Paediatrics & Neonatology

Peadiatrics is a branch of medicine that focuses on the health and medical treatment of children, infants, and adolescents between the ages of 18 and birth.

To treat tonsillitis, which is inflammation of the tonsil, most of the time due to a viral or bacterial infection, with a drug or in more severe cases, surgery.

Administration of supportive care like hydration and fever-reducing drugs to deal with the reaction of the body to the viral infections.

Standard preventive care (well-child checkups) to monitor the overall wellbeing, detect problems and give parental advice.

Formalized testing to establish whether a child is achieving the cognitive, social and emotional milestones on time.

Introducing vaccines into the body to activate the immune system and help to protect children against severe infectious diseases such as polio or measles and mumps.

Special nutritional advice to help the children obtain the right proportions of macronutrients and vitamins in order to grow healthy and develop their brains.

A behavioral therapy, and potentially medication, to assist children with the lack of concentration and control of impulsive actions.

Medical care of a disease such as autism or cerebral palsy that impairs the functioning of a child and his or her learning capability.

Diabetes type 1 (and more recently type 2) can be controlled by insulin therapy and blood sugar checks and adopting stringent lifestyle changes.

This is the treatment of a medical disease or physical deformity that is found in a baby since its birth.

Overactive (hyperthyroidism) or underactive (hypothyroidism) thyroid gland can severely affect the growth and energy of a child and thus it is treated.

How to treat either precocious (early) or delayed puberty so that hormonal changes are achieved at a normal developmental stage.

The specialized procedure of diagnostic diagnosis and surgical or medical correction of birth defects at an early age.

It is a rare autoimmune disease in which the mother antibodies influence the newborns, which usually results in skin rashes or heart blockage.

This is an eye infection that is common to newborn babies (pink eye) usually caused by a bacteria or a virus that is introduced into the birth canal during birth.

This is a severe bacterial infection that may develop in infants caused by the non-sterile handling of the umbilical cord and results in muscle spasms.

The diseases that are directly transmitted by the mother to the baby during the pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding (e.g., HIV, Hepatitis B).

This is a life-threatening situation in which a baby fails to get sufficient oxygen before, during or right after birth.

This is a rare staph-related disease in newborns, which presents as a diffuse red rash and fever.

It is a small red or white neonatal bump, which forms on the face of a baby soon after birth and tends to disappear without any treatment.

It is not that common and consists of several harmless vascular tumors (hemangiomas) which may be found on the skin and, more threateningly, in internal organs.

When the child has several non-malignant, so-called strawberry marks on the skin, which have a tendency of fading away as the child matures.

This is a harmless skin disorder that appears at birth and involves small blisters that burst leaving behind the small dark spots.

Short-lasting seizures that disappear on their own and do not cause permanent neurological or neurodevelopmental impairments in the first week of life in otherwise normal infants which may be genetically associated.

This is a rare condition where the blood supply to the brain of the baby is halted and it therefore requires emergency neurological care.

This is a serious, usually fatal disorder in which the excess iron accumulates in the liver and other organs of the unborn baby.

The swelling of the liver in infants which will result in jaundice and the liver functioning should be closely monitored.

It is the condition in which the immune system of the mother is targeting the red blood cells of the newborn, and it is usually because of the incompatibility of blood types.

A state in which the amount of bile that comes out of the liver is limited leading to jaundice and possible liver damage during the first few weeks of life.

This is a very rare inherited disease, which is characterized by itchy skin (ichthyosis) and bile duct scarring in the liver.

This is a specialized advanced nursing care provided to newborn children with either preterm or life-threatening illnesses at the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit).