DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA:
This month’s Diagnostic Dilemma:

Reda Fadle. An 8 years old boy presents with generalized muscle ache, recurrent falling and numbness plus burning sensation especially at finger tips and some times arthralgia in elbow and knee joints. Parents observed laxity of his joints. He has mild prolapse at mitral valve. What is the possible diagnosis?

PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIAL

Ataxia Telangiectasia. Ataxia Telangiectasia is a progressive degenerative disease which affects various systems of the body leading to lack of balance, slurred speech and spidery veins. Read about the symptoms, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of ataxia telangiectasia.

Iron deficiency. Iron deficiency can lead to anemia, behavioral problems. Read about the symptoms, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of iron deficiency.

QUESTION OF THE DAY

•Vivek Chetal Please guide me as to the exact indication and duration for using enalapril for intractable CHF not responding to DIGOXIN + DIURETICS.

•Sachin Murade What is the approach to diagnostic work up and management of neonatal arryhthmia

•Sundeep Nigam If a baby is partially immunised for Diphtheria can he still have diphtheria?

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Try your clinical skills in the “SPOT DIAGNOSIS” for the fortnight and the lucky winner gets a child health CD – courtesy Pediatric Oncall

This fortnight’s spot diagnosis:
This child presented with acute onset paraplegia. What is the diagnosis?

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Breast Feeding & Human Lactation Management Sunita Katyayan. We all know about the wonderful difference (in fact between life and death) that breast feeding makes in LBW and VLBW neonates and yet ...