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The pathways of chemical metabolism in the newborn are very unstable and vast changes in the serum concentrations of various substances can occur. A blood glucose concentration sufficiently low (hypoglycaemia) to cause seizures, for example, cannot be induced in older children or adults by starvation, or indeed by any means other than the injection of insulin. However, severe hypoglycaemia resulting in seizures may be seen in the newborn, particularly in premature infants, or in babies born to diabetic mothers.

Seizures due to a low serum calcium are also fairly frequent in the newborn period. One cause is early feeding with cow’s milk, which is very rich in phosphates, and which results in increased renal excretion of calcium and subsequent low levels of calcium in the blood.

In later stages of life, other acquired metabolic disorders may cause seizures. Chronic renal failure used to be one of the more common causes, but dialysis and successful transplantation of kidneys has reduced the frequency of seizures due to this cause.

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“Rheumatoid arthritis hit my right knee about 40 years ago, caused from climbing a mountain. Since then, every time I overstressed my knee, it became worse.

“I am now 70 years old and have through the years developed arthritis in my hands and wrist. Also have arthritis as well as scoliosis in my back.

“I love to walk for exercise, but could not do that any more. My wrist and thumbs were so bad I could hardly comb my hair and wait on myself.

“After the fifth day of taking CMO, I was so surprised that the swelling had all gone from my knee and I could rise from my chair much easier, climb stairs, and walk down an incline without the pain.

“It has been one month since I took CMO. My hands are much better and continuing to improve. I wasn’t expecting relief for my back, but to my surprise the pain is mostly all gone. Thanks to my friends for introducing me to CMO.”

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Signs and symptoms

The symptoms of influenza are sudden chills, a sharp rise in body temperature to 38.9°C to 41.1 °C, flushing, headache, sore throat, a hacking cough, redness of the eyes, and pains in the back and limbs. Young children may vomit and have diarrhea. Fever lasts three to four days and is followed by days of weakness and fatigue during which the child is susceptible to other illnesses.

Secondary bacterial complications are responsible for many of the serious outcomes of flu, and their presence is suggested by: the return of high fever after the child’s temperature has been normal for three or four days; progressive worsening of the cough, changing from dry and hacking to loose and productive; formation of pus in the eyes; rapid breathing and shortness of breath beyond that expected from the fever; severe earache; stiff neck; confusion; and extreme weakness, exhaustion, or collapse.

In isolated cases, flu cannot be diagnosed with certainty by physical exam. During an epidemic, the disease is diagnosed by similarity to other cases.

Home care

The prescription for home care is: bed rest during the height of the fever and

paracetamol, not aspirin, for fever and pains. You should encourage the child to drink a lot of fluids. Keep the child isolated from the rest of the family, and don’t let the child return to school or work until fully recovered. This will lessen the child’s chances of getting another disease while his or her resistance is lowered by the influenza.

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