Dr Andy Raffles
Puberty & Other Issues In The Teenage Years!
We will be providing an occasional series of articles on “The teenage Years” which strictly speaking is a prolonged period of transition...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Jun 16, 2020
- 4 min
Preparing Your Child For A Doctor's Appointment - Can You Find The Words?
Visiting the doctor can be fun trip out, most doctors consulting rooms and waiting areas are child friendly with toys and book and...
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Dr Ian Hay
- Mar 23, 2020
- 1 min
Artist or Author? Competition Time!
Creative Young Minds Competition. Theme: 'Happiness is...' Competition Time: Do you have a budding young artist or author in the family?...
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Dr Claudine DeMunter
- Apr 12, 2019
- 2 min
Croup: Diagnosis and treatment
Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis) is term used to describe the breathing sounds that children make when they have an upper airway...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Oct 17, 2021
- 3 min
Winter Health Tips For Your Child In Nursery
Winter is a time for very cold weather, with crisp, cold days, and stunningly beautiful days with potentially lots of ice and snow, which...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Oct 17, 2021
- 4 min
Car Seats and Information For Families
One of the most important jobs you have as a parent or grandparent is keeping your child safe when your child is a passenger in a...
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Dr Julie Lanigan
- Oct 17, 2021
- 4 min
The Importance Of Healthy Eating In Childhood To Avoid Obesity
Helping families find their way to a healthier lifestyle A healthy lifestyle is essential in childhood to support growth and development...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Aug 21, 2021
- 3 min
Scrotal and Testicular Pain in Childhood
It is always worrying for parents when your child complains of pain, swelling, or a lump in the testicle. The good news is when caught...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Aug 21, 2021
- 3 min
My child/baby has been diagnosed with Torticollis or Wry Neck – what does it mean?
Torticollis is simply the tilting of the head to one side caused by contraction of the neck muscles and in babies and children, this is...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Aug 21, 2021
- 4 min
Tips for Healthy Child Development
Infants (0-1 year old) Developmental Milestones What happens – or doesn’t happen – to children in the earliest years of their lives is...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
Medicine Cabinet for Children, an essential for travel (and home)
Eight out of 10 GPs believe patients are not sufficiently prepared for minor incidents and illnesses. Lack of preparedness for even minor...
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Dr Lucinda Green
- Jun 25, 2021
- 4 min
Spotlight on Postnatal Depression
New parents often assume that having a baby will be joyful and exciting, and for many, it will be. However, it’s also common to feel...
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Dr Bisola Laguda
- Jun 25, 2021
- 5 min
Protecting Your Child’s Skin In The Sun
Warm sunny days are fun for children and adults alike, but it is important to do so safely. During this time of the year, we are often...
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- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
Contemporary Weaning - An Allergist's Perspective
A common question asked of the Paediatrician is when to wean and onto which foods. Weaning is inevitable as exclusive breastfeeding will...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
Update on Tics & Mannerisms - Why have they apparently increased during pandemic associated lockdown
Do these headlines mean anything to you? We’ve seen so many girls suffering in lockdown’: the troubling rise of tics among teenage girls...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- May 26, 2021
- 5 min
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (also called Congenital Hip Dislocation or Hip Dysplasia)
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a condition where the ‘ball and socket’ joint of the hip does not properly form in babies and...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
Is it Safe To Give My Baby A Dummy?
I am uncertain as to whether to use a dummy/pacifier/soother and have heard so much conflicting advice? Are they safe and when can I use...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Apr 23, 2021
- 4 min
Acute Middle Ear Infections in Children
What is it: The middle ear is a closed space behind the eardrum that is filled with air as it is ventilated by the Eustachian tube...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Apr 23, 2021
- 5 min
Bullied or Bully?
Bullying at school As we all start to re-engage with a more normal life, and our children return to school they will re-establish...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Apr 23, 2021
- 3 min
Bullied or Bully (Part 2)
Contacting the School about a Bullying Situation Understand School Policy - Read up on the school’s complaints procedure, and behavioural...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
Oh No! Not Another Vaccination Article!
Current risks of vaccination are far outweighed by the risks of disinformation preventing children and young people from receiving timely...
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Dr Claudine DeMunter
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
Potty Training - When and How?
Some toddlers are ready to come out of nappies during the day by 2 years of age, some may take a little longer and are ready by 3 ½ years...
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GUEST
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
Tongue-Tie
Tongue-tie occurs when tongue movement is restricted by the presence of a short, tight membrane (known as the lingual frenulum) that...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Feb 24, 2021
- 4 min
Precocious Puberty (Early Puberty)
This is a relatively common condition seen in our children and young people’s clinics when puberty starts in one way or another 2-3 years...
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Dr Claudine DeMunter
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
Vomiting & Dehydration, Risks & How To Avoid Them
Children can vomit at all ages. Vomiting is a non-specific sign and has many different causes. When dealing with a vomiting baby or...
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GUEST
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
Breastfeeding - Why Is It Important?
Mothers are encouraged to breastfeed wherever possible, however, some may decide against this whether out of necessity (e.g. suboptimal...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Jan 20, 2021
- 7 min
Baby and Child Care in an Era of Pandemic
We are living in, and through, a very challenging and unprecedented time, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has had a great...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Jan 20, 2021
- 3 min
Puberty Disorders (Part 2)
In this article, part of our series on common problems in puberty we are looking at some of the more frequently encountered timing...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Jan 20, 2021
- 9 min
Head Lice & Nits
Although head lice are common problems in children, and adults, currently, with social distancing there appear to be fewer infestations,...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
Hiccups
Your Child May Get Hiccups, But What Is That Strange Noise And Why Does It Happen? Hiccups happen when your diaphragm involuntarily...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Nov 18, 2020
- 4 min
Puberty & Other Issues In The Teenage Years!
We will be providing an occasional series of articles on “The teenage Years” which strictly speaking is a prolonged period of transition...
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Dr Nitin Shastri, Consultant Paediatrician
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
What Is Croup & Who Is Most at Risk?
Croup is most commonly the result of an infectious respiratory illness. It causes a change in breathing causing a brassy, barking cough. ...
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Dr Inyang Takon
- Oct 14, 2020
- 3 min
Toe-walking in Children - When Should Parents be Concerned?
Toe-walking in young children is common and can sometimes be seen when children are learning to walk. In most children, this resolves by...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Oct 14, 2020
- 2 min
Flu Vaccine - More Important This Year?
As the 2020/21 influenza season is likely to collide with the currently observed nationwide surge in COVID-19 transmission,...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Aug 31, 2020
- 2 min
Return to School & Preschool (2020)
Right now, there is a major focus on schools, not least because pupils in Scotland have returned to full time education. The situation...
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Dr Claudine DeMunter
- Aug 31, 2020
- 4 min
Lyme Disease
What is Lyme Disease? Lyme disease is an infection caused by an infected tick bite and whilst less common in the UK, we have seen an...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Jul 23, 2020
- 3 min
Diabetes in Children
This article is being written towards the end of a prolonged period of social isolation for most of our families, and although this was...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Jul 23, 2020
- 3 min
Ouch! - Stings, Bites & Your Child
The majority of bites and stings in children are not serious and are self-limiting, resolving after a few hours or days without the need...
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Dr Claudine DeMunter
- Jul 23, 2020
- 3 min
Nosebleeds (Epistaxis)
What is a nosebleed? A nosebleed is bleeding from the delicate nasal membranes inside the nose, caused by broken blood vessels. The...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Jun 16, 2020
- 4 min
Preparing Your Child For A Doctor's Appointment - Can You Find The Words?
Visiting the doctor can be fun trip out, most doctors consulting rooms and waiting areas are child friendly with toys and book and...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Jun 16, 2020
- 2 min
What is Haematuria?
Haematuria is a medical term which describes the presence of blood in the urine. Haematuria can originate from anywhere along the system...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- May 12, 2020
- 4 min
Weaning From 6 Months +
Weaning for all mums and dads can seem a little complex and a getting it right a big responsibility, but here break it down, so you can...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- May 12, 2020
- 7 min
Remote Video Consulting – The New Mode of Delivering Healthcare – A Guide
Over the last few weeks everyone’s real world has been turned upside down, and inside out – and replaced with virtual worlds in a way...
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Dr Inyang Takon
- May 12, 2020
- 3 min
Neurodevelopmental Assessments Via Video Consultations - How Well Does This Work?
The ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic has led to changes in the way non-emergency healthcare is being delivered. Developmental Paediatricians...
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Dr Claudine DeMunter
- Apr 29, 2020
- 3 min
Multisystem Hyperinflammatory State in Children
Many of you will have been worried by the recent news stories around a possible rise in a new multi-system inflammatory affecting...
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Dr Claudine DeMunter
- Apr 21, 2020
- 2 min
Bringing Clinics to your Home...
As this pandemic continues, we are aware that many children are not accessing the vaccinations they need, either because their local GP...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
Slapped Cheek?!
You may have received a letter from the nursery or school saying that there has been an outbreak of Slapped Cheek Disease but what is...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
My baby's head shape looks odd
Head shapes in baby are a frequent cause of anxiety, and rarely is there anything to worry about. Ventouse delivery is delivery with a...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Apr 16, 2020
- 4 min
Is my child’s stomach ache really appendicitis?
A stomach ache is a very common occurrence, especia