INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND HINDI Acute Scrotum / Torsion Testis Acute scrotum is sudden onset of redness and swelling over the scrotum. This is associated with severe pain over the scrotum and sometimes lower abdomen and may be accompanied with nausea and vomiting. Of the many causes of acute scrotum, the most common […]
Appendicitis
INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND HINDI APPENDICITIS Appendicitis is commonly caused by consuming unhygienic food and water. This causes the child to have recurrent abdominal pain, poor appetite and school drop outs. Recurrent appendicitis can also cause glands around the intestines to enlarge (Mesenteric lymphadenitis). Acute appendicitis can cause severe abdominal pain which commences […]
Anaesthesia (Pediatric Anaesthesia)
INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND HINDI PEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA A major concern of all parents for their child undergoing surgery is anaesthesia. Most of the parents are worried as to how can a small child be anaesthetized and whether the procedure can be done under a local anaesthetic. One of the major concerns is whether […]
Abdominal Pain / Recurrent Abdominal Pain
INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND HINDI RECURRENT ABDOMINAL PAIN & MESENTERIC LYMPHADENOPATHY Recurrent abdominal pain is a common and vexing problem in children especially between 2 and 10 years. Abdominal pain which causes disturbance in sleep, school drop outs and hindrance in day to day activities of the child needs medical attention. It is mandatory […]
Anaesthesia (Pediatric Anaesthesia)
INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND HINDI PEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA A major concern of all parents for their child undergoing surgery is anaesthesia. Most of the parents are worried as to how can a small child be anaesthetized and whether the procedure can be done under a local anaesthetic. One of the major concerns is whether […]
Abdominal Pain / Recurrent Abdominal Pain
INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND HINDI RECURRENT ABDOMINAL PAIN & MESENTERIC LYMPHADENOPATHY Recurrent abdominal pain is a common and vexing problem in children especially between 2 and 10 years. Abdominal pain which causes disturbance in sleep, school drop outs and hindrance in day to day activities of the child needs medical attention. It is mandatory […]
Appendicitis
INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND HINDI APPENDICITIS Appendicitis is commonly caused by consuming unhygienic food and water. This causes the child to have recurrent abdominal pain, poor appetite and school drop outs. Recurrent appendicitis can also cause glands around the intestines to enlarge (Mesenteric lymphadenitis). Acute appendicitis can cause severe abdominal pain which commences […]
Acute Scrotum / Torsion Testis
INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND HINDI Acute Scrotum / Torsion Testis Acute scrotum is sudden onset of redness and swelling over the scrotum. This is associated with severe pain over the scrotum and sometimes lower abdomen and may be accompanied with nausea and vomiting. Of the many causes of acute scrotum, the most common […]
Ambiguous Genitalia / Disorders of Sexual Differentiation / Intersex
INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND HINDI INTERSEX / DISORDERS OF SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION / AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA At conception, a fetus’s gender is already determined based on the 23rd pair of chromosomes it inherits from the parents. Females have two X chromosomes and males have an X and a Y chromosome. The sexual organs of males […]
Abdominal Wall Defects – Gastroschisis
INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND HINDI GASTROSCHISIS Gastroschisis is a type of abdominal wall defect which occurs when the child’s abdomen does not develop fully while inside the womb. It affects 1 in every 3000 children. In gastroschisis, the intestines are open to the air when the child is born. The umbilical cord is […]