parents should not consider an infant or a child at par like an adult

Its important that parents do not consider an infant or a child at par like an adult that they may be given OTC Medicines as and when they feel like. Children are not like machines but are like pets.. . Who cannot talk and the problem perceived by an adult non medico is likely to be a mere exaggeration of what the adult may be imagining with his re-callable experience of sufferings.. most remembered in last few days. Also what a child may tell as a symptom may not be exactly same what the child may be suffering from as a toddlers language development may not be appropriate to describe the exact suffering of child. A doctor often needs to weight the told symptoms, felt feelings and clinical signs before declaring a child to be manageable from home. Deciding about medicines also depends on level of acumen of doctor, his expertise and recent trends of the symptom in recent days apart from his knowledge beliefs and his readings of recent advances and guidelines. Degree alone can't be enough. DR Kondekar sharing his experiences
Here are few common examples where wrongs are common:
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डॉं कोंडेकर संतोष वेंकटरमण@मुंबई Dr Santosh Kondekar is now also available at Shushrusha hospital Dadar West . Mumbai India. Monday to Friday at 7 to 9 PM. www.kondekar.com Follow @9869405747 DR SK is a qualified pediatrician with MD and DNB qualification, from India who has specialised himself in counselling parents and children about the knowledge and various aspects of child health, illness, treament, diseases and their doctors. Dr SK is working as a pediatric intensivist and respiratory and infections specialist at Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital Mumbai India 400012. He has clinical expertise in guiding doctors, patients and also managing various illnesses and / or clinical situations concerning child health and its aspects like: Growth, Development Social and behavioural pediatrics including ADHD Respiratory illnesses including cold,cough, asthma Cardiac illnesses including congenital defects and rheumatic diseases Renal diseases Gastrointestinal diseases including diarrhea, vomiting, infections. hematological illnesses including anemias and hemorrhages. and various infections caused by various bugs like bacteria viruses and fungus. and many other clinical situations, illnesses, diseases. He has special interest in tuberculosis and other infections affecting various body organs and systems. The answers posted at above website are sole opinions of Dr SK with or without references and personal experience. These answers are just hypothetical and logical assesment of the limited information provided by the parent to the doctor in the form. The doctor being not able to examine the patiet and / or being not able to have access to reports, is practically not in a position to make diagnosis orprove it wrong... or suggest any treatment. Treatment suggested by this doctor at this site is just a hypothetical suggestion in agiven hypothetical limited situation which the parent may use for his basic understanding or discussion with his doctor, and for understanding and following basic health norms. Donot follow any prescription just because it was mentioned at this site. The consultation didnot take place, as the doctor has not examined the patient, legally its impossible to give any online prscription. What the doctor had written here is not a prescription for the given hypothetical case.

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