Medical Advice on "Child Health"

My brother is affected with chickenpox. Will my pregnant wife get the infection soon?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have seen the report. (attachment removed to protect patient identity). I can understand your concern. I will answer one by one. As you told me it is 8th week I would like to tell you that in the first 12 weeks th...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Payas Joshi

My 2-year-old kid is having cough and cold for the past one week. What medicines shall I give?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concerns. Fever for four days in a child with mild cough can be due to upper respiratory tract infection, typhoid, or malaria. Kindly do tests like CBC (complete blood count), malarial antigen test...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel

Is it advisable to give antibiotic course twice in a month for a 10-year-old boy?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your 10-year-old son had a cough and fever which required Augmentin and nebulization, this means that the child has got wheezing with lower respiratory tract infection. Augmentin contains Amoxycillin and Clavulanic acid...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel

Can single dose of cocaine result in blood in urine?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concerns. Single dose of Cocaine cannot cause the side effects of blood in urine and stool. If taken for large period then it can lead to above symptoms. It can be stomach infection or blood abnorm...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel

What are the best ways to control, remove and prevent swine flu?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Swine flu is caused by a virus called H1N1 and H3N2 group of influenza viruses that are widespread across continents. Since they spread by aerosols, which means that a person having swine flu can spread it by just sne...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Srinivas Gunda

My son had concussion and non displaced skull fracture. When can he involve in sports?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern for your son, I hope he is fine. Since then, if he has no further bleeding and no seizure episodes, and is fine with no complaints he can attend the school and participate in sports and othe...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh

My mother-in-law takes my newborn to sleep with her. Will SIDS happen to my child?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your problem but it is important to take up this problem as a family collectively involving your husband, mother-in-law, yourself, and if possible your mother too. If I was in your place I would tell the...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Faisal Abdul Karim Malim

My son has pain in his front thigh since childhood and it affects his activities. What to do?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The symptoms you are describing are signs of malnutrition. There is probably some deficit in protein intake for this child. I would suggest a high protein diet along with some iron supplements for this child. Anothe...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Faisal Abdul Karim Malim

Can teething cause high temperature fever with diarrhea?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Many thanks for your query. Very often we put down these symptoms to teething, but this usually is a viral illness - a viral upper respiratory tract infection URTI. Teething by itself does not cause these symptoms, it i...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Bichitrovanu Sarkar

Can missing rota vaccine cause loose motions in babies?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I used to attend these kind of patients daily, I have an adequate experience to manage them. You have not given vaccine is not the topic of discussion, no need to worry about this, diarrhea is common due to various cause...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Babu Lal Meena