Bacterial Bronchitis: An Underdiagnosed Cause for Chronic Wet Cough in Children!!
Bacterial bronchitis or Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) is a common cause for chronic wet cough in children especially under the...
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Foreign Body Aspiration in Children: Symptoms, investigations and treatment
Foreign-body aspiration is a common occurrence in children especially less than 5 years of age. Foreign-body aspiration can lead to...
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Inhaled vs Oral Corticosteroid for Asthma: what’s the difference?
Corticosteroids or commonly referred to as steroids, are a type of anti-inflammatory drug. Steroids are drugs that closely resemble cortisol,...
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Cough Variant Asthma in children: What are the symptoms, diagnosis & treatment?
Cough-variant asthma is a type of bronchial asthma in which the main symptom is a dry, non-productive cough. Children with...
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When to suspect Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Children?
The tuberculosis (TB) bacteria can be resistant to one or multiple used first line medicines. Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis or MDR-TB,...
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How to Live With Pet Allergies
Living with Pet allergy Many kids and adults are allergic to their pet dogs or cats. These children and adults...
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Croup in Children – Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Croup is an infection of the breathing airways of the child. Children with croup develop swelling of the voice box...
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Can Sleep Apnea in children cause symptoms during the daytime?
Obstructive Sleep apnea (OSA) leads to significant problems in children but is under-recognized and frequently overlooked. Numerous research has shown...
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Do you have an Asthma friendly home?
We all spend quite a lot of time at our home indoors. The indoor environment is very important and has...
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How to get rid of House Dust Mites?
Indoor allergens are the most important cause of respiratory allergies like asthma, nasal allergy and eye allergy. Most common indoor...
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Do You Get Breathless or Wheezy on Exercise
Many children, adolescents and young adults with asthma have symptoms when they exercise. These symptoms could be cough, breathlessness, chest...
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How does a House Dust mite live?
House dust mites are microscopic arthropods and their estimated size is approximately 1/4 to 1/3 millimeters. House dust mites hence...
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