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Prof M Karim Khan

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Giving smartphones to kids? Think twice!

As a Paediatrician I often find parents coming with their kids aged between 3-5 years having a problem with conversation, lack of concentration, social relationship, sleep disturbances, irritable, not interested in outdoor games, books or teachers, etc. On query, parents inform that there was no problem with pregnancy, delivery and after delivery. All parameters were OK but recently they noticed the problem as mentioned earlier.
7 January 2023, 18:00 PM
7 January 2023, 18:00 PM
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What you need to know about monkeypox

According to the BBC, over 80 cases of monkeypox have been verified in at least 12 countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy, and Sweden recently. The situation is evolving and the World Health Organisation (WHO) expects there will be more cases of monkeypox identified as surveillance expands in non-endemic countries. Immediate actions focus on informing those who may be most at risk for monkeypox infection with accurate information, in order to stop further spread.
28 May 2022, 18:00 PM
28 May 2022, 18:00 PM
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The need for lab tests in disease diagnosis

Recently, I saw an eight-month-old kid who had constipation since birth. On query, the patient had delayed stool passage after delivery, neonatal
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM
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Oxygen therapy saves life

Oxygen is a drug, and it is being used regularly to treat patients everywhere. In general, any patient comes with Acute Asthma, Respiratory distress,
15 January 2022, 18:00 PM
15 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Waterborne diseases and water supply

For good health continuous access to a safe water supply is mandatory. Sometimes, supplied water contains dirt and other impurities that is not drinkable. In most tested cases, drinking water is not up to the mark.
18 September 2021, 18:00 PM
18 September 2021, 18:00 PM
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Dealing with the deadliest variant of COVID-19

COVID-19 has already made our life restricted, miserable and created a panic amongst us all. The Delta variant is a newcomer which started its devastating
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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Carotenaemia: does the skin tell us a story?

A couple of weeks ago I saw two patients having similar problems. Both the patients were around two years old, had deep yellow colouration of palms
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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Second wave of COVID-19 in Bangladesh and concerns

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), for the first wave of COVID-19 to be over, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has to drop below 5%. Bangladesh’s present data says the infection rate is still above 10%. So the first wave of COVID-19 in Bangladesh is continuing and the rate of infection is increasing to some extent.
5 December 2020, 18:00 PM
5 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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The adverse effect of overuse of hand sanitizer

We all know that the COVID-19 pandemic situation is the new normal that is going to be here for quite some time. To keep the disease away,
10 October 2020, 18:00 PM

How to ensure safe vegetables and fruits in COVID-19

Very often parents ask us whether they will able to offer seasonal fruits and vegetables to their child or not in this pandemic? How to make them safe or disinfected for consumption and how to preserve them.
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Routine vaccination of children in COVID-19

Recently many parents are seeking advice from doctors regarding routine vaccination of children in the COVID-19 pandemic.
4 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Boosting immunity to protect from COVID-19

Self-defense is the best defense. To protect ourselves from any disease or infection we need to increase our immunity. How can we do that? It is relatively simple and inexpensive. What we need is our desire and a bit of modification of our lifestyle and food habit.
13 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Coronavirus infection in children

The coronavirus outbreak has become a global problem, creating panic and concern all over the world. The pandemic has restricted movement,
6 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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How COVID-19 patients can avoid ICU management

We know that intensive care unit (ICU) is for critically ill patients. We also know that we have a scarcity of ICU beds as well as specialists in critical care management in Bangladesh.
2 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus infection in pregnancy

PREGNANCY & COVID-19: Coronavirus infection in pregnancy

Coronavirus can affect anyone, but in pregnancy, it may create anxiety and panic to the expectant mother and her family members.
18 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Dengue Fever Prevention

Dengue in new look and how to deal with it

Now most of the patient having fever are scared of dengue. They themselves are asking to give some tests to exclude dengue. Last year, the number of dengue patients were minimum but this year many more patients are affected.
3 August 2019, 18:00 PM

How to tackle motion sickness during travel

I travel regularly by bus and often find some of my travel mates are vomiting 20-30 minutes after commencing the journey.
16 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Is thumb sucking a problem?

Recently I met Abid (not a real name) with his parents. He is an adorable boy of 4 years. His parents are concerned about his thumb sucking.
19 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Green banana in treating diarrhoea

Diarrhoea is a common condition in our children. Approximately 3-4 episodes of diarrhoea annually are a common event in children under 5. To prevent diarrhoea, handwashing, eating safe food, drinking clean water and safe disposal of excreta is important.
1 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Common winter illnesses in children

Common winter illnesses in children

Winter is knocking at the door and few diseases are quite common in our children at this time. Most of the diseases that affect children in winter are common cold, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, tonsillitis and sore throat, asthma, earache, whooping cough, stomach flu or viral diarrhoea, scabies etc.
20 October 2018, 18:00 PM
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Frequently asked questions by the mother of a newborn

New mothers are always curious, excited and anxious. They might have many questions to ask to their doctors. I always ask the new mother to write all the questions that are in their mind and ask them one by one when they visit me with their baby for checkup. Here I am trying to put the frequently ask questions by mother & their answers.
8 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Witnessing slaughtering of sacrificial animal by children to be allowed or not?

During Eid-ul-Adha every year thousands of animals are being slaughtered in our country and in many other countries. The question is
18 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Routine lab investigations in diagnosing

Routine lab investigations in diagnosing the diseases

To diagnose a disease correctly, we have three tools in our hand. The first one is meticulous history taking. Taking history with due
17 February 2018, 18:00 PM
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Cerebral vasculitis and its facts

Life of Mayor Anisul Haque was claimed by cerebral vasculitis. It is an inflammation of the intracranial blood vessels. Small, medium
30 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Babies have senses in the womb

We very often talk about child, teenage and adult psychology, but rarely talk or think about foetal psychology. Having a healthy child in
11 November 2017, 18:00 PM
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Birth weight and growth of our babies — where are we?

Taking weight at birth is very important and it dictates the physician what measurement to be taken soon after birth to reduce the morbidity and mortality of neonate.
28 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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The danger of pathological jaundice in newborn

Mrs Piara Begum (not a real name) paid a visit to me in our out patient department in the morning with a 3 days old boy in her lap.
19 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Prenatal diagnosis of Thalassaemia

About a year ago a doctor couple came to my chamber with worried, anxious and frustrated mood. The lady doctor started crying.
15 July 2017, 18:00 PM

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