Even though malnourishment in young children is more common in developing countries, nutritional deficiencies can also affect American children. According to the Child Welfare League of America, about 2.9 million children in the United States...
A proper balance of nutrition is important for your baby's development. While adequate nutrition can help him to thrive, malnutrition can seriously affect how he grows, develops and learns. It is important to understand what your baby needs so...
Adrenal adenomas are benign tumors that originate in the cortex of the adrenal gland. The adrenal cortex is responsible for producing a variety of hormones that control various functions within the body. Usually, adrenal adenomas do not cause any...
Babies suffering from malnutrition lack sufficient nutrients for proper health and development. Malnutrition occurs in babies around the world. The World Health Organization associates 35 percent of diseases in children under 5 with malnutrition....
Originally developed to treat nausea during pregnancy, metoclopramide has become helpful in the treatment of nausea at large, acid reflux and vomiting. It is also effective in treating gastroparesis, a chronic disorder in which stomach muscles...
Birth is a stressful event for a newborn. Newborns must make many physiologic adaptations immediately after birth, and any number of things can occur at that time. The circulatory system changes, a new oxygen source must be utilized, and the...
Kernicterus is a brain-related condition that can occur as a complication of jaundice in infants. Abnormally high levels of bilirubin -- a yellow-colored substance produced by the liver -- within the body cause the classic yellow-skin symptoms of...
Spitting up is a normal part of the first year of life for most infants. The Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation points out that this spit-up can also be called reflux. A bit of acid reflux in babies is not usually a problem. When...
All babies spit up to some degree but a newborn with acid reflux will spit up more frequently and suffer from several other symptoms. Most babies outgrown acid reflux sometime after the first birthday and may actually experience an improvement in...
According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), acid reflux or gastroesophageal reflux (GER) occurs when the contents of the stomach back up into the esophagus (a tube that connects the mouth to the...
Acid reflux is a common problem in infants and toddlers. It results from the backward flow of stomach acid or food into the esophagus. Most babies have mild symptoms that do not interfere with their daily lives or with their growth and...
Finding blood in your baby's stool can be alarming to a parent. A variety of conditions can cause a bloody stool in an infant. Fortunately, the more common causes are benign. While some conditions causing bloody stool do not require any specific...
Babies born at 36 weeks gestation are called late-preterm babies. "More than 70 percent of premature babies are born between 34 and 36 weeks gestation." If you have had uterine or cervical abnormalities, a previous premature birth or are pregnant...
Gastroesophageal reflux disease occurs when the sphincter of the lower esophagus either fails or works insufficiently, which allows the contents of the stomach to regurgitate backward up through the esophagus. According to the National Library of...
Stomach flu, or viral gastroenteritis, is an infection of the intestines caused by several types of viruses, according to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse. The stomach flu is not the same as influenza, or the common flu,...
Cerebral palsy is a term used to describe permanent motor damage. Cerebral palsy does not always indicate intellectual impairment, although two-thirds of people with CP have some mental disability, according to the National Institute of...
Elevated levels of certain substances associated with the thyroid gland--some of them produced by the thyroid itself and others produced elsewhere in the body but targeting the thyroid--can be markers for a number of diseases or clinical...
Supraventricular tachycardia, or SVT, is an abnormally fast heartbeat that occurs suddenly. It is triggered in the atria, or upper chambers, of the heart. People with SVT feel as if their heart is pounding out of their chest. Cardiac arrhythmias...
If your baby is teething and has blisters on their tongue, it could be caused by one of several conditions. Fever or a skin rash may accompany blisters in a baby's mouth if they have a virus. Blisters can also be the result of biting the tongue...
According to Clinical Microbiology Reviews, urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most commonly diagnosed bacterial infections in childhood. A UTI is an infection of the bladder and sometimes the kidneys, according to the University of...
Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a medical condition that causes extreme thirst and frequent urination. Although it shares a similar name with diabetes mellitus, the medical condition affecting the regulation of blood sugar, the two conditions are not...
A chronic headache refers to a condition that occurs for 15 days or more a month, says the Mayo Clinic. Some symptoms of a chronic headache include a pulsating pain on one side of the head, vomiting, nausea and sensitivity to sound and light....
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that lies at the base of the throat. In response to signals from the pituitary gland in the brain, the thyroid secretes hormones responsible for the body’s metabolism. These hormones control the speed...
Group B strep is a common bacterium found in the urinary tract of pregnant women. During the pregnancy, women get screened for the presence of this bacterium. Health care providers administer antibodies during the delivery to prevent infection of...
Hypoglycemia is a medical condition that affects two out of every 1,000 newborn infants, according to estimates provided by Children's Hospital Boston. Newborn hypoglycemia occurs when an infant's blood sugar levels are below normal. A parent or...
Prompt diagnosis of kidney infections in small children is important to prevent complications such as kidney scarring or the development of a blood stream infection. The symptoms of kidney infection in babies are nonspecific, meaning they do not...
Nearly 4 percent of pregnant women in the United States take illicit drugs during pregnancy, the March of Dimes says, and even more are addicted to legal but potentially harmful drugs such as alcohol and nicotine. Most drugs easily cross the...
Herpes infections are due to a virus that can infect the genital tract. This virus can cause an infection in the genital tract of both men and women. The infection can occur in newborns and can cause severe disease. According to "Nelson's...
More than half of all babies experience reflux during their first three months of life. Infant acid reflux occurs when contents of the stomach back up into the esophagus. Symptoms of reflux may include spitting, vomiting, coughing, irritability,...
Botulism is a rare but very serious condition. It's caused by toxin produced by bacteria called clostridium botulinum. The toxins that this bacterium produces are among the most poisonous substances. Learn about the different causes, symptoms, and...