What Causes Down Syndrome? Down syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by varying degrees of intellectual…
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Down Syndrome: Types, Symptoms, and Management
Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects approximately 1 in 700 births worldwide. It is one of the…
A Child with Down Syndrome – Abeer Story
This is the story of Abeer. From her birth, her parents noticed she was a bit different from other children. They had no knowledge of Down syndrome…
Diagnosis and Management of Autism
Salama is a healthy one-year old, but her parents are worried about her development because she’s not doing many things that her older brother did at her age, like playing peek-a-boo and mimicking expressions and gestures. Salama’s mom and dad try to engage her with toys, songs, and games, but nothing they do gets her […]
Treatment of Spasticity (Muscular Hypertonicity)
Hassa, 3 years of age, has been diagnosed with “spastic diplegic cerebral palsy”. She is the third child of first degree consanguineous parents, born by emergency caesarian section due fetal distress at 28 gestational age. Symptoms and History : Hassa’s Apgar scores were 4, 7 and 8 at 1, 5 and 10 minutes respectively and […]
ODD & ADHD Symptoms, Diagnosis and Management
The parents of a 7-year-old “Rashid”, take him to Dr. Imad Yassin, Consultant Pediatrician and Pediatric Neurologist, because they increasingly concerned about his behavior, not only in school but also at home. Symptoms and History: In the first grade, he has been bored, disruptive, fighting with classmates, and rude to his teacher. At home he […]
Epilepsy: Diagnosis and Management- Part 3
The parents of Ali, a 6-month-old boy, visit Pediatric Neurology Clinic at KidsHeart Medical Center because they are concerned about some strange episodes he has been having over the previous three weeks. The episodes usually occur soon after he has woken but may sometimes happen as he is about to go to sleep. In these […]
Epilepsy: Diagnosis and Management- Part 2
Hamad, a 13-month-old infant, presents to the emergency department of his local hospital in Abu Dhabi with his first prolonged tonic−clonic afebrile seizure. He has experienced three febrile seizures in the past. The first two occurred at eight months of age due to a chest infection. They were prolonged, lasting over 15 minutes, and he […]
Epilepsy: Diagnosis and Management – Part 1
Al Yazia is a 6-year-old girl whose teachers have suggested that her parents take to a pediatrician. They have noticed that she seems to have problems listening and to be daydreaming a lot in class. The pediatrician asks whether her parents have also seen her daydream. Her mother has, but has not thought much about […]