FACTS: More than 20% of children will experience at least 1 fainting episode before the end of adolescence. Over 75% of “passing out” is non-cardiac (vasovagal or neurocardiogenic syncope) and the result of our nervous system causing a sudden drop in blood pressure which results is a temporary lack of oxygen to the brain. (Figure […]
Kawasaki disease was first described by Dr. Kawasaki in Japan in 1967. It is an inflammatory disease of the small and medium size blood vessels “vasculitis” throughout the body. Kawasaki disease: most commonly affects children from 1 to 4 years of age can affect younger and older children is most common in children of Asian […]
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