Paediatrics
Introduction
Our Paediatric service provides quality and comprehensive care for children from newborns to adolescents up to 18 years old. Our service aims to help parents and their children identify and manage various health problems they may experience before reaching adulthood.
Our Services
Dietary supplementation and avoidance counselling
Evaluation, education and counselling on life-style issues (e.g. bathing, diapers, sun exposure, swimming, exercise, pets) with atopic diseases:
Asthma: Childhood Asthma Control Test (ACT/C-ACT), Paediatric Allergic Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire (PADQLQ), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) and management
Allergic rhinitis: Assessment/scores, Paediatric Allergic Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire (PADQLQ), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS), and management
Eczema: Eczema control, SCORing Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD), Nottingham Eczema Severity Score (NESS), Patient Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM), Paediatric Allergic Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire (PADQLQ), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) and management, Skin Hydration and Transepidermal Water Loss (TEWL), and management
Urticaria: Paediatric Allergic Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire (PADQLQ), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS), counselling and management
- Food allergy and faddism: Paediatric Allergic Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire (PADQLQ), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS), counselling and management
Diagnosis, management and referral of general and chronic paediatric conditions, such as respiratory tract infections, gastroenteritis, urinary tract infection, allergic diseases, skin rashes, vaccinations, growth concerns, common childhood injuries like pulled elbow, lacerations or sprains
Diagnosis, management and referral of paediatric conditions of subspecialised fields, including, but not limited to:
Neonatology
Paediatric emergency medicine
Paediatric cardiology
Paediatric respiratory medicine
Paediatric immunology, allergy and infectious diseases
Paediatric intensive care
Paediatric genetics and genomics
Paediatric surgery
Paediatric ear, nose & throat
Paediatric eye
Paediatric orthopaedics
- Genodermatosis and congenital skin diseases assessment
Newborn hearing screening
Newborn screening for metabolic disorders
Paediatric vision screening
Referral to allied health services, such as physiotherapy, speech therapy, dietetics and clinical psychology
Subhealth ailments counselling (e.g. Growing pains, body weight, life-style issues)
Breastfeeding counselling and support
Integrative medicine counselling and referral
Breastfeeding Support
Conditions we treat
Mothers | Babies | ||
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- Insufficient milk | - Suspected fungal infection - Suspected blocked duct - Suspected mastitis - Suspected breast abscess - Blood in milk - Mothers on medications or on special diet - Mother with illnesses - Advice for a better preparation for breast feeding and baby care | - Crying babies | - Constipation - Neonatal jaundice - Prolong jaundice - Skin rash - Eczema - Refusing to eat solids - Refusing to eat certain foods - Suspected to have food intolerance - Suspected to have inadequate nutrition - Suspected to have tongue tie - Suspected to have oral thrush |