Many children have a bulge in the navel, the bulge changes in size when active. This is a sign of an umbilical hernia, a common congenital defect in newborns. So is this defect dangerous and does it require surgery?

(VnExpress) - Scientists have discovered that after just a few hours of age, children can distinguish between the sounds of their mother tongue and a foreign language. This study shows that children learn language in the womb, earlier than previously thought.

In folk medicine, some leaves are often used to bathe children such as perilla, bitter melon, green tea leaves, diluted lemon juice, especially in the summer to prevent prickly heat.

Acute respiratory failure in newborns is a relatively dangerous condition that can even lead to death. Therefore, parents should know about this syndrome to have the most perfect way to care for their children, avoiding unwanted dangers that may occur.

Nutrition is an important factor that affects the development of children, especially during the period when children start eating solid foods. This period greatly affects the development of children because they will change from a diet of breast milk to more solid foods. This article helps provide necessary information about nutrition for children who are weaning from breast milk.

Meningitis in newborns is a rare but dangerous disease, and can be life-threatening for children. It will be very dangerous if newborns have meningitis and it is not detected and treated properly early. Therefore, it is necessary to do some tests to diagnose neonatal meningitis such as complete blood cell analysis, CRP, blood culture, blood sugar at the same time as cerebrospinal fluid puncture, brain ultrasound,...

Newborns tend to have irregular breathing alternating between fast and slow, with occasional pauses in breathing. During the care process, there are many signs and symptoms that can occur in children. If parents are negligent and do not take timely and proper measures, it can lead to dangerous situations that we cannot foresee.

Respiratory failure occurs more often in premature babies, the earlier the baby is born, the higher the risk of the disease. To comprehensively assess the child's condition, it is necessary to combine methods from understanding the medical history, the severity of the disease, and paraclinical tests.

When the tear drainage system is partially or completely blocked, it causes lacrimal duct obstruction in children. This disease is quite common in newborns and causes tears to no longer drain into the nose as usual, the child will have watery eyes and irritation causing chronic eye infections.

What is an umbilical granuloma? How does an umbilical granuloma form in a newborn? How to clean the umbilical cord in a newborn to avoid infection and umbilical granuloma? This article will help you answer the above questions.

Lung maturation injections are recommended by doctors for cases of threatened miscarriage or risk of premature birth. Besides the benefit of reducing the risk of respiratory failure in newborns, lung maturation injections also have some unwanted side effects.