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1000 Points In New Born Care – Part 72

1. To prevent this Vitamin ‘A’ deficiency and toad skin adequate amount of vitamin A should be included in the diet.
2. Some children may start to limp all of a sudden. It may be due to injury to the leg or unsized foot wears.
3. Diseases spread by mosquito are Malaria, Brain fever, Elephantiasis, Dengue fever etc., To prevent these diseases control of mosquitoes is a must.
4. To control the mosquitoes, spraying of mosquito repellents should be done to the stagnant water near the houses.
5. To prevent the children from mosquito bite mosquito net is superior to any others.
6. Waterborne diseases are loose motion, Cholera, Typhoid, Hepatitis ‘A’ etc.,
7. Even though there are many purifying equipments for water are there in the market, boiling and cooling still holds the good.
8. If the baby is breast fed exclusively due to poverty or ignorance for 2-3 years it may become a malnourished child or marasmic child.
9. If the child is sick, it is essential and mandatory to continue breast feeding. Since, it has got protective substances which protect the child from other infections.
10. Office going women can feed their babies before and after their office hours. Cessation of feeding during office hours will not lead to souring of milk. It is only superstition.