http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Sheron+De+Mel Medicines and Remedies Sheron De Mel Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=184019&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Impetigo is an extremely contagious skin infection. This is essentially a disease of childhood, though it may also occur frequently in adults. It is usually prevalent in infants and younger children following a cold. The infection can spread rapidly from one child to another by close contact, especi... Medicines and Remedies Sheron De Mel Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=184020&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Scabies is a skin infection, popularly known as itch. It is caused by the mite sarcoptes scabiei or itch-mite. It is a contagious disease and is more common among people who live in crowded places under unhygienic conditions. The incidence of scabies is highest in children under the age of 15 years.... Medicines and Remedies Sheron De Mel Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=184022&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Head Lice, known as Pediculus Humanus in medical parlance, are tiny, flat, wingless insects which often find their way into the scalp as parasites. They suck the blood by biting the skin. This results in an irritation which, in chronic cases, caues thickening and pigmentation of the skin. Head lice... Medicines and Remedies Sheron De Mel Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=184023&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Psoriasis is one of the most stubborn skin diseases. It is characterised by thick, red silvery scaled patches of skin. This disease may appear at any age, though it is rare in infancy and early childhood. The incidence increases throughout chldhood, after the age of five years, to reach a peak at ad... Medicines and Remedies Sheron De Mel Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=184025&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Warts are mainly caused by virus infection. Viruses usually penetrate the skin via small abrasions. Warts are unpredictably contagious and the child-patient may infect himself in different places. Thus for instance, he may get wart on the lips, if he sucks a wart on the finger. Infection can also sp... Medicines and Remedies Sheron De Mel Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183687&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Ringworm infection occurs in the scalp, the body, the feet and the nails. Ringworm of the scalp is most common in children, because of the lack of protective fatty acids in their scalps. These fatty acids are produced only in adult life and make the scalp of an adult person resistant to ringworm inf... Medicines and Remedies Sheron De Mel Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183685&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Rheumatic fever of inflammatory rheumatism is a very serious chronic disease. It mainly affects chldren and adolscents. It is thought to be an allergic condition which affects the joints, heart and nervous system. The child-patient should be kept in bed until the swelling of the joints subsides and... Medicines and Remedies Sheron De Mel Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183686&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Meningitis is a severe inflammation of the meninges or inner lining of the brain andspinal cord. This may result from invasion of bacteria or virus into meninges. The infection usually spreads from the base of the brain up over the surface and down the spinal cord . It appears to reach the inside fr... Medicines and Remedies Sheron De Mel Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183684&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies A child can be suspected to have caught the measles if he has not yet had this disease, and if he lives in a place where the disease has now spread. The first symptoms, which appear during seven to 14 days after exposure to the virus, are feverishness, cold, watering of the eyes and dry cough. The f... Medicines and Remedies Sheron De Mel Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183683&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Typhoid fever is an infectious disease and children contract it from those who have had it, or from carriers. The condition is common in tropical countries with poor sanitation and the menace of flies. Typhoid fever usually develops in a child who has a great accumulation of toxic waste and other p...