Babies are called “new bundles of joy” for a reason. As a mother, no matter what the circumstances are when it comes to their coming to the world, they are always great blessings. However, not because they are born “healthy” does it mean that they are hardy beings that are impervious to diseases and health problems. Babies are actually quite susceptible to this kind of harmful thing; they are even quite prone to it.
So, in order to protect your baby better and ensure that he or she will be a healthy Filipino, you should at least have an idea what are the common diseases that infants tend to get. This way, you can take measures and steps how to prevent them or at least quickly spot the symptoms that could mean that your child has them.
Some of the top newborn diseases that your child could get are the following:
1. Polio - viral disease that can affect nerves and can lead to partial or full paralysis.
2. Mumps - contagious disease that leads to painful swelling of the salivary glands.
3. Chicken pox - viral infection in which a person develops extremely itchy blisters all over the body.
4. Measles - an easily spread illness caused by a virus.
5. Epilepsy - brain disorder in which a person has repeated seizures (convulsions) over time.
6. Any of the many heart diseases - Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting 8 of every 1,000 newborns.
7. Jaundice - a yellow color of the skin, mucus membranes, or eyes.
8. Viral diseases - extremely widespread infections caused by viruses, a type of microorganism.
9. Bacterial infections - living things that have only one cell. Under a microscope, they look like balls, rods or spirals.
10. Parasite infections - common in rural or developing areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America and less common in developed areas.
11. Sickle cell disease - disease passed down through families in which red blood cells form an abnormal sickle or crescent shape.
12. Maple syrup urine disease - metabolism disorder passed down through families in which the body cannot break down certain parts of proteins. Urine in persons with this condition can smell like maple syrup.
13. Galactosemia - condition in which the body is unable to use (metabolize) the simple sugar galactose.
14. Cystic fibrosis - disease passed down through families that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs, digestive tract, and other areas of the body.
15. Biotinidase deficiency - inherited disorder in which the body is unable to reuse and recycle the vitamin biotin.
A lot of other health problems could be contracted by your newborn. These are just some of the top examples that parents are commonly warned about. And now that you know about these few things, you already have something to start with when it comes to guarding your little one’s health.
The next step when it comes to caring for babies health is arming yourself with the right information on how to prevent and deal with newborn diseases. For example, it should be common knowledge among new parents that vaccines are highly essential in keeping a child healthy. Getting your child vaccinated is one of the best health tips that you can ever follow when it comes to your child, because these things are designed to strengthen your child’s immunity against the things that could cause certain diseases.
Vaccines work through their special design and make that allows prevention of specific diseases. The thing, however, is that you need to have your kid vaccinated a couple of times to cover, at least the most basic and important areas of their health. Some may question vaccination, but millions of people worldwide are living proofs of its effectiveness.
Now that you have a brief idea of the things that your baby could suffer upon birth, you can now better guard them against it and even feel more secure about your little one’s well-being.
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