Pediatric Education

Managing Fever in Young Children | Dr. Lau Shing Chi, Specialist in Paediatrics

Influenza Vaccination | Dr. Lau Shing Chi

Winter Influenza: 20,000 Additional Vaccine Doses Arrive in Hong Kong

Winter influenza continues to wreak havoc in Hong Kong, claiming a total of 95 lives, including two children, and outbreaks occurred in many kindergartens and primary schools.

Diarrhoea Medicine for Children

My mother took her 6-year-old child to see the doctor. The little boy was vomiting and had a fever, and his face was green, his mouth was white, and I felt pity for him. He was clinically diagnosed with gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis in Children

The Department of Health has recently discovered that acute gastroenteritis has become rampant in Hong Kong, with young children and the elderly becoming the targets of the attack. Pediatric specialists pointed out that various diseases are taking advantage of the situation in spring. Among them, norovirus is the most active acute gastroenteritis disease in recent times. Patients will suffer from severe vomiting. Basically, this virus appears all year round. There is no so-called peak or low moment. Let’s take a moment.

Managing COVID-19 and Long COVID in Children

As the COVID-19 epidemic continues, a family of three took a Cathay Pacific CX250 from London to Hong Kong on February 29. After the couple was diagnosed

Understanding Tic Disorders in Children

Tics are a common movement disorder in children. Tics are small, involuntary, repetitive, short movements or sounds.

Fever in Children and Young Children

The reason why children are prone to fever is because their resistance is weak, and the cells in their body are easily infected and produce a substance called "pyrogen". When pyrogen appears, the temperature in the body will immediately rise, making the child's body temperature higher than normal.

How to Tell Influenza from Meningococcal Infection

If you’re not careful when the season changes, you can easily catch the flu! Some flu symptoms are very similar to symptoms of meningococcal infection;

Viral Gastroenteritis Can Affect Teenagers Too

A fifteen-year-old girl came to see a doctor. Her face was green and her lips were white, her face was withered, and she looked sickly. This was in sharp contrast to summer, a season full of vitality.

Measles Vaccination for Babies and Children in Hong Kong

Does everyone need to get the measles vaccine? As for whether everyone needs to be vaccinated against measles, it actually depends on whether the individual's working environment often comes into contact with people who are susceptible to measles. In addition, if you do not have measles antibodies and need to go to high-risk places, such as going to ports or coming into contact with outsiders, those people should be more careful. Who are high-risk individuals?

Influenza Symptoms in Babies

Hong Kong is at the peak of influenza season, and kindergartens and child care centers have become the hardest hit areas by institutional outbreaks. However, the flu vaccine launched by the pharmaceutical company can only be vaccinated for babies as young as 6 months old.