Children's Day and Child Health - Insights of a Homeopathic Doctor Dr. T Kiran Kumar

December 23, 2020 at 11:09 AM EST

Dr. T Kiran Kumar Sr. Doctor Positive Homeopathy & Dr. Kiran's Homeo Life Clinics

Hyderabad, Dec 23, 2020 (Issuewire.com) - Children's Day and Child health

Children are the most treasured part of society and they are the asset of the future.
World Children's Day is celebrated on November 20th every year in honor of the children. Some countries observe it on different dates, whereas, In India, Children's Day is celebrated on 14th November as a tribute to the first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Had once said, "The children of today will make the India of tomorrow. The way we bring them up will determine the future of the country". We assume bringing up the children definitely includes their health and hygiene. A healthy mind and body of the children guarantee the good health of the society or country.

Homeopathy's core philosophy is re-establishing the health of the sick. Children are highly susceptible to many obnoxious agents as they are born. Homeopaths follow the founder of Homeopathy, Dr.Hahnemann in taking care of the newborn by giving mild antipsoric treatment which is to protect posterity from diseases in advance. The pregnant women who take homeopathic treatment are also provided antipsoric treatment to destroy Psora, which is the producer of most chronic diseases particularly of hereditary nature in the newborn.

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that specializes in diseases of children. The pediatric age group varies in different countries, In the USA, it is till the age of 21, in the UK, till 18 yrs and in India children up to the age of 13 are considered for pediatric care and treatment. Since homeopathy doctors are proven on children as well, homeopathic doctors are well-trained in the treatment of children's diseases through gentle healing and care requirements of the pediatrics age group.

Also, diseases in children are many and differ as they grow. The stages of growth are classified as Infant/newborn, Toddler, Pre-school, School going, Teenagers, and Adolescents. At all the stages, children are vulnerable to morbid agents and they need to be protected. The physicians guide the parents, particularly the mothers about the importance of breastfeeding, emotional disturbances affecting health, personal hygiene, and the art of socializing. The most common diseases a child may get affected at each stage of their life are classified and accordingly best homeopathic treatment is developed for quick restoration of health.

There are certain diseases that are rather unfortunate, such as genetic diseases and destructive hereditary diseases. Children suffering from such genetic diseases need at most care as they are found to be more delicate than regular children. Since homeopathy considers the constitution of the child, homeopathic doctors are able to help such children bringing a ray of hope and joy to the parent(s). The best part of homeopathic treatment is that the medicines are easy to be dispensed to children by staying at home, for those who suffer from genetic diseases such as Down syndrome, Thalassemia, Sickle-cell anemia, Turner syndrome, Muscle dystrophy, Mitochondrial defects, Cystic fibrosis, etc. Children during the treatment will find much betterment and thus various kinds of inclusive treatments can be avoided.

Children as they grow and become socialize at school, at public places, and among relatives, tend to find new experiences and amusements. Many children may develop psychosomatic disorders when they fail to find answers to their questions and amusements. Physical and mental abuse is another grey area that some unfortunate children are tormented with. Homeopathy has wonderful medicines to treat children with different psychosomatic and psychiatric disorders, they might suffer from. An in-depth case-analysis, observing the child, being good listeners to children as they speak, investigating the causative factors responsible for the altered mental state are all the features of a good homeopathic practitioner.

The most common symptoms children complain about are related primarily to the skin, upper respiratory diseases, genitourinary disorders, and gastrointestinal diseases. Very often, parents come to our clinics bringing their children for complaints of ear pain, stomach/abdominal pain, any itch/skin rash, cold/cough, crying during defecation/micturition. Family physicians should educate the parents about the seriousness of the symptoms the majority of children usually complain of so that parents do not get anxious or panicky and take a drastic step which may result in unnecessary medication.

Nutritional disorders are very rampant in children nowadays owing to canned food, packed food, junk food, lack of personal hygiene, poor physical activity, etc. Earlier, nutritional deficiencies were noted in children of underdeveloped and poor countries. At Dr.Kiran's HomeoLife clinics, our doctors religiously ask about the physical generals which include appetite, thirst, desires, and aversions in food habits, any allergy to food items, sleep, and perspiration. Such detailed information guides our doctors to advise and formulate a diet regimen necessary for each particular child. Some of the common nutritional disorders children suffer from are Iron deficiency, Calcium deficiency, Vitamin A, C, D, and K deficiency, Iodine deficiency, marasmus, Protein Energy Malnutrition, etc.

There are situations where it becomes mandatory for citizens to follow the health guidelines of the country/region, such as vaccination programs. The immunization schedule is prepared by individual countries and also by the World Health Organisation which is compulsory vaccination for all the children at a particular age. Vaccines are part of health policy for diseases that do not have treatment available yet. But in some hypersensitive children, vaccination may result in a reaction, bad-effects, or adverse effects. In homeopathy, there are very effective medicines to treat complaints arising from bad-effects of vaccination such as Variolinum, Silicea, Thuja, etc which work tremendously in nullifying the effects. Similarly, is the case with dentition. Some children during dentition, suffer from diarrhea or grinding or biting or convulsions or get anxious or suffer from fever, though dentition is a normal physiological process. Homeopathy also has a role to take care of such unusual experiences felt by the children and treat them completely with medicines such as Calcarea carb, Silicea, Chamomilla, etc among many others.

Teenage Children as they develop secondary sexual characters and as they become adolescents, it is found some diseases are commonly seen in this age-group also. A girl child is asked about menarche and menstrual cycles, taboos, and myths related to it are discussed. The parents should take their adolescent child to a family physician to discuss the impact on the health of alcohol, smoking, drugs, online games, stalking, bullying, etc which are some of the evil forms existing in society.