Do you always get sick with hives, rash or stomach pains after eating eggs? You might be allergic to eggs. After milk allergy, the second most common cause of food allergy is allergy to hen’s egg. Allergy develops when the…

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a disorder that results in recurrent attacks of angioedema or severe swelling. Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is caused by a low level or improper function of a protein called the C1 inhibitor. There are three types of…

Milk allergy is an immune reaction to one of the many proteins in animal milk. The most common form seen worldwide is allergy to cow’s milk and called as cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA). Cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA) is…

Nose piercing is a cosmetic procedure and it is quite common in Indian culture for young girls and women to get their noses pierced. The trend of nose piercing started in southern Asia but now has become a fashion in…

Flexible bronchoscopy is a special procedure that involves placing a special flexible instrument with a tiny camera at its end, called a flexible bronchoscope, into the airways of the child. Bronchoscopy allows a pediatric pulmonologist or pediatric chest specialist a…

Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration or EBUS-TBNA Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration, also commonly called EBUS-TBNA is a common interventional pulmonology procedure which is carried out to make a diagnosis of enlarged lymph nodes or lymphadenopathy inside the…

A rigid bronchoscopy is a procedure used to examine the airway of the child starting from the throat or oropharynx, the voice box or the larynx, the windpipe or the trachea and lower airways or the bronchi. What is a…

Young children can frequently aspirate a foreign body into their airways. This leads to problems like difficulty in breathing, whistling sounds or wheezing, stridor and collapse of a part of the lung. Foreign body aspiration is common in the age…

Young children can accidentally inhale a substance into their windpipe or airways, leading to blockage of a part of a the airway. This condition is called as foreign body aspiration. Why is foreign body aspiration more common in children? Young…

Night terrors or sleep terrors, also called as Parasomnias are night-time events seen in young children which can be disturbing and frightening to parents. What are night terrors or sleep terrors? Night terrors or sleep terrors are usually seen 2-3…

Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of noisy breathing or STRIDOR in infants. Noisy breathing or STRIDOR is worse when the baby is active, feeding, crying or sleeping on his back. What is laryngomalacia? Laryngomalacia is a softening of the…

Is your child having any of these troubles like itchy eyes or nose, a sneezy or runny nose, a wheezy chest or a queasy tummy? He or she might be having an allergy!! Allergy can be a nuisance and affect…

Sweat Chloride Test or a Sweat Test is done for the diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis in children. In sweat chloride test the sweat of the baby is collected first and then the concentration of chloride is analyzed in the sweat…

Troublesome Night awakenings are a common sleep problem in infants and toddlers. Most healthy babies by 3-6 months of age are able to sleep through the night with a consolidated sleep.  All normal infants and children have brief night awakenings, but most children…

Is it difficult to get your child to bed? Is your child having bedtime problems like sleep onset troubles and bedtime resistance? Getting a young child to go to bed is a common problem experienced by many parents. Bedtime problems…

In children with atopic dermatitis or eczema many factors can worsen the disease; these factors are also called as triggers. Trigger are factors in the child’s environment which irritate the sensitive skin of patients and cause symptoms to increase. It’s…