Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is such a down home diagnosis. You bring your baby home and then their weight goes down. Also the ultrasound measurements are a muscle wall greater than 3mm thick and a channel length greater than 14mm. 3 and 14 - 3.14, pi. Get it? Did you read this far?
Night terrors are super scary. And the kid doesn't even remember them! They're more like sleep walking than nightmares and parents are often worried that it's a seizure or something more serious.
Night terrors are super scary. And the kid doesn't even remember them! They're more like sleep walking than nightmares and parents are often worried that it's a seizure or something more serious.
Pinworms! Ahhhhh! They itch at night and they're scary. Fortunately they are easy to treat and eradicate. They're still gross.
Did you know that pancreatitis is mostly caused by viruses in kids? They don't drink alcohol or get gallstones like grown ups. Also, scorpion bites apparently cause it. But that's silly and only something you see in board review books. Anyway, this would be a better Broadway musical than most retreads of 1980s & 90s movies.
Children with Hemophilia who present to the ED need to get a dose of Factor First! Don't delay and give their home factor if they have it.
Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome can make habitual smokers miserable! They will got some relief from hot showers - but many need fluids, ondansetron, topical capsaicin, and even Haldol.
What if the Fab Four from Liverpool sang about Henoch-Schönlein purpura - AKA IgA vasculitis. Wouldn't that be neat? Probably not. Anyway. Listen to this song, it's fun.
Acquired torticollis is a self limited spasm of the neck muscles - often he sternocleidomastoid - that responds well to ibuprofen, heat, and gentle massage and stretching exercises. I thought you'd appreciate the "wry" sense of humor in the album cover...
Dewdrops on a rose petal describes the classic appearance of the lesions in varicella infections. Chicken pox is preventable by vaccines you know...