Following my nephew’s diagnosis of leukemia at UNTH, in Enugu, I requested that the hematology department send a referral note by e-mail to Saint Jude’s, a children’s cancer research hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. This institution is a center of excellence for the condition my nephew had. Why did I ask for a referral? […]
Category: Modern Era Pediatrics
Discusses childhood diseases, and displays articles on pediatric diseases such as Asthma, Ear Infection, Strep throat, Head concussion, fever, colic, croup,jaundice and so forth.
Also displays articles on motivation, inspiration, body, mind and souls.
Poison ivy picture
Pictures of itchy streaky rash caused by poison ivy, one on the left forearm, the other on the left cheek Both kids had wandered into the bush to retrieve a soccer ball Both children did well on Hydrocortisone cream and antihistamine. Pictures taken on June, 2015 by Anselm Anyoha MD […]
Recognizing Concussion and Head Injury
Whatever the scenario may be the aftermath is similar; an athlete who blacked out, or who got stunned, or who got dazed. The period from a concussion to recovery is quick, lasting within seconds, or a few minutes. The athlete usually recovers but asked to sit out for the rest of the activity. In some […]
Jaundice in Newborns
While working at one of the inner city hospitals in New York City, I had the burden of telling a mother that her new born will not go home as planned because baby’s skin is too yellow—jaundiced and that the baby needed to be treated with light {phototherapy}. After hearing my assessment, the mother broke […]
Fever in Children
Fever in children is one of the most common medical symptoms that parents have to deal with. Unlike grown-ups, children seldom announce when they are sick. Some of the clues that can point to fever in children include a decrease in appetite, decrease in activity, chills and feeling warm to the touch. Experienced parents can […]
Neighbors by Thomas Berger- a Book Review
Earl and Enid Keese lived with college daughter Elaine at the end of a quiet street in a rural town. A new couple had moved into the house occupied by the Walkers, their previous neighbors. The new couple had a wolfhound named Baby. Earl and Enid had just finished discussing when to invite the new […]
Half of A Yellow Sun, A Book Review
Half of a Yellow Sun, a novel about the Biafra-Nigerian civil war, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Half of a Yellow Sun was a novel I read last summer. My sister had mentioned the book as having reminded her of what happened during the 1967-1970 Biafra versus Nigeria civil war. The clincher to read it, though, […]
Save My Village
On December 22, 2014, three days before Christmas, Matt’s journey was slow and seemingly endless. A forty-minute road trip from Owerri to Umuezeaga, his home village, stretched to over three hours. The reasons were obvious. The roads were clogged with vehicles lined up bumper-to-bumper, each diving into valleys and emerging on the mounds of hills […]
Book: How Broccoli Head Lost Thirty Pounds
Life after Death
Parts of us die every day. Units of us that die daily get reabsorbed into the system in keeping with the majestic order of the universe. For example, our tissues recycle when we lose our hairs, cut our nails, shed some blood or move our bowels. Deprived of nourishment, these discarded cells and body […]