Who is healthy new born?


Is your baby a healthy baby? How could you know that? Simple way to know that your baby is healthy is to by find out the gestational time of the baby. The new born infant child at term should between 38 -42 weeks. The weight of the baby should be normal , the normal weight of the baby is depend upon the race and ratio of the baby, the normal weight of the Asian baby is between 2.9- 3.9, and cries immediately after birth. Establish independent rhythmic respiration, which is 110-160 beats /minute, quickly adopt with the extra uterine environment with no congenital abnormalities.

What are the physical characteristics of the healthy new born or how the baby appearance should be after birth?

The appearance should be note by the following physical characteristics
  • Weight
  • Length
  • Head circumstances
  • Chest circumstances
Weight the average weight of the full term new born infant is about 2.9 kg.with the variation of 2.9-3.9 kg.
Length the average length of the new born baby is 50 cm with range of 48-53 cm.
Head circumference usually various from 33-37 cm with the average of 35 cm.
Chest circumference is about 3 cm less than the head circumference. The average is 32 cm.

Other characteristics of Newborn Baby.
The trunk is large and the extremities are short abdomen is prominent with short neck. The skin of the new born is pinkish but bluish hand feet may present for a short time after birth. The ear cartilage is firm and fully curved. And eyes are fully covered with eye lids. The scrotum show adequate rage with deep pigmentation and palpation of the testes. The labia majora cover the labia minora. Kidney, liver and spleen may be palpable. These all are the characteristics of the healthy new born.


 

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What is Phenytoin sodium?


It’s an antiepileptic drug .It used to give first line treatment for patient in seizure and trigeminal neuralgia. It broadly used in emergencies.

What is the action of phenytoin sodium?
It suppresses the abnormal brain activities by reducing electrical conductance in brain cells and stabilizes voltage-gate sodium channels in seizures and trigeminal neuralgia.

Side effect of phenytoin sodium ?
The main side effect of the phenytoin sodium are-
  • Nystagmus-its condition of voluntary or involuntary movement of the eyes acquired in infancy or later in life and result in lessor limited vision.
  • If there is excessive dose of phenytoin sodium or toxicity than it leads to sedation
  • cerebral ataxia (lack of voluntary coordination of the muscle)
  • Opthalmopeasis (paralysis of one or more extra ocular muscle which are responsible for eye moment)
  • It accumulates in the cerebellum and cause atrophy of the brain.
  • Administration of phenytoin sodium reduces folic acid predisposing to megaloblastic anemia, and over growth of the gums.
  • Teratogen effect-phenytoin sodium not prescribed in pregnancy it cause fetal hydation. This syndrome consists of craniofacial anomalies (broad nasal bridge, cleft lip and palate, microcephaly).
  • Dermatitis, rash, hypertrichosis (abnormal hair growth on body also called werewolf syndrome), hirsutism (excessive hairiness on women).



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How worse the human papilloma virus can?

You might have listened the name of human papilloma virus. it's the commonly non as cause of the genital HPV infection.it can cause many disease like genital warts, rarely RRP (recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, cervical cancer and cancer of valva ,vagina , penis. but do u ever listen about "CUTANEOUS HORNS" It's an interesting concept about human papilloma virus to learn, research.


This condition starts with few small bumps, soon it grew up and looks like a tree shell or as hard as stone. This condition is rare but really terrifying. Firstly it was found in “Mr. LIN TIANZHUAN” from “SHUIMEN”, Southern China, first growth of his hand and feet when he was 13 and over the next 25 years they gradually spread and harden to the point where he could no longer bend his arms and legs. ''CORAL BOY" the name is given by his friends and neighbors, he become a hermit and hide himself from society away at home .now this disease found in Indonesia in Dede Koswara. He is famous by the name "Tree Man".

This condition is caused by HPV. If person suffer from particular immune-system deficiency, the body is unable to contain the warts and this virus spread and produce extreme growths known as "CUTANEOUS HORNS". Fewer than 200 people worldwide are tough to suffer from this mysterious immune problem.


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