Stop saying tomorrow….!!: 10 ways to keep going
Dr Sapna Nayak
by sapnanayak
4y ago
Obesity is on the rise, both in children as well as adults. Lockdown, work from home, online classes have got you and the children at your home confined within the houses and paralysed your routine. Read my blog post, http://drsapnanayak.com/2020/04/your-healthy-child-needs-attention/ , where I wrote about the causes of obesity and tips to curb the epidemic. The role of keeping oneself active, with a regular workout or play, in the physical and mental well-being of a child or an adult needs no further emphasis. But getting oneself up and moving can be tough! Agree with me on that?? Children im ..read more
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#ITAW20: The mischievous thyroid gland: Part 2
Dr Sapna Nayak
by sapnanayak
4y ago
As the international thyroid awareness week comes to an end, I bring forth a less common yet potentially serious disease of the thyroid that affects the children.  Hypothyroidism makes oneself slowdown and weary. In contrast hyperthyroidism gets one moving at a high speed, but for no good. It gets the heart pounding faster than ever, the brain nervous and the gut stirring. While an overactive thyroid is far less common than hypothyroidism and rare in children, it does occur and has adverse effects on the child’s health.  As opposed to hypothyroidism, the levels of the thyroid hormone ..read more
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#ITAW20: The mischievous thyroid gland: Part 1
Dr Sapna Nayak
by sapnanayak
4y ago
Twelve-year-old Daisy (name changed) was brought to me with a concern that she was not growing well over the last 2 years. Her mother also noticed that she was least interested to play around with friends and had grown “fatter”. She received complaints from the school teacher that her academic performance was deteriorating over time. The father was extremely anxious as Daisy was a bright student and always had good grades in exams. While I listened to her parents speak, the look on Daisy’s face hit the right chord with me and I had clinched the diagnosis. Nevertheless, I was eager to hear from ..read more
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10 things you must know if your child is on insulin
Dr Sapna Nayak
by sapnanayak
4y ago
Do not miss the insulin doses:  Insulin is an inevitable treatment in a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus as the body’s pancreas no longer produces enough insulin required to burn the fuel and produce energy.  When insulin doses are skipped, there may be a chronic deficiency of insulin in the body that may lead to complications viz. Sustained high blood sugar levels that lead to long term complications like kidney, nerve, eye injury. Acute decompensation leading to a potentially fatal condition called Diabetic ketoacidosis. It is highly appreciable if your child injects his/her ..read more
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Is my child short?
Dr Sapna Nayak
by sapnanayak
4y ago
Height is more than just a number. It could be a strength to few, but a weakness for some. The height of a child scares few parents, while some experience pride.  For the young ones, being tall may bestow a sense of power. On the other hand, being short is cute and attracts admiration. For a few, of course, it is a hindrance to their self-confidence.   For me as a pediatrician, height is a reflection of how well or ill the child is.  I often see kids being brought by the parents with a concern of being short or not growing well.  On one end are those parents who panic ..read more
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The tale of the thyroid gland…
Dr Sapna Nayak
by sapnanayak
4y ago
In my last blog post, you met Abha who narrated how her son Abhik was diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism through the newborn screen, to her sister Avni. If you haven’t read the previous post, do visit it at http://drsapnanayak.com/2020/04/a-prick-that-every-newborn-deserves/ to learn how you can protect your child’s brain by timely detection of congenital hypothyroidism through the newborn screen. Having listened to Abha, Avni is now impatient to learn more about Abhik’s journey from the detection of congenital hypothyroidism till the present day. As they finish lunch, Avni catches hold ..read more
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A prick that every newborn deserves !!
Dr Sapna Nayak
by sapnanayak
4y ago
The World Immunization Week is here and I cannot emphasize more on what roles vaccines play to protect your child from dreadful diseases. So, this post today is NOT about vaccines! Read through this conversation between two sisters to discover what this essential prick is. Avni is deeply excited. She awaits motherhood. At the same time, being a mom for the first time, she is embraced with so many questions and some anxiety. The baby is going to see this world in about 2 weeks. To add to this excitement Avni’s elder sister Abha is here after 5 long years. She resides in the United States and la ..read more
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Your “healthy” child needs attention!!
Dr Sapna Nayak
by sapnanayak
4y ago
A 13-year-old boy came to our endocrine clinic with his mom. “Yeah, tell me. What’s your problem?”, I asked. The mother grabbed the collar of her son’s shirt and pulling it behind, she said, “Doctor, do you see this black discoloration developing over his neck? It has been there and increasing over the last year.” “Okay, we shall talk about it. Do you have any other problem?”, I asked. The boy shook his head and looked at his mother. She said, “No doctor, nothing else. Only this black color on his neck and in his armpits is awkward.” Well, I din’t have to ask this boy or his mother the reason ..read more
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Childhood diabetes: A malady everyone needs to know about.
Dr Sapna Nayak
by sapnanayak
4y ago
Wondering if a child can have diabetes?? Continue reading this story to precisely understand what childhood diabetes means. At 9 pm that night, the on-duty nurse called me up to inform the arrival of John (name changed), who was brought by his parents to seek consultation. His parents had seen the pediatrician that evening, as they felt the child was urinating more frequently than ever for the last 1 week. The reports were here, in front of me and it read a blood sugar of 387 mg/dl. The child was playful and happily smiling at me. After listening to what the parents had recently noticed in the ..read more
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Know about pediatric endocrinology..
Dr Sapna Nayak
by sapnanayak
4y ago
Endocrinology is a field of medicine that deals with how hormones work and the related diseases. Our bodies are comprised of various organ systems like the nervous system, the digestive system etc. The endocrine system is one such important organ system that regulates the smooth functioning of the human body. This system consists of the various endocrine glands like the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, adrenal gland and the ovaries (females) and the testes(males). What are hormones after all? Hormones are tiny chemicals released from the endocrine glands into the blood to act on a d ..read more
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