"It can't be reflux, because when we pick her up she stops crying!"
This is a common misconception among parents of children with acid reflux and physicians. Unknowingly, these individuals mistakenly think that acid reflux pain cannot be real if the baby stops crying when he or she is distracted.
Even though pain distraction is a relatively new field of study, preliminary research supports the power of distraction for pain management.
As an example, patients commonly report...
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
The source of the infection should be identified and treated.In many cases, nonsevere neutropenia goes away on its own as the bone marrow recovers... Read more »
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