Sugam clinic-Till Every Child is well

Paediatric Sleep Facts
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1. A child spends 40% of his childhood sleeping
Sleep is the primary activity of the brain during early development. Sleep is very important in childhood and directly impacts mental and physical development.

2. A newborn infant has 50% of Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep (Dream sleep)
The proportion of REM sleep decreases over time to 25% in adulthood. REM sleep has been shown to help developing brains mature, and is also important for memory and consolidation of learning. Disorders that reduce REM sleep e.g. sleep apnoea, may result in cognitive dysfunction.

3. Teenagers need as much sleep as young children i.e. about 9.5 hours
Studies have shown that teenagers need about 9.5 hours of sleep but most get 7 to 7.5 hours. This is due to a variety of factors, such as shift in the internal clock, early school start times, social and school obligations. Chronic sleep deprivation will result in impaired mood, behavior and cognitive function.

4. 30 – 50% of children have some form of sleep problem in childhood
These include very common problems like behavioural insomnia e.g. sleep association disorder, recurrent night awakenings, limit setting disorder; chronic sleep deprivation and parasomnias e.g. sleepwalking, night terrors; to the less common like sleep apnoea, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder. It is therefore important to actively screen for and manage sleep problems in children.

I have been wearing a mask every time I leave home (which I do only if essential) since 24th March. I’m not sure why being considerate to others for the common good is now being mocked by some who are calling it “living in fear”, but it needs to stop!!!... When I wear a mask over my nose and mouth in public and in the stores/Supermarkets/Pharmacies/Offices - I want you to know the following:

🔵 I'm educated enough to know that I could be asymptomatic and still give you the virus.

🔵 No, I don't "live in fear" of the virus; I just want to be part of the solution, not the problem.

🔵 I don't feel like the "government controls me". I feel like I'm an adult contributing to the security in our society and I want to teach others the same.

🔵 If we could all live with the consideration of others in mind, the whole world would be a much better place.

🔵 Wearing a mask doesn't make me weak, scared, stupid or even "controlled". It makes me caring and responsible.

🔵 When you think about your appearance, discomfort, or other people's opinion of you, imagine a loved one - a child, father, mother, grandparent, aunt, uncle or even a stranger - placed on a ventilator, alone without you or any family member allowed at their bedside.....Ask yourself if you could have helped them a little by wearing a mask.

I am inviting you all to copy this and post it on your wall as your post if you agree with me

Who else will do the same?
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1. தொடர்ந்து அழும் குழந்தை

குழந்தை அழுவதற்கு, வயிற்றுவலி, உடல்நலப் பாதிப்பு, காதில் நீர், மலச்சிக்கல், தொண்டை நோய்த்தொற்று, ஆசனவாய்ப்புண், கண்ணில் தூசி, காய்ச்சல், அதிகக்குளிர், குளிர்ந்த உடை (சிறுநீர் / மலம் போன்றவைகளால்) பூச்சிக்கடி, அரிப்பு என எதுவேண்டுமானாலும் காரணமாக இருக்கலாம். அலுத்துப்போனாலோ, சங்கடமாக இருந்தாலோ, வெளியே போக விரும்பினாலோ, தூக்கம் வந்தாலோ, குழந்தை அழலாம். ˜ அழும் குழந்தையை சமாதானப்படுத்தி தூங்கவைப்பது, தோளின்மேல் போட்டு நடப்பது, அரவணைப்பது, தொட்டிலில் போட்டு ஆட்டுவது, அதிகமாக தொந்தரவு செய்யாமல் இருப்பது எனப்பல வழிகளில் அழுகையை குறைக்கலாம். அழுகையின் தீவிரம் அதிகமானால் பரிசோதனைக்கு வரச்சொல்லவும். அழுவதைத் தவிர்க்க, வசம்பு, ஜாதிக்காய், உரமருந்து தரக்கூடாது.