All children will cough occasionally but recurrent cough, difficulty breathing with cough, or coughing up purulent or bloody material warrant a thorough and timely evaluation. A "wet" or "mucousy" cough will sound different than a "dry" or "scratchy" cough or a "barky" ("sounds like a sea...
Most parents don't realize that not getting enough food can be the cause of unexplained vomiting in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning. Where there is no fever, stomach flu, or any other common cause of vomiting in younger children, vomiting is often caused by low blo...
As of today, Brian, Max, and I all have residual runny noses and coughing, but no fever. I still wake up coughing several times each night. I sit up, drink some water, pop a cough drop in my mouth, wait for it to dissolve, and then lie back down to sleep. I woke up this mor...
All children will cough occasionally but recurrent cough, difficulty breathing with cough, or coughing up purulent or bloody material warrant a thorough and timely evaluation. A "wet" or "mucousy" cough will sound different than a "dry" or "scratchy" cough or a "barky" ("sounds like a sea...
Antibiotics are helpful in preventing rheumatic fever (an uncommon but severe complication of a streptococcal infection, which may cause severe inflammation of the heart muscle and heart valves). Corticosteroids can be helpful in the treatment of a few select types of sore throats. Although they im...
Inguinal hernia Bulge located in inguinal canal, pain detected with Valsalva maneuver and coughing [42] Serous cystadenoma Massive abdominal swelling and pain progressively intensifying, no systemic symptoms [43] Mesothelial cyst Large and hard abdominal mass in abdominal region, no change with Valsalva...
Other symptoms may have included but were not limited to congestion, fever, sore throat, myalgias, and headache. Patients were excluded if they had signs or symptoms of a more treatable disease (eg, asthma, pneumonia, laryngotracheobronchitis, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis). They were also ...
When a child begins complaining about an earache, but has no fever, parents are left wondering what is wrong. Earwax and outer ear infection are the most common situation. Symptoms can be soothed quickly with our home remedies.
Sickle cell disease is a prevalent hematologic condition, but some of the factors that lead to erythrocyte sickling are not fully known. A 58-year-old male patient with a history of sickle cell disease (SCD) and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation was transferred from an outside hospital for further...
Fred:1. (actual),I’m not fine.I’ve been coughing a lot these days. Frank:Have you seen a doctor? Fred:Not yet,but I guess it’s smoking that is causing me so much pain.I have been trying to give up 2. (smoke),but never succeeded.Have you got any good ideas?...