All about flat feet: transverse and longitudinal, how to treat and prevent
Flatfoot is a change in the shape of the foot of the foot when its longitudinal or transverse arch is lowered. Most often, girls and women are affected. This causes significant inconvenience, and in some cases leads to complications. In this article, you will learn how to prevent this outcome and improve your quality of life. You will also find tips on preventing flat feet. They are especially relevant for women who like to walk in high heels. They are useful to mothers to prevent the development of flat feet in a child. Of course, flat feet can be congenital, but it is rare – 3% of cases. To determine it, most often succeeds after 6 years. The fact is that in young children, the foot is flat. Therefore, talking about the presence of a problem is quite difficult at an early age. Continue reading
How to get rid of lice? Pediculosis treatment in a child
There is a false opinion that lice appear in children from dysfunctional families, where they are left to their own devices and do not care too much about their own hygiene. In practice, this parasite does not choose a victim for well-being. Pediculosis affects all children, as well as their parents.
There are many effective ways to get rid of lice quickly. However, in the treatment of pediculosis, many adults make a number of mistakes that not only do not rid the child of the parasite, but also can cause great harm to health. Continue reading
Laryngitis in a child: treatment. Parent Guide
Laryngitis in a child requires compulsory treatment. This is not an ARVI, which passes by itself. Laryngitis is an inflammation of the mucous membranes of the larynx that usually occurs against the background of infectious diseases. If you do not treat laryngitis in a child, then this is fraught with complications and prolongs the period of concomitant illness. Also, there is another option for inflammation of the larynx that affects the trachea – laryngotracheitis. Their symptoms are the same, and both can develop into a chronic form. This is another reason to immediately begin treatment of laryngitis or laryngotracheitis in a child. The chronic form means that with any provoking factor, a person again experiences all the symptoms of the disease. Continue reading
Panic attacks: how to decipher their “messages”
Doctors and psychologists recommend that in the event of frequent unreasonable anxiety, pay attention to your physical activity, diet, and also check the “thyroid gland”.
Of course, everyone in life had situations when a person could not help but worry and not be anxious, and such a condition, if it occurs rarely and “in the case”, is quite normal. Continue reading
What causes the wrong ECG result?
An electrocardiogram, or ECG, is a simple test that doctors use to measure the electrical activity of the heart.
This helps them identify underlying heart diseases.
Sometimes non-standard ECG results are just a normal change in a person’s heart rate. In other cases, this may be due to the underlying condition of the heart or a reaction to medications that the person is taking. Continue reading