Routine Immunisations UK vaccination schedule as of March 2020 Age Diseases Vaccines 8 weeks (2 months) Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis PolioMeningitis B Rotavirus Hib PneumococcusHep B DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB (Infanrix hexa) Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine…
Introduction Enuresis (involuntary urination) in children often occurs at night, with or without daytime features. It can be divided into primary enuresis (has always had enuresis) and secondary enuresis (was…
Introduction Breastfeeding is generally considered to be superior to bottle feeding and should always be encouraged. The rates of breast feeding are surprisingly low: In the UK, 17% of children…
Introduction Intussusception is a condition affecting children where-by one section of bowel will ‘telescope’ inside an adjacent section, resulting in bowel obstruction, and if left untreated - bowel ischaemia. Usually…
Introduction Kawasaki’s Disease (KD) is an acute febrile vasculitic syndrome of early childhood. The disorder has also been called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome and infantile periarteritis nodosa. The illness was…
Klinefelter's syndrome is the presence of an extra X chromosome in males to give (47,XXY). Sometimes it may also be (48, XXYY) or (49, XXXY). Occasionally there is mosaicism with some cells…
Introduction Leukaemia is a broad term, applied to a range of blood cell cancers. The leukaemias can be classified as acute or chronic, and sub-classified as myeloid or lymphoid. Thus, there…
Introduction Measles is a previously common (incidence now greatly reduced due to vaccination) usually childhood infection. Most cases are self-limiting, it is extremely infectious and carries a complication rate of…
Definitions Meningitis – the term meningitis technically means inflammation of the meninges, though it is generally used to mean infection. Meningitis is far more common in infants and children than…
Introduction Mumps is a generalised infection caused by a paramyxovirus. It can affect any organ but classically mumps causes a large swelling of the parotid gland causing the characterised lump…