Diseases of children (pediatrics)

Phimosis in children

Should you be upset if your doctor diagnoses your child with phimosis? Phimosis in children is a painful opening or inability to open the head of the penis due to narrowing of the preputial opening.

A rash without itching in a baby

In most cases, skin rashes in children cause itching, but it is also possible for a child to have a rash without itching. When does it occur, that is, what diseases are accompanied by non-itchy rashes?

What is expressive alalia?

This disorder manifests itself in the fact that children who understand speech experience difficulties with active oral statements and expressions (in Latin - expressio), that is, in a persistent disruption in the acquisition of the system of linguistic units of spoken language.

Leg cramps in a child

Leg cramps or spasms are involuntary contractions of the muscles of the lower extremities. Adults have often encountered this unpleasant and painful phenomenon.

Speech of a child with alalia

In children, a systemic delay in speech development, as one of the higher mental functions of the brain, is called alalia, which can be motor (expressive), sensory (impressive) or mixed - sensorimotor. How does the speech of children with alalia differ?

Itching in a child's anus

You can't ignore itching in the anus, because it definitely hides one or another problem. You shouldn't diagnose or treat it yourself, first of all, you need to see a doctor and get examined.

Neuroblastoma in children: causes, diagnosis, treatment

In pediatric oncology, one of the most common extracranial neoplasms is neuroblastoma in children, which is an embryonic malignant tumor of neural crest neuroblasts, that is, embryonic (immature) nerve cells of the sympathetic nervous system.

Spasmophilia in children

In pediatrics, the pathological tendency to involuntary muscle spasms and spontaneous convulsions – tetany (from the Greek tetanos – convulsion), caused by increased neuromuscular excitability due to a disruption of calcium metabolism in the body, is often defined as spasmophilia in children.

Elevated red blood cells in the urine of a child: what does it mean?

Increased content of red blood cells in urine in children is hematuria. Normally, they are not detected during a general analysis or the detected amount is no more than 1-2 elements in the field of vision.

Bacteria in the urine of a child: causes, how to treat

The presence of bacteria in a child's urine is determined by microscopic examination of its sediment and is a dangerous signal. What does this mean? It indicates a viral disease of the urinary system.