What Temperature is Considered as a Fever in a Baby or Child? Normal Body Temperature in Infants and Children The normal body temperature of a child can vary between 36.5 degrees Celsius/97.7 degrees Farenheit and 37.5 degrees Celsius/99.5 degrees Farenheit. A child’s body temperature can vary by as much as 0.5 >> Read More ...
What are hunger pangs? Hunger pains or hunger pains are intense gastric contractions that occur when the stomach is empty for many hours. It eases once the stomach is distended with food although the feeling of hunger may persist. The stomach is a muscular hollow organ which can hold up to 1.5 liters of food. Muscles in >> Read More ...
Stomach pains are a common complaint among children and it is not uncommon for parents to question the validity of a child’s complaint. Whether physical, psychogenic or just an excuse to avoid an activity, stomach pain in children should always be investigated as it could be a symptom of a serious disorder. The >> Read More ...
Newborn babies can develop various types of skin rashes, caused by many different factors. Most are harmless and resolve spontaneously but others can be dangerous and may even be life-threatening for the baby. Causes of Skin Rash in Newborn Babies A rash is a reaction of the skin due to any cause, such as : Infection – >> Read More ...
What is cholangitis? Cholangitis is the medical term for inflammation of the bile ducts. The most common cause is a bacterial infection which arises as a result of pathology within the bile ducts, usually a bile duct blockage. The bile ducts carry bile from the liver and gallbladder into the duodenum. It is also joined by >> Read More ...
Post-Prandial Gastric Pain The term ‘stomach pain‘ is often used loosely to describe abdominal pain in general. However, it is widely accepted that the term ‘stomach pain‘ describes left upper quadrant (LUQ) abdominal pain. This is where the stomach is primarily located and most of it is tucked >> Read More ...
A nervous stomach is a general term to describe a number of gastrointestinal conditions that are triggered or aggravated by emotions. It can range from symptoms that are isolated to one part of the gastrointestinal tract, like the stomach, to disorders affecting the entire gut. However, it is commonly used to describe >> Read More ...
The nerve supply (innervation) of the stomach plays important roles in : holding food in the stomach until it can be processed by the rest of the gastrointestinal tract secreting certain digestive enzymes for chemical digestion of food mixing the food with the gastric secretions by churning caused by muscle contractions in >> Read More ...
The stomach is a hollow organ that lies between the esophagus (food pipe) and duodenum (small intestine). It is an expanded part of the gastrointestinal tract (gut) that plays an important role in the digestion of food. The churning of food and gastric acid secretion breaks down food into smaller particles and simpler >> Read More ...
Identifying abdominal pain as being isolated to the stomach is often difficult. The stomach is surrounded by many organs and structures that may be the cause of the pain. However, the following features may be an indication of stomach related condition resulting in pain : Pain that worsens or improves after eating or >> Read More ...
