Cayman Paediatrics

26/04/2023

It's ! We join in supporting, promoting and encouraging healthy habits in children - whether it's nutritional health, physical health or emotional health. Action for Healthy Kids have created a theme for each day this week. While the week has started, it's still not too late to get involved!

Today's theme is 'Wellness Wednesday' and it is all about Physical Activity and Active Play. Some of our team's activity suggestions are:

🚶🏾‍♀️Going on a family walk at the beach or around your neighborhood
🚴‍♂️Riding your bike
💃Having a dance-off at home!

Some other great suggestions for Wellness Wednesday and the rest of the week can be found here: https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/every-kid-healthy-week-resources/

What’s your favourite activity to do with your kids? Let us know in the comments below 😊

09/04/2023

On behalf of the entire team, we want to wish you a very Happy Easter 🐣🐇

We hope you stay safe and healthy this holiday period and enjoy your time with family and friends.

Please note our clinic is now closed and will re-open Tuesday April 11th at 8am. 🕗

For any urgent concerns or queries during this time please visit our out-of-hours page here: https://www.integra.ky/out-of-hours/

06/04/2023

We hope you have a nice Easter weekend.

Please note the changes to our hours during the Easter Holiday period:

Friday 7th April (Good Friday): Closed
Saturday 8th April: 9am - 1pm
Monday 10th April (Easter Monday): Closed

For any urgent concerns during the Easter holiday visit: www.integra.ky/out-of-hours/

24/03/2023

Recent studies have been published about introducing babies to certain foods such as peanut butter as early as 4 months compared to the current guidance of 6 months. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-64987074

We wanted to share our article breaking down how food allergies in children work and why many researchers are suggesting the introduction of these foods associated with allergies at a younger age. Read more here: https://www.integra.ky/demystifying-food-allergies-in-children/

23/03/2023

Statistics showcase just how important sleep is! Just 39 minutes less sleep each night has proven to have negative impacts on children's health and their day at school:
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/16/health/children-sleep-39-minutes-study-wellness/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2023-03-20T07%3A00%3A06&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNNi&fbclid=IwAR0ISPf8c7Xp1t0BVAMg3ej70M0JU0m_QEtt5cbZbOBW52IlXMdAaWzhz3o

Bedtime may be a time of conflict and struggle between tired adults and their rambunctious kids, but it is crucial to a child's happiness and health. Experts share how to make your child's sleep routine work for them.

04/03/2023

Choosing your Paediatrician – Parental Rights as a topic is an important one but it should not be a stressful one and we hope this short article will provide you with some helpful insight, both about your rights as parents and in how to choose a paediatrician in the Cayman Islands.

https://www.integra.ky/choosing-your-paediatrician-parental-rights/

03/03/2023

The symptoms of a UTI during pregnancy are definitely something to look out for according to a new study. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/988483

The article included comments from lead author Jian-Rong He, DPhil, Division of Birth Cohort Study, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou, China who explained the findings:

"...."suggest that maternal urinary and ge***al tract infections during pregnancy are associated with a higher risk of childhood leukemia in offspring,"... However, he added that "the associated absolute risk remained small given the rarity" of the disease….“Given that little is known about the etiology of childhood leukemia," these results "suggest an important direction for research on the etiology of childhood leukemia as well as development of potential preventive measures,""

Maternal urinary and ge***al tract infections during pregnancy appear to markedly increase the risk for leukemia in offspring, warn researchers in a large-scale analysis of Danish registry data.

23/02/2023

This article summarises a recent study on using mobile phones to help calm your child. The study explains that automatically handing a phone to a child as a method to calm them down prevents the child from having a chance to work through their feelings themselves and self-regulate their emotions.

While using the mobile phones or media from time to time is okay, the study notes, it should not be a normal occurrence as this is truly when dysregulation and rapid shifts in their moods can take place.

Read more here:

Regularly using a mobile device as a calming strategy for your child could lead to worse behavioral challenges down the road.

16/02/2023

Today is International Childhood Cancer Day. At Integra, we join in with supporting efforts to raise awareness and increase education on childhood cancer.

Cancer in children is rarely due to environmental factors or lifestyle choices but mainly changes in cell DNA either before birth or in early childhood.

In children (0-14 years), the two main types of cancer are leukemia and brain cancer:

- Leukemia (cancers of the bone marrow and white blood cells) can present with: bone and joint pain, tiredness, weakness, pale skin, bleeding or bruising, fever, weight loss and other symptoms.

- Brain tumors can cause: headaches, nausea, vomiting, blurred or double vision, dizziness, trouble walking or handling objects, and other symptoms.

Fortunately, most children (more than 80%) with cancer today survive because of high quality clinical treatment trials and centralization of care in childhood cancer.

However, despite these great advances, cancer remains the 2nd largest cause of death in children, after accidents.

Increasing education on childhood cancer, regular checkups and contacting your physicians for any concerns (particularly if you child has a higher chance of developing a cancer, due to certain genes) is important in helping with early intervention and greater awareness of this disease.

07/02/2023

Today we are sharing an article below from the American Heart Association which offers a general introduction on steps you as parents can take now to help lessen the risk of heart disease in your children later on in life:
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2022/08/04/what-parents-can-do-to-protect-kids-from-heart-disease

A helpful article to read this ❤️

Risk factors for heart disease are easier to prevent than they are to reverse, which means parents who want to protect their kids' hearts should start now.

11/01/2023

Our Specialist Paediatrician and Neonatologist, Dr Siobhan Jaques has created a fever advice sheet which offers information and advice on what to do when your child has a fever.

Read more here: https://www.integra.ky/fever-advice-sheet/

06/01/2023

Really useful guidance on recognising Strep A and Scarley Fever. If you have any concerns, contact Integra Paediatrics and we'd be glad to advise.

Over the last couple of weeks, a number of children have sadly died after contracting Group A streptococcal (GAS) infection – often called ‘Strep A’.