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“Dental caries is the most common chronic infectious disease known of childhood” (Mulu 1). It is a major problem in the public health world, especially in young children. Early childhood caries is the caries that a child up to five years of age experience. ECC often goes untreated even though it progresses rapidly in those who are at a high risk for it. Early childhood caries has gone by many names and some of them are: early childhood tooth decay, early childhood caries, baby bottle-fed tooth…

Discussion To our knowledge, this is the youngest medication-induced erection case ever reported. At present, psychotropic medications, especially risperidone, are commonly used in the treatment of behavioral disorders in children diagnosed with vastly diverse conditions10-12. However, this report showed that it may be essential to monitor signs and symptoms related to genital systems when this group of medications are used. Although this condition is rare in children6, it has a negative…

Tourette’s Article Review Tourette’s is a tic disorder. Characterization of Tourette’s consists of the presence of involuntary contractions of muscle groups. These contractions result in verbal sounds and utterances or motor movements. Tourette’s is a combination of vocal and motor tics that occur numerous times throughout the day almost every day, however, not necessarily simultaneously for at least one year. In addition, Tourette’s must onset before age 18. Finally, diagnosis of…

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy interventions are being increasingly applied to the treatment of ADHD. Current research has demonstrated its efficacy in adult populations with ADHD, as well as its ability to provide positive behavioral outcomes for children and adolescents with this diagnosis. The success of CBT methods lies in its focus on self-guidance and strategic problem solving (Antshel, Faraone, & Gorson, 2012). In young children, this form of therapy is most successful when the parents are…

ADHD is a common disorder which can have the children to disturb the class by misbehaving, talking too much, and always moving around. ADHD is a mental disorder that affects children and adolescents wither their behavioral and emotional adjustment. These type of disorder overlaps with a learning disability (LD) since the students tend to have issues with either comprehension of reading, math, and writing. These correlates with the two types of ADHD which are predominantly inattentive and…

Many people around the world have to face the big challenge of ADHD. People have a 13% chance of having ADHD so it is no surprise that people like Michael Phelps, Justin Timberlake, and James Carville have all been diagnosed with this condition. As of 2011 6.4 million children had ever been diagnosed with ADHD. The first ever case of ADHD was in 1902, when a pediatrician named Sir George described the condition as “an abnormal defect of moral control in children”. He found that children with…

Lifting the Cloud You can see and hear the kids playing and laughing, enjoying the delights that the day has brought them. That’s our typical thoughts of children, but for some children that is not what daily life is like for them. It wasn’t until the 1970’s that doctors realized that depression does not only occur in adults, but also in children. Childhood depression is a condition that is serious and can cause changes in thinking, mood, and behavior. To diagnose children with depression,…

The human brain weighs 3 pounds, uses 20% of the daily resources consumed, and is divided into 4 distinct lobes: the Temporal lobe, the Parietal lobe, the Occipital lobe, and the Frontal lobe. The Frontal lobe is responsible for the functions we usually connect the brain to, such as thinking, decision making, planning, and behavior. When a child is young, their frontal lobe is under major developments, and certain actions they carry out are rewarded or punished by the parents, like drawing on…

Because I've heard parents and grandparents say that their kids are acting up because they have growing pains, I wanted to know if there really is such a thing or if it's only a made up saying. Do kids really feel pain as they are growing or is it possible to feel pain while sleeping and growing. I want the truth so I went on line and did a Google search. I found a lot of information. The next time I hear someone say their kid has growing pains, I will laugh.…

Generalized tonic clonic (GTC) seizures Generalized tonic clonic seizures are the classic form of childhood epilepsy, having four phases namely a) aura, b) tonic c) clonic d) post-ictal phase. Aura is a premonitory symptom, that occurs before the onset of seizure. It can be sensory, motor, visceral or autonomic. Only one third of children can describe aura. Aura is followed by tonic phase, in which the skeletal muscles undergo spasm. Muscular rigidity is the typical feature of antigravity…