Are you concerned your child may be suffering from some type of disease or illness? Whether they have chronic ear problems, suffer from parathyroid diseases, or regularly get sinus infections, it can be difficult caring for a sick child. You never want them to be in pain or uncomfortable for an extended period of time. However, if you aren?t a doctor, it can be tricky deciding if they are suffering from something like parathyroid diseases or hearing loss on your own.
Interested in learning more about how common certain disease and illnesses are in child and young adults? Keep reading for more information about some of the causes, side effects, and solutions to everything from hearing issues, to a cleft palate, to parathyroid diseases.
3 Diseases and Illnesses Children Can Suffer From
1. Ear infections
Ear infections are one of the most common things children suffer from at one point or another in their lives. In fact, this is something many children experience before they even reach age two. Statistics show that by age two, nearly 90% of children have already had at least one ear infection. By age three, the likelihood is even higher that a child will have suffered from an ear infection already. On top of having just one ear infection, doctors find that nearly 30% of children have more than three episodes by age three.
If you feel as though your child may be experiencing an ear infection, make a doctor?s appointment for them as soon as possible. Ear infections are treatable, but a doctor should do an evaluation and offer a diagnosis. Without a proper diagnosis from a certified physician, you cannot be certain what is ailing your child. You never want to attempt to treat your child on your own. Always seek professional assistance first. Then that professional doctor can propose a treatment plan that can be put into place.
2. Hearing loss
Although it is not frequently talked about, hearing loss in newborn infants occurs somewhat regularly. Statistics claim that for every 1,000 babies born, one of them will have hearing loss to a certain extent. There are a variety of things that can impact whether a child may suffer from hearing loss. In around 60% of the cases, genes come into play.
Another issue that can result in hearing loss is if the mother suffers an infection while she is pregnant with the child. In addition to an infection, other environmental effects and complications after birth make up around 30% of the cases where a baby experiences hearing loss. In other instances, babies suffer from Aural Atresia. This simply means that no opening exists from the outside ear to the hearing bones. It failed to form at some point during the pregnancy. This occurs on only one side for around 80% of babies who experience this.
3. Tonsillectomies
Tonsils can result in a variety of issues in young children. One thing to be on the look-out for is whether your child may be suffering an infection. When a child has recurring infections in their tonsils, it may be necessary to remove the tonsils. While it was much more common in the past to remove tonsils, now only around 20% of cases due to infection will result in removal of the tonsils.
Instead, doctors are looking out for issues with the tonsils that results in obstructive sleep problems. If this is an issue for your child, there is an 80% chance a doctor may recommend to remove your child?s tonsils. With enlarged tonsils, chances go up 3.7 times that your child may have trouble with things like sleep-disordered breathing. One symptom of sleep-disordered breathing is constant snoring throughout the night.
Has your child ever been diagnosed with any of these issues? How did you treat the case whether it was an ear infection, tonsil infection, parathyroid diseases, or breathing difficulties? Let us know in the comments about your experiences.
