Archives for May 2007
Cuts, Bruises, and Scrapes
Sooner or later, everybody gets a cut or a bruise or a scrape. Of course, if we are careful, it won’t happen as often as it does when we are careless. Most of these injuries seem much worse than they actually are. For example, some cuts look as if there is an awful lot of [...]
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Head Injuries
We certainly are lucky that our brain protected by the nice thick of our skull. Think of the many times that we bump our head edges of doors or fall accident and strike our poor head on the floor and ground. Our brains sure get pretty soft if they didn’t have a strong covering over [...]
Sore Throat
Sore throats are a real pain in the neck, aren’t they? But I guess we ought to be glad we’re not an ostrich or a giraffe. Can you imagine how they must feel with a sore throat?
Nothing makes a child crankier than a throat that hurts when swallowing or talking, or just when doing [...]
Swollen Glands
Lymph glands, or, as doctors call them “lymph nodes” are bean-sized structures that are present in various places in our bodies. Although these nodes are present in lots of places, they can be felt most easily in the neck, under the arms, and in the groin where the main part of the body joins the [...]
Tonsils and Adenoids
Until just a few years ago, almost all children had their tonsils and adenoids removed before they reached five or six years of age. That was because the tonsils and adenoids would become infected so often and would cause frequent colds, sore throats, and high fever. We are much luckier today than we used to [...]
Wax in the Ears
The part of the ear that sticks out from the side of the head is not the really important part of the ear. It is called the external ear, and it merely fetches sounds and directs them into the ear canal. From there, the sound laves pass through the eardrum into the middle ear where [...]
Hearing and Deafness
Deafness means loss of hearing. It can affect one or both ears. Deafness may mean complete loss of hearing or only a partial loss. Most children who are born with good hearing will grow up to hear well. Years ago, many children developed deafness as a result of illnesses that led to ear infections. Nowadays, [...]
Crossed Eyes
Newborn babies often look as if their eyes are crossed. This is because it takes them a few weeks to learn how to make both their eyes work together properly. Once in a while, a child’s eyes don’t straighten out and they remain permanently crossed.
Having crossed eyes usually doesn’t mean that anything is wrong with [...]