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Latest News from The Children’s Naturopath

06 Sep

If your child struggles in the classroom with tasks such as reading, writing and mathematics they may have childhood dyslexia.  Children with childhood dyslexia can’t complete tasks as easily as their peers.  This can lead them to thinking they are ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ which can have a long term negative impact on their self-esteem. It’s important to remember that intelligent people can have childhood dyslexia too.  Signs & Symptoms of Children’s Dyslexia include: ✅. Inability to follow through on instructions✅. Clumsiness✅. Dislikes reading or finds reading hard✅. Failure to recollect facts✅. Difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities✅. Difficulty learning new...

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06 Sep

Type 1 diabetes is classed as autoimmune disease, a condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the body.  The job of the immune system is to guard against germs like bacteria and viruses. When it senses these foreign invaders, it sends out an army of fighter cells to attack them. Normally, the immune system can tell the difference between foreign cells and your own cells. In the case of Type 1 diabetes the immune system cells destroy the cells in the pancreas that create insulin.  Insulin is the hormone that signals your blood cells to take up glucose, which regulates blood...

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06 Sep

Bed wetting can cause your child embarrassment and it’s a very frustrating experience for parents.  And this is why it is an important reason to treat bed. As most bed wetting children feel alone with their problem, encourage family members and other sufferers to share their experiences and offer moral support to the child. The knowledge that another family member had and outgrew the problem can be therapeutic. Encourage the child’s attention to a normal daytime voiding pattern. When voiding, the child should relax, use optimal posture and take the time to completely empty the bladder. Common Causes of Children’s Bed Wetting...

00:46 / Children's Health Conditions
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06 Sep

Children’s Autism is a very complex disorder involving a series of neurodevelopmental disorders characterised by repetitive behaviours, social withdrawal and communication deficits. These children have significant impairments in social interaction, social skills and communication.  There are two subtypes of autism:  (a)  Regressive autism; this is where a child develops normally but between the ages of 12 months to 3 years old 30 starts to loose speech and social skills.  (b)  Infantile autism; where a child doesn’t reach their developmental milestones. Signs & symptoms of Childhood Autism include: ✅ Appears not to hear when spoken to✅ Has trouble expressing feelings✅ Doesn’t know how to...

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06 Sep

Children’s Asperger Disorder is generally considered to be on the ‘high functioning’ end of the spectrum.  These children have difficulty with social interactions and exhibit a restricted range of interests and/or repetitive behaviours.  They may also have delayed motor development causing clumsiness or uncoordinated motor movements. Compared with other forms of children’s ASD, kids with childhood Asperger’s syndrome don’t have significant delays or difficulties with language or cognitive development. Signs & Symptoms of Children’s Asperger’s Disorder include: ✅ Challenges with non-verbal communication e.g. facial expression and gestures✅ Talks about themselves rather than others✅ Inability to understand social and emotional issues✅ Lack of...

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06 Sep

Asthmatic children have sensitive airways in their lungs which react to triggers causing a ‘flare-up’ where the muscles around the airways squeeze tight.  This causes the airways to swell and become narrow making it harder to breathe.  A children’s asthmatic flare-up can happen slowly, over weeks or very quickly, within minutes.  The sudden or severe asthma flare-up is called a children’s asthma attack. Childhood asthma can cause taxing daily symptoms that interfere with sports, play, school and sleep.  Triggers can include children’s food allergies, inhaling airborne pollen, catching a cold and childhood respiratory infections.  Signs & Symptoms of Children’s Asthma include: ✅ Shortness...

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06 Sep

Children can suffer from childhood anxiety when they worry excessively about a variety of things such as their grades at school, problems within the family, relationships with peers or how they perform at sports.  These children can be hard on themselves and often strive for perfection.  Childhood anxiety can exist on its own or is associated with a medical illness or other illness such as depression. Signs & Symptoms of Children’s Anxiety include: ✅ Sweating ✅ Trembling ✅ Children’s fatigue ✅ Children’s impaired concentration ✅ Irritability ✅ Excessive worry ✅ Sense of impending doom ✅ Children’s sleep disturbances Naturopathy Can Help With the Following Childhood Conditions Fiona provides tailored health plans based...

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05 Sep

Children’s food intolerances are caused by a chemical reaction and symptoms are usually limited to digestive problems.  They do not involve your children’s immune system and don’t cause the severe allergic reaction of children’s anaphylaxis.  With children’s food intolerances, small amounts of the offending food can still be an irritant to the gut lining, and can often be tolerated without causing symptoms.   Children’s food intolerance symptoms can occur immediately after eating the offending food but they can also take 12 to 24 hours to develop.  Because there is no immune involvement, children’s allergy testing will not identify a childhood food intolerance.   Signs...

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04 Sep

  Children’s Diarrhoea is often a symptom of an underlying condition, for example, it could be related to children’s food intolerances or a childhood infection in the digestive tract.  Children’s diarrhoea is marked by the frequent passage of loose, watery stools.  Persistent childhood diarrhoea becomes a problem because nutrients aren’t being absorbed from food which can lead to conditions such as malnutrition if not treated.  There is also a risk of dehydration which is a particular concern with infants and requires immediate medical attention if it persists for more than a few days. Causes of Childhood Diarrhoea include: ✅ Bacterial infection ✅ Recent antibiotic...

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04 Sep

Childhood depression is different from the ‘blues’ a child might experience as everyday emotions that can naturally occur as a child develops.  If a child is sad from time to time, this doesn’t necessarily mean they have significant children’s depression.  Children’s depressive disorder is when life experiences of loss, anger, sadness or frustration outweigh a child’s ability to effectively cope with daily experiences and is characterised by a depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day.  This interferes with their normal social activities, interests, schoolwork or life around their family. Signs & Symptoms of Childhood Depression include: ✅ Fatigue and loss of...

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