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Saturday, April 13, 2013
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Diapering Your Growing Baby
At around 24 months, your child may be gaining the language and physical skills needed to start toilet training. But diapers are still a fact of life for most young children at 2 and beyond. Here’s what you need to know to master this new stage of diaper duty.
You’ll need fewer diapers. Newborns soil diapers constantly. Babies and toddlers don’t go as often, especially when they poop.
Another reason you’ll probably use fewer diapers is that you’ll know your child’s habits better, says Wanda Filer, MD, a family physician in York, Pa. When your toddler squats behind a chair, you’ll suspect what she’s up to. Predicting her patterns will help you know best when to change her.
Diaper size can change quickly. Before you stock up at the wholesale club, make sure you’ve got the right size. Children grow at such different rates that weight is better than age for judging the right size diaper, says Filer.
During baby's first year -- when you're visiting her doctor all the time -- add her latest weight to your memory or smartphone.
If you’re not sure about your toddler, lead him to your home scale. If he won’t stand still on the scales, weigh yourself and then weigh again while you’re holding him. A little subtraction will give you a rough idea.
Don’t ignore dirty diapers. Let’s face it, you’re probably more relaxed than when you brought your baby home from the hospital. If a wet diaper’s not bothering your child, it’s awfully tempting to leave it just a little longer. “Who of us hasn’t seen a droopy diaper on a toddler and said, ‘That can wait another half hour’?” says Lisa Asta, MD, a pediatrician and spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Of course, even though the absorbent gel keeps liquids away from your toddler’s bottom, a wet diaper can still cause diaper rash.
Toddlers get less diaper rash. Fortunately, toddlers don’t get diaper rash as often as babies. Diaper rash peaks when babies are between 9 and 12 months old, partly due to the transition to formula and solid foods.
Attack a rash quickly. If your toddler does get diaper rash, treat it like you did when she was younger. Slather on plenty of zinc oxide or petroleum jelly. Watch for signs of infection like fever, ulcers, or a rash spreading outside the diaper. If you spot any of these, ask your doctor about medicine.
If you recently started using pull-ups, consider going back to diapers or switching to another brand, suggests Asta.
Choose the right changing location. A toddler may squirm too much for that cute little changing table in the nursery. Try using a pad closer to the action, says Lucinda Brown, RN, spokesperson for the Society of Pediatric Nurses.
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Best Glaucoma Treatments Still a Puzzle, Task Force Reports
By Maureen Salamon
HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs and surgery can lower the hallmark inner-eye pressure characteristic of glaucoma -- the second-leading cause of blindness in the United States. But research still hasn't identified the best ways to prevent significant vision loss and improve patient satisfaction, according to a prominent government medical group.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reviewed dozens of studies and collective reviews on open-angle glaucoma, which accounts for about 90 percent of all cases, concluding there's inadequate evidence to directly compare the effectiveness of medical, surgical or laser treatments.
The task force, comprised of 16 independent experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine, also said it couldn't determine whether glaucoma screening for adults without previous vision problems prevents blindness or enhances long-term health.
"We know that treatments are effective, but we don't know enough to say treatment A is definitely better than treatment B," said task force co-vice chair Dr. Albert Siu, director of geriatric research, education and the clinical center at James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y. "What we do know is that these treatments are effective in reducing the development and progression in small losses of [peripheral vision]. What isn't clear is how this translates into reducing vision problems or vision quality of life."
The task force report is published Feb. 19 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Open-angle glaucoma affects about 2.5 million Americans, primarily seniors, older blacks and those with a family history, the task force said. Often symptomless, the condition is diagnosed with a combination of tests that show degenerative changes in the optic nerve head and a loss of peripheral vision.
Complicating diagnosis, however, is the fact that many people with open-angle glaucoma don't suffer from characteristically increased pressure in the inner eye (called intraocular pressure), and not all with elevated pressure go on to develop glaucoma. The condition develops over years and has a highly variable course, with some people never progressing to visual problems.
The dozens of collective reviews and studies on glaucoma treatments analyzed by the USPSTF reported mixed results. Some evidence suggested surgical treatment was slightly more effective than drugs at decreasing intraocular pressure and protecting against worsening peripheral vision loss. Treatment side effects -- such as eye redness from topical medications -- were common, and surgery can raise the risk of adverse effects such as cataracts, infections and bleeding.
One expert not associated with the study gave his reaction.
"We could say for sure there are interventions for lowering intraocular pressure . . . but that had better be true. We didn't need this study to tell us that lowering intraocular pressure tends to slow the progression of disease," said Dr. Louis Pasquale, co-director of the glaucoma center at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, in Boston. "What this study is saying is there are many ways of lowering eye pressure and we don't know which one is best for minimizing visual disability and maximizing patient happiness while they're being treated for glaucoma."
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