifth day after birth? Dr. Yang Yafeng answered: Diarrhea generally includes infectious diarrhea and non-infectious diarrhea; allergic diarrhea and breast milk diarrhea. Breast milk diarrhea is more common in infants, especially those who are lactose intolerant. If the baby sleeps well and is in good spirits, you can continue to observe and continue breastfeeding, as long as he is not dehydrated…
Category: infancy
infancy
What should I do if my child bites his fingernails and gets infected?
Question 1 Hello Dr. Cui! My eldest brother is three years old. Recently, I found that he keeps biting his fingernails, often splitting them. His nails are not as hard as our adults, but very soft. Is this normal? Dr. Cui Lixia answered: Nail biting is a matter of habit. It is recommended to go to a large hospital to check trace elements to see if there is zinc deficiency. In addition, there are several points to pay attention to: 1. Children are playful…
The baby\’s private parts are red, swollen and have yellow discharge. The culprit is…
(Image source: colorhub.me) Question 1 Hello doctor, my baby girl is three and a half years old. She has been using diapers and is often red and itchy. She has been complaining of pain recently. My urinary area is a little red and swollen, and the outside is white. What\’s going on? Is there also a yellow sticky substance, the same as yellow nasal discharge? what to do? Dr. Chen Dan’s answer: If there is just simple redness, it may be vulvitis. Now…
This is the reason why the hair on the back of a child\’s head refuses to grow or grows slowly!
Question 1: My baby is 6 months old and the hair on the back of his head grows very slowly. What is going on? Dr. Xu Lijuan’s answer: Usually it’s nothing, and it will get better after two or three years of age. This is caused by repeated pressure and friction between the baby\’s head and a certain place (such as a pillow) for a long time. In addition, the baby\’s metabolism is strong, which results in the sparseness or loss of local hair. As it grows…
Why does the baby make a snoring sound while feeding?
Question 1: My baby is five and a half months old. Yesterday he started to feel phlegm in his throat and started to grunt. I didn\’t notice any cough during the day, but I noticed several coughs during the night, and the tongue coating was a bit yellow and thick. His brother had a bacterial infection in the hospital, tonsillitis and fever, and was given an infusion in the hospital. Is there any cross-infection? Doctor Yang Yafeng answered: Snoring while breastfeeding does not necessarily mean there is phlegm. Let’s take a closer look…
Top 10 characteristics of children with high IQs. How many of them do your children have?
People with an IQ of 130 or above are generally considered \”high IQ\” among the population, accounting for about 2% of the population. I believe most parents are curious, does my child have the trait of \”high IQ\”? Will he be able to get into a prestigious school in the future? In fact, children with high IQs show many characteristics from the details from birth. Parents can judge their own by looking for these characteristics…
A wonderful way to treat children who have severe coughs at night. Take it and it will be effective within one day!
Can drinking boiled water with eggplant cure a cough? Take a look! I didn’t expect eggplant handles to have such uses~ Eggplants are full of treasures. They can not only relieve coughs, but also have so many magical effects… Come and take a look! Eggplant is a treasure all over. Eggplant is a commonly eaten vegetable, but you might not expect that these parts of the eggplant are treasures, each with extraordinary effects. I usually eat eggplant…
At what age does it become normal for a baby to turn over? Not being able to crawl or turn over turned out to be my fault…
Question 1: During the baby’s 42-day review, our county hospital said that the baby’s muscle tone was high and that he needed rehabilitation. Then we went to Zhengzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital to see that the baby’s muscle tone was not high, so we came back. The baby is now four months old. He can raise his head and do everything fine. I don’t know whether it’s because he is a little fat or because he wears thick clothes. He still can’t turn over. Also, when I asked him to stand up, his two feet…
What causes nosebleeds in children? Just getting angry?
Question 1: The baby girl is four years and two months old and weighs thirty pounds. During this period of time, I always get angry, my lips are red and a little dry, and I get nosebleeds every two or three days, sometimes at night when I am sleeping. The nosebleeds are short during the day and longer at night. The stool is once a day. It is a little dry at first, but then it is okay, and there are a lot of dry noses. The house has floor heating and a humidifier. This condition of the baby is lung fever…
How to treat adenoid hypertrophy in babies?
Parents ask: My baby is one year and five months old and has enlarged adenoids. Does he need surgery to remove it? If the child is too young, will the surgery be very harmful to the body? His height and weight are below the standard value. Doctor Yang Yafeng answered: The adenoids have occupied more than half of the body. Check whether the baby is hypoxic and whether it affects growth and development. If everything is normal, you can…