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Yellow Fever vaccine as a requirment for International travel during the adoption process
By :
Paul Lee M.D.
I am heading to a couple of countries where Yellow Fever vaccine is required. On occassion I have taken my kids on various trips with me to developing nations and feel this is greatly beneficial for them. My 11 year old son would very much like to go with me, but I am pretty worried about giving him a live vaccine... Are there any medical professionals out there with thoughts on the safety of this vaccine (as well as Typhoid and many of the other ones)? Should I just leave him at home for this trip? Am I crazy to think of taking him?
What To Do About Head Lice
By :
John Rouque
The small parasites that reside on our scalps and lead to a great deal of itchiness are called head lice. They live on the blood they manage to suck from our heads. It is due to this that head lice that have no human hosts do not live for a long time. A mother louse usually births about six eggs per day. Eight days from such, baby lice are hatched and transform into full adults after two weeks. A person infested with lice will usually have a dozen of them adults living in his head at a single time, but there are generally hundreds of eggs around just waiting to hatch.
Positive Test for Hepatitis C on the Adoption Medical Abstract
By :
Nicholas Rogu M.D.
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by infection with the hepatitis C virus. The virus causes liver inflammation, which interferes with proper liver function. It can eventually lead to severe, permanent liver damage and cirrhosis and may be complicated by liver cancer. Because the initial symptoms are mild, hepatitis C often goes unnoticed until years later when liver damage is discovered. Maternal-infant transmission is not common.
Tuberculosis Screening in the Internationally Adopted Child
By :
Nicholas Rogu M.D.
Tuberculosis Screening in the Internationally Adopted Child
Hepatitis B infection in the Institutionalized the child.
By :
George Rogu M.D.
My referrals initial Hepatitis B screen was positive at birth, but a follow-up screening test showed a negative result what does this mean?
Hepatitis A infection in the orphan child
By :
George Rogu M.D.
Is Hepatitis A infection something that I should worry about in my internationally adopted child?
Intestinal Parasitis in the orphan child
By :
George Rogu M.D.
Are Intestinal parasites common in orphan children? What do I as an adoptive parent need to know?
"My referral's medical info states that the child tested positive for syphilis at birth? What further questions should I ask - can I still consider this referral?"
By :
George Rogu M.D.
"My referral's medical info states that the child tested positive for syphilis at birth? What further questions should I ask - can I still consider this referral?"
Positive PPD in the Internationally Adopted child
By :
George Rogu M.D.
I adopted a child from Russia and on my Post-Adoption evaluation it was discovered that he has a positive PPD.
Does this mean that he is contagious to my family and what is the course of treatment for my child?
Reader's Question on HIV Infection...
By :
George Rogu M.D.
"We are in the referral stage of an adorable 15 month old baby girl. Her medical reports state that she has had perinatal contact with HIV. The baby has since been tested Negative twice for HIV. What should we know before we proceed?"
Internationally adopted child who is a carrier of Hepatitis C antibodies.
By :
James Reilly M.D.
We are considering adopting a child who is a carrier of Hepatitis C antibodies. We have other children at home. Are we posing a risk to our other children?"
Salmonella infection in the Internationally adopted child
By :
James Reilly M.D.
I would like to know about Salmonella in a institutionalized child. Our child had acquired it twice....first at 4 mos....then again was hospitalized for it at 8 months. Is there a deficiency that we should be aware of that keeps him from not contracting this? Also, should we be aware of serious long term effects of Salmonella?
Worries with HIV + orphan
By :
James Reilly M.D.
"I would like to know if anyone should adopt a child that is HIV- (tested at birth and at 10 mos both neg) but born to a mom HIV +, What worries should we have if we accept this referral? "
Can immunization records from orphanages be relied upon
By :
George Rogu M.D.
Can immunization records from orphanages be relied upon, given that vaccinations in third-world nations often are not on par with accepted standards?
Reader's Question on Streptodermia
By :
James Reilly M.D.
I have a video and medical on a 10 year old little girl from Russia. She appears very normal and healthy.Her medical history says she has had streptodermia and acute glomerulonephritis (hematuria type). Chronic glomerulonephritis in remission. What is this medical problem?
Reader's Question on Giardia Infection
By :
George Rogu M.D.
On the post-adoption medical examination, my son who was adopted from Russia had something called Giardia in the school. Why did he get this disease and how serious is it?
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