HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR DENTITION TROUBLES IN CHILDREN

Teething means when the first set of teeth , called primary teeth break through the gums. Teething usually begins at the age of 6 months , but can start anytime between 3-12 months

Lower front teeth come up first followed by upper front teeth  1 to 2 months later. Usually complete by child’s third birthday

A teething baby put his hands and whatever he gets in to his mouth. Tend to bite and chew. Have dribbling of saliva. Become cranky and crying. Not sleep. Refuse to eat or drink milk. Have diarrhea.

Have low fever due to gum inflammation. Have rashes around the mouth

Do’s—Give baby something cold to suck or chew eg teether or  a clean cloth dipped in water and kept in the freezer

Wipe your baby’s face often with a soft cloth to clean saliva to prevent rashes

Dont’s –Don’t keep small objects with in the reach of babies

Don’t give any unclean object to the baby

HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES

ACONITUM NAPELLUS 30 – Fever with chills. Excessive thirst. Anxiety and restlessness. Sweating gives relief

CHAMOMILLA 30—An excellent remedy for teething troubles. Child is  extremely irritable and peevish. One cheek red and the other pale. Profuse sweat on head. Greenish offensive  diarrhea. Gums red and tender.

CALCAREA CARB. 30—Delayed dentition in fat , fair and flabby baby, Profuse sweating on head.  Craving for eggs. Child likes indigestible things like clay, chalk, coal etc

AETHUSA CYNAPIUM 30—Indigestion. Vomiting of curded milk or greenish vomiting followed by exhaustion and sleepiness. Nodesire to drink water

RHEUM 30—Sour smelling diarrhea. Whole body of child smells sour. Pain abdomen with tenesmus- painful urge to stool

MAGNESIA CARBINICUM  30- Child is unable to digest milk. Milk causes pain in stomach. Undigested sour smelling  stool

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR DYSLEXIA OR LEARNING DISORDERS IN CHILDREN

Dyslexia or learning disabilities  is a learning disorder characterized by difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words. Also called specific reading disability, dyslexia is a common learning disability in children.

Dyslexia occurs in children with normal vision and intelligence. Sometimes dyslexia goes undiagnosed for years and isn't recognized until adulthood.

Causes--Dyslexia has been linked to certain genes that control how the brain develops. It appears to be an inherited condition — it tends to run in families.

These inherited traits appear to affect parts of the brain concerned with language, interfering with the ability to convert written letters and words into speech.

Symptoms--Dyslexia symptoms can be difficult to recognize before your child enters school, but some early clues may indicate a problem. Once your child reaches school age, your child's teacher may be the first to notice a problem. The condition often becomes apparent as a child starts learning to read.

Before school

Signs and symptoms that a young child may be at risk of dyslexia include:

·         Late talking

·         Learning new words slowly

·         Difficulty learning nursery rhymes

·         Difficulty playing rhyming games

School age

Once your child is in school, dyslexia signs and symptoms may become more apparent, including:

·         Reading well below the expected level for your child's age

·         Problems processing and understanding what he or she hears

·         Difficulty comprehending rapid instructions

·         Problems remembering the sequence of things

·         Difficulty seeing (and occasionally hearing) similarities and differences in letters and words

·         Inability to sound out the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word

·         Difficulty spelling

·         Trouble learning a foreign language

Teens and adults

Dyslexia symptoms in teens and adults are similar to those in children. Though early intervention is beneficial for dyslexia treatment, it's never too late to seek help. Some common dyslexia symptoms in teens and adults include:

·         Difficulty reading, including reading aloud

·         Trouble understanding jokes or expressions that have a meaning not easily understood from the specific words (idioms), such as "piece of cake" meaning "easy"

·         Difficulty with time management

·         Difficulty summarizing a story

·         Trouble learning a foreign language

·         Difficulty memorizing

·         Difficulty doing math problems

Risk factors-- Dyslexia risk factors include:

·         A family history of dyslexia

·         Individual differences in the parts of the brain that enable reading

Complications--Dyslexia can lead to a number of problems, including:

·         Trouble learning. Because reading is a skill basic to most other school subjects, a child with dyslexia is at a disadvantage in most classes and may have trouble keeping up with peers.

·         Social problems. Left untreated, dyslexia may lead to low self-esteem, behavior problems, anxiety, aggression, and withdrawal from friends, parents and teachers.

·         Problems as adults. The inability to read and comprehend can prevent a child from reaching his or her potential as the child grows up. This can have long-term educational, social and economic consequences.

Children who have dyslexia are at increased risk of having attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and vice versa. ADHD can cause difficulty sustaining attention as well as hyperactivity and impulsive behavior, which can make dyslexia harder to treat.

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES

Homoeopathic medicines works well for this condition, more over it safe. Some of the important remedies are given below

AMMONIUM CARBONICUM 200-Ammonium carb. Is effective for mathematical disability. Tendency to makes mistakes in speaking , writing and calculating . Depressed with weakness of intellect.

BARYTA  CARBONICA  30-Baryta carbonicum is an excellent remedy for learning disabilities in children. The forgets her errand or word in her mouth. The child have loss of memory , mental weakness, loss of confidence, and  have confusion. The child is timid, cowardly, and hides behind the furniture and keeps the hands over the face, peeping through the fingers. The child also have dullness of the mind. The child has trouble in concentrating .

LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM 200- Lycopodium clavatum is one of the top Homoeopathic remedies for learning and writing  disabilities in children. Children having weak memory , and confused thoughts. The child spells or writes wrong words and syllables. The child cannot read what he writes.  His speech is indistinct and stammers out the last word. He is unable to learn languages and often makes mistakes. Brain fag after influenza. The child does not like to take up new tasks or do new things. The child has trouble paying attention during a conversation.

MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS 30-Mercurius sol. Is prescribed for learning disabilities with profound reading disorder and disturbed speech. Child has poor self confidence, memory weak, forgets everything. Loss of will power and slow in answering.

KALI BROMATUM 30-Kali bromatum is an effective remedy for learning disabilities and it is prescribed when the child uses opposite words , hot for cold, . He often adds or omits letters while writing. There is loss memory and the child forgets how to talk , has to be told the word before he can speak it.

CANNABIS SATIVA 30-Cnnabis sativa is prescribed for learning disabilities who repeats words while writing. The child is very forgetful cannot finish the sentence. There is vanishing of thoughts and want of words. Ideas seems to stand still , he stares in front of him is absorbed in higher thoughts , but is unconscious of them.The child has trouble in recalling what he has just done.

NATRUM MURIATICUM 200—Natrum mur. is another effective remedy for learning disabilities where the child complains of a roaring, buzzing sound in the head and ears.Children learn to talk slowly. Awkward in talking, hasty, drops things.

CAUSTICUM 200-Causticum is prescribed for learning disabilities with speech disabilities. The child mispronounces or uses wrong words while speaking.

STRAMONIUM 200-Stramonium is used for learning disabilities where the person calls things by wrong names.

SUMBUL 30Sumbul is effective for children having weak mathematical skills.A person with this condition generally makes mistakes while writing and while performing simple mathematical calculations, especially while adding numbers.

HELLEBORUS NIGER 200-Helleborus is another effective remedy for learning disabilities with weak memory.The child has trouble remembering what he might have heard. Child is slow in answering.

THUJA OCCIDENTALIS 200-Thuja occ is effective for reading and writing disabilities. Dullness of mind. Cannot concentrate. Speech slow, hunts for words.

ARE CHILDREN WHO PLAY VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES AT GREATER RISK FOR DEPRESSION

While much attention has focused on the link between violent video game playing and aggression among youths, a new study finds significantly increased signs of depression among preteens with high daily exposure to violent video games. The details and implications of this important new study are described in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers

Susan R. Tortolero, PhD and coauthors from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, RAND Corporation (Santa Monica, CA), The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, GA), and Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA) recorded significantly more depressive symptoms over the course of a year among fifth-graders from three U.S. cities who reported playing high-violence video games for 2 or more hours a day, compared to those who reported playing low-violence video games for less than 2 hours a day. This association was consistent across all racial/ethnic subgroups and among boys, according to the study results presented in the article "Daily Violent Video Game Playing and Depression in Preadolescent Youth."

"One of the strengths of this study is its large and ethnically diverse sample," says Editor-in-Chief Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA, BCB, BCN, Interactive Media Institute, San Diego, California and Virtual Reality Medical Institute, Brussels, Belgium

More HIV Children With Neuropathy

Today's post from i-base.info (see link below) is a reflection on one of the topics discussed at the 2012 Aids Conference in Washington. We often forget that although neuropathy is relatively rare in children in the western world, old-fashioned HIV drugs, which are still used widely in the third world (mainly because those are the only ones the drug companies are prepared to make price concessions on) cause many more cases in poorer countries. These drugs are renowned for causing peripheral neuropathy as a side effect and of course, there will be a high percentage of HIV positive children who are going to be affected. One can only conclude that political, budgetary decisions need to be made to change the situation.

High prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in children taking d4T in rural South Africa

1 August 2012. Polly Clayden, HIV i-Base

Peripheral neuropathy is a well-known side effect of older nucleosides, particularly d4T, which is still used widely in poor settings.

Although it clearly occurs, this phenomenon is less well characterised in children and it is difficult to assess, particularly with limited resources.
In an oral presentation at IAC 2012, Remco Peters from the Anova Health Institute, Khutso Kurhula Project, Tzaneen, South Africa, showed findings from an evaluation of neuropathy in children in the rural Mopani district. This district is a health priority area in South Africa and the institute runs a nurse managed ART programme in 100 public health care facilities with the support of PEPFAR.
The group used two clinical tools to screen for neuropathy – the neuropathy symptom score (NSS) and neuropathy disability screen (NDS). These tools are feasible for resource limited settings and the NDS only uses a reflex hammer, cotton buds, tooth pick and cold water (to access ankle reflex and perception of vibration, pin-prick and temperature).

It was a cross sectional study of 182 children of median age of 9 years (range 5-15 years) and receiving ART for a median of 2 years (range 2 months to 6.4 years). The majority (86%) received d4T-containing regimens.
Forty-nine (27%) children reported neuropathy symptoms and NDS was positive for 25 children (14%); 43 (25%) children fulfilled the study criteria for peripheral neuropathy.

Co-trimoxazole use was negatively associated with neuropathy OR 0.42, (95% CI 0.20 – 0.88, p=0.019) and there were trends for peripheral neuropathy to be associated with older age and longer time on ART but this analysis is still onging.

Dr Peters included quotes from the children: “My feet are burning, I must take off my shoes in class otherwise I can’t concentrate” from one and, “I can’t sleep at night because of the tingling of my feet; I’m tired during the day” from another.

He concluded that neuropathy is common and frequently undiagnosed in this region and that NSS and NDS are useful diagnostic tools in such settings. Most importantly he added: “Talk to the child!”

comment

d4T associated toxicities have been well documented and screening tools that can be used where resources are limited are welcome.
That children’s experience of adverse events reliant on patient reporting often seems to increase as they get older (and gain a vocabulary) is worth noting.

Reference:

Peters RPH et al. Clinical screening shows high prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in children taking antiretroviral therapy in rural South Africa. 19th International AIDS Conference. 22-27 July 2012, Washington. Oral abstract MOAB0205.

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