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DTP/Hib : immunisation
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough)and Hib ( a meningitis bacteria) Currently the DTP/Hib immunisation is given by injection in three doses: at 2, 3 and 4 months old. The government has announced plans for the polio vaccine to be given with the DTP/Hib jab making it a 5-in-1 jab to be given as before in threee stages at 2,…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health
Tagged Bacterial diseases, Burn, choking, Cough, coughing, Diphtheria, DTP injection, febrile convulsion, homeopathy, illness, immunisation Diphtheria, Immunology, Meningitis, Pertussis, pneumonia, polio, tetanus, Tetanus Tetanus, Vaccination, vomiting, whooping cough
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Sick Newborns Often Not Sedated
The first ever survey of UK units caring for sick newborn babies has found that only a third of units sedate their patients before inserting breathing tubes. There are 245 neonatal units in the UK, including intensive and special care units, and all but six responded to the survey, published today in the foetal and…
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Tagged coughing, Intubation, Neonatal intensive-care unit, Sedation, strict protocols
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Mumps Increase Across The UK
Experts have said that there is a mumps epidemic across the UK with nearly 5000 cases in January alone. Most of the cases have been in young adults but two separate papers in the British Medical Journal say that cases are also cropping up in vulnerable children. Cases are being seen in people born before…
