Dr Vipul Baweja

Animal Bites & Rabies

RABIES- INFORMATION & FACTS VACCINATION STATUS OF THE BITING ANIMAL Although unvaccinated animals are more likely to transmit rabies, vaccinated animals can also do so if the vaccination of the biting animal was ineffective for any reason. A history of rabies vaccination in an animal is not always a guarantee that the biting animal can notContinue reading “Animal Bites & Rabies”

Deworming in Children

Possibility of your child getting infested by worms is high after the age of 1 year as children start exploring the surroundings more and likelihood of getting worms increases as habits of mouthing increase. Also, hand hygiene at times be a challenge despite our best efforts. Most commonly, kids would ingest the water while bathingContinue reading “Deworming in Children”

Never remove wax with ear buds

It is a common practice in many families to use ear buds to clean ears. This practice is not recommended. One can do more harm by using ear buds. Ear buds usually push the wax deep inside the ear tube. Body has mechanisms to throw out the ear wax only if it is not usedContinue reading “Never remove wax with ear buds”

COVID-19 Taking Care of your family- Protection First

With The COVID-19 Pandemic around and which it seems is going to stay for few months at least, we need to protect and care about not only ourselves but also about the high risk family members at our homes, which would include Elderly, very small kids and pregnant ladies.

Head Injury

Immediately after a fall, most children cry excessively for next few minutes because of the sudden fall, even if they are not having so much pain. So firstly, they should all be consoled and cuddled and reassured that every thing is OK. At times small children vomit due to excess cry, which is OK andContinue reading “Head Injury”

When to worry about bed wetting or nocturnal enuresis

Boys usually are dry by night by the age of 6 yrs, while girls are faster and achieve night control by 5 yrs age. So, after these ages, it is a matter of concern if your child is not dry in night. It is of even more concern if the child had started remaining dryContinue reading “When to worry about bed wetting or nocturnal enuresis”