Measles: a Canary in the Coal Mine
Dr Natasa Jovanovic, Dr Hanna Tillly, Dr James Hatcher Measles is a highly contagious viral disease. Before the measles vaccine was introduced in 1968 (followed… Read More »Measles: a Canary in the Coal Mine
Dr Natasa Jovanovic, Dr Hanna Tillly, Dr James Hatcher Measles is a highly contagious viral disease. Before the measles vaccine was introduced in 1968 (followed… Read More »Measles: a Canary in the Coal Mine
It’s just a bit of sneezing and eye-rubbing isn’t it? Dr Omer Berk, Dr Liz Powell, Dr Zaraquiza Zolkipli Allergic rhinitis – like other allergic… Read More »Allergic Rhinitis
Dr Hannah Wood, Dr Melody Bacon, Dr Louise Hartley What is ADEM? ADEM is a rare, inflammatory, neurological disorder seen in children and young adults.… Read More »ADEM: Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
Mahreen Sohail and Arwa Othman Children fall sick…a lot! But how sick is too sick for a normal child? At what point do you need… Read More »Immunodeficiency: How sick is too sick?
Elizabeth Jones and Charlotte Clements Lymphadenopathy is pretty common in children and it can be a sign of nothing much (a reaction to a virus… Read More »Lymphadenopathy: A Pain in the Neck or Something More Serious?
Dr Amirah Khair, Dr Suzanne Dowling Ciaran is a 14 year old boy who presents to his GP with a complaint of having an itchy… Read More »Pollen Food Allergy Syndrome
Aimee Henry, Marty Hanna, Vincent McLarnon, Colm Darby, Rachel Hearst, Shilpa Shah Here’s a story that’s never been told before. Or has it? We’ll let… Read More »Pro-Vac Conversations in Vaccine Hesitancy
Steven Montgomery (Junior Paediatric Clinical Fellow), Katarina Stefkova (Paediatric ST3), Shilpa Shah (Consultant Paediatrician), Craigavon Area Hospital Anaphylaxis is a dreaded presentation to the Emergency… Read More »Anaphylaxis
Ken Wu Every day during the COVID-19 outbreak, I go through the following scene: Open BBC News, read UK and world COVID-19 updates Open New… Read More »COVID-19: how to interpret what you read
Ken Wu A 2-year-old girl presents to the paediatric emergency department with a 3-day history of fever and cough. Parents also say that she is… Read More »COVID-19: how to navigate information in a global outbreak