Paediatrics &Neonatology
- Paediatrics and Neonatology are specialized fields of medicine dedicated to the healthcare of infants, children, and adolescents, ensuring their growth, development, and overall well-being.
- Paediatrics focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood illnesses ranging from common infections to complex medical conditions.
- Pediatric care covers all age groups — newborns, infants, toddlers, children, and teenagers — addressing their unique physical, emotional, and developmental needs.
- Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that provides specialized care to newborns, especially premature babies or those with low birth weight, birth defects, infections, or breathing difficulties.
- Pediatricians provide routine health check-ups, growth monitoring, developmental assessments, and immunization to protect children from preventable diseases.
- Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are equipped with advanced technology and highly trained specialists to manage critically ill or premature newborns.
- Common pediatric conditions include asthma, allergies, infections, nutritional deficiencies, behavioral issues, and chronic illnesses like diabetes or congenital heart disease.
- Preventive pediatrics emphasizes vaccination, healthy nutrition, early screening, and guidance for parents to ensure healthy childhood development.
- Pediatric emergency care addresses urgent health problems such as high fever, seizures, injuries, poisoning, dehydration, or respiratory distress.
- Developmental pediatrics focuses on monitoring cognitive, motor, and emotional milestones to identify learning disabilities, speech delays, or autism spectrum disorders at an early stage.
- Adolescent pediatrics deals with health issues specific to teenagers, including hormonal changes, mental health, eating disorders, and reproductive health counseling.
- Paediatrics and Neonatology work together to provide comprehensive, family-centered care from the first moments of life through childhood and adolescence.