Daily Medical Advices

There are other signs that indicate that the baby is in danger and you must call the emergency number or take it to an emergency room without delay:

- If the child does not seem to be awake, unresponsive to stimuli, and appears to be more comfortable when you have a low fever.
- If the fever and flu symptoms reappear after they had disappeared.
- If the child cries, but no tears or no wet diapers or no urine for the last 8 hours. They are symptoms of severe dehydration.
- If the baby is less than 3 months and a rectal temperature of 100.4 ° ​​F (38 ° C) or higher. Read the rest of this entry »

While the episode happens, protect your baby or your toddler in the following manner:

- Make sure the child is in a safe place and will not fall or hit with an object or hard surface or sharp.
- Do not lie on your back, but on its side to prevent choking and vomiting, or saliva.
- Make sure you do not have breathing difficulties, including any change in the color of the child’s face.
- If the seizure lasts longer than 10 minutes or the child turns blue, it’s probably a more serious type of seizure. Call your local emergency number immediately. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the alarm conditions that most parents, especially first-timers, is that your baby has a fever (ie, its temperature exceeds 38 º C or 100.4 º F). By itself, fever is not a disease but a symptom that something else is happening to the baby, have a cold or some type of infection. From 6 months to 5 years, high fever can cause seizures, called febrile seizures tend to occur more often between 12 and 18 months of age. Do not panic! Usually are not dangerous or sequelae, but parents should know what to do if they occur.

Many moms and dads, especially first-timers, do not know what to do and worry about when their babies have a fever and understandably so. Fever, after all, is a warning sign. “What is happening to the baby?”, “Did you call the doctor?”, “What do I do?” they asked. Read the rest of this entry »