Paedriatics + Urinary Men

Naturopathic Nutrition Year 2: Study Notes on Paediatrics, Urinary Health, and Men's Health

• This lecture covers Paediatrics, Urinary Health, and Men's Health.

Paediatric Consultation Care

• Paediatric consultations require the presence of a parent or legal guardian for infants and children.
• For children aged 2/3 years and older, involve the child in the consultation. Older children can answer questions with parent/guardian assistance.
• Paediatric consultations may need to be shorter due to shorter attention skills of a younger client, impacting the gathering of a health history.
• Child preparation for the consultation is important.
• Include the child directly in the consultation discussion.
• Providing adequate time for the child to respond is important.
• Avoid monopolizing the conversation with the child.
• Observe physical cues and appearances in children.
• Assess how the child reacts to their surroundings; this may help to determine if they are shy, confident, talkative, happy, sad, or tired.
• Notice how the child physically sits, whether they slump, wiggle, or clutch their knees.
• Pale skin, robust appearance, redness, or dark circles under the eyes are all things to notice.
• Change descriptions and questions into child-relatable terms.
• Work out the best treatment strategy with the consideration for the child.
• Presenting the plan as 'fairy potions', 'witchy brews', or 'green dinosaur drinks' can help with compliance.
• Children are sensitive to man-made nutrients and supplements.
• Emphasizing organic food choices and hiding foods can be helpful for fussy eaters, hiding foods in smoothies and sauces.
• Chewable or powdered supplements are generally well tolerated.
• Liquids can be hidden in juices, smoothies, or jellies.
• Maple syrup, cocoa powder, dates, organic yoghurts, and frozen banana/berries can mask the flavour of supplements that children won't take independently
• Avoid strict diets for a child and focus on adding nutrient-dense foods instead.
• It is important to adjust supplement dosages according to the child's age.
• For infants still breastfeeding, it is important to dose for the mother instead.
• Fried's rule is used for infants under 2 years of age when dosing: calculated as (Age in months ÷ 150) x adult dose.
• Young's rule is used for children 2 years and above : this is calculated as Age of child ÷ (age of child + 12) x adult dose.
• It is important to consider children who are larger or smaller than average when dosing supplements.

Paediatric GIT Health

• Good digestive health for children is paramount as it directly impacts overall health.
• Issues with gut health can result in significant issues as they age.
• A young child's digestive tract is much more sensitive than an adult's.
• It is important to apply gentle therapeutics in appropriate doses.
• Harsh protocols, such as anti-Candida diets or enemas, should be avoided.
• It is important to optimise digestion with a focus on organic, seasonal food and gentle herbal teas e.g. chamomile, rosehip, nettle, and vegetable juices.
• If supplementation is required, there are gentler versions that can be considered to have less impact on a developing digestive tract.
• Harsh supplements such as psyllium husk can be switched for slippery elm powder.
• ACV before meals can be switched for lemon juice in water served as a salad dressing
• Avoid bitter foods in salads and opt for green smoothies, sauces or stews
• Essential oils should be used topically/ aromatically instead of internally, and use fresh herbs instead such as garlic, thyme and oregano.
• Turmeric can impact and overpower the flavour of smoothies and jellies, and be given in non-spicy curries instead
• Spirulina powder can be substituted for chlorella liquid with peppermint.
• Ant-Candida diets can be substituted for removing sugar and dosing S. boulardiii and Probiotics

The Infant Microbiome

• Building an infant's microbiome in the first month is vital.
• Reduced microbiome diversity increases the risks of obesity, Type II diabetes, and other inflammatory conditions such as IBD, asthma.
• A microbiome with higher diversity contributes to healthy neurological and cognitive development and stimulates immunity.
• Higher microbiome diversity aids the body to respond appropriately to vaccines and pathogens.
• Prenatal environment, delivery, and postnatal environmental factors and breastfeeding play a role in establishing the microbiome from birth.
• Vaginal birth enables the picking up of mothers microbiome
• The microbiome is transferred via the passage through the canal and rectum.
• Caesarean deliveries prevent microbiome transfer, but there is a higher risk of maternal antibiotic use.
• Studies are in progress about the efficacy of maternal faecal transplants to normalise microbiome where there has caesarean delivery
• Vaginal seeding is an option on a birth plan if the mother's microbiome is healthy.
• Excessive pressure via forcep/ ventouse/ assisted births can compress the cranial bones interfering with breastfeeding..
• Infants born vaginally will have greater microbial variation.
• Vaginally born infants show high levels of Bacteroides spp, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, Enterobacter and Streptococcus.
• Babies born via C-section have good levels of Lactobacillus, but lower levels of Bifidobacterium and higher levels of Clostridium and Staphylococcus.
• Low levels of Bifidobacterium early in life can result in a greater risk of atopic diseases later in life. Colonisation of microbiota is higher for infants via vaginal birth compared to C-section.
• Microbial diversity has a function in lactose digestion, intestinal wall structure via short chain fatty acids, and generating innate immune.
• Peristalsis is also stabilised
• Production of both antimicrobials and iron-scavenging compounds.
• Bifodabcteria create a large range of essential nutrients and Vitamins.
• B.bifidum generates thiamine, niacin, folate, and biotin.
• B.infantis develops the nicotinic acid.
• B.breve and longum produce essential stores of pyridoxine, riboflavin, cobalamin, and ascorbate are made.
• The gut-brain axis is also impacted as the nervous system and microbiota is heavily linked the status.
• Lack of varied microbiome has been found to reduce myenteric nerves and increase HPA-axis.
• Improved microbiota has shown reduction in stress.
• From 3 years to birth microbial development is high, it is essential to increase the link between both neurological functions.
• Infant temperament is heavily impacted.
• An increased rate of klebsiela and ruminoccus has been correlated with reducing temper via. The microbiome is aided Via breastmilk; pre and Pro Biotics. Heavily populated by Bifidobacterium and Breve

Infantile colic

• Regular unknown crying cause when infant is otherwise healthy. Signs-body stiffening,curling their legs upwards, usually occurs a few weeks after birth resolves by 3/4 mths
• Burping for as long as they feed/ reducing trapping of air. maternal baby probiotics L.REUTERI
• Gentle pressure on abodemen via TIGER HOLD, gentle bicycling of legs or abdonim massage oil- chamomile/Mandrian clockwise! water- 37 degrees.
• Fennelseds -3/6 cups, Place 1 tsp in 300ml of water and boil for 10-15 mins, or mix in formoula feeds
• camermoline tea - give age adjusted dose, as syringe.
• Check diet dairy egg soy coffee lentils, gas foods crucifers/fried foods, lower exposure ti sinus, carry bab. Support and check on parents
• -3X Daily for 10 days Sulphur antibiotics given Opium stasis - constipation Authusa - Vomit. Diearre Cham - held, foul smelling Colo - Symptoms relive by pressure Lyco- press - 4/8pm Mag - gentle Cell Salts Made by helios pharmacy in N6 SUCRORSE Pills, - nipple 2/3 daily Calcium loss, rapid growth Ferrum cheek Mag - spams All mur Teething is - 47mths, local temperiture- constant dribbing comfort and bfeeding, 38 def flushed •Homepohatthic 30/200C MAx 6 A DAY, Chillbed veg, gum rubbing clean fingers •Teathing Tea- combine her sothesn/eases pay - help mother

Coughs, Colds, and Fevers

• Blocken nose, sneezing, soar. Need a better IS. Can be premature Fresh gerber, grate Vit AcDE tissue. Sulur at night 3x Fevers over 38C Benfits if under 40 due to cell growth

Otitis Media

• infection via cold, glue lack fluid -acute infection, due between 3/4 mnhts via etustach allergy related
• Remove dairy feed up compress remove allergy dentist
• Homeo - Aconite - comes from wind exposure Merc right ear Home is every 4 hrs
• Child Axiety- from food acivity. Social media irrated. Remove sugar. Support levels. Camaumlelavander tec

Urinary System

• Comprises kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra, eliminates waster, electrolyte bal. 40/90 ages TCM- linked ti fertility . Vitiliy. Fear. Adreal
• Hytration 1.5/2. Moderate salt, avoid protiem cloudy- infection. pink beet root Dermation urehtis cystis Shorter urtetha, Meno low oesto, pregnancy, sex elders, lower imuity Gut Axis

UT

• Suger, cadffiee reduce, eat plaTns, Vit ACD probio.
• Herblet sUP, Intersy - NO CURE. AVOID. AVOID IFRTANTS LIKE ALOGE, Avoid high - Stovkes. Allium Spermesis 50, at 90, dreetc
• Test, psa levels

Men's Healht

Androe- from man,

• Testosterone steroid Sex hornmes, testcles by leydig cells
• Charecteristitcs muscle- 12% is free rest bond
• LOW TEST, low energery, central weight gain, from 40, cortisoe inhbit
• T00, bndong too high, thyrod, toxosni, iron, seepinhyghy

androgens + Low testosterone

• Adress cuase diet high at rest. Lowgi diet,
• Resiste exc , slee,. Liver detox. Bvits .
• Testosterone product . Leady .

ED

• 50 ages Alchlo, diet, meds. Exereice and c diet, supp
• Mimese,. Stess relgife Aegnin, .

Benigen Prost

• Dhy required. Hight stress,. Decline test increase.
• Zin, LowerDHT Inc Lupene grn TEA EAT rainbow
• 4 is diet

Prostate cant

• Over eat hgh increase. Psa

• Dht Poor myletia , high sugar- Lypopbe

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