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Dr Kondekar Santosh Venketraman Pediatrician MD from Mumbai India

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ASK MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR RELATED QUESTIONS TO THIS DOCTOR! my details at http://pediatricianonline.in/ I am a proud father and a qualified pediatrician with an expertise and interest in counseling parents regarding different aspects of health and disease making them understand children, their health and disease and the doctors. read my reviews/ratings at REVIEWS I do treat and counsel all classes and specialties, I have a special expertise and interest in queries regarding feeding of infants and; the common cold & related illnesses including asthma. I as a friendly doctor, try to help you understand the children, the disease, the treatment and the doctor! At the end, dont forget to add prestige points and nominations for me, as that is the only incentive for me to continue with free service. Parent friendly handouts* Danger/Emergency symptoms /serious signs in children I am affiliated to Seth G S Medical college and KEM Hospital Mumbai India. Online Pediatrician * Guidelines for living with children

Experience in the area

I am a pediatrician at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital Mumbai India, since 1999.

Organizations

Visit http://www.kem.edu for more details of organisation.

Publications

www.pediatricianonline.in www.pediatrician.sulekha.com www.peditips.com

Education/Credentials

I am MD DNB in pediatrics and a fellow of College of Physicians and surgeons of Mumbai.

Awards and Honors

More details at http://geocities.com/drkondekar
and do visit my BlogSite http://pediatricianonline.in/

Past/Present Clients

A lot number of simple people and medicos who call me daily for their problems.

What do you like about this subject?

The subject is vast but understanding can be made extremely simple if you dont follow complex reports ditto. whats more important is the appearance and behaviour with clinical details noticed by most parents. EVERY PROBLEM COMES WITH A SOLUTION !

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

understanding the behaviour of different children, the illnesses and the organisms or reasons of these illnessses, is a very interesting territory. I feel, clinical prediction of the type of organism or the illness from just a history has lots to analyse and research. once we know the problem, we know how to tackle it.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Parents is the key for treatment of the child! Medicines is nt the only treatment for every problem, many times we need to understand the disease or problem and support our child accordingly to help him be best to fight with illness.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

Medicine is considered to be highly subjective field with all grey areas. I disagree, I believe medicine is a black and white subject, its we who dont know where to draw or demarcate the line.

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Recent Answers from Dr Kondekar Santosh Venketraman Pediatrician MD from Mumbai India

2009-11-05 Blocked nose:

lest acll it as stuffy nsoe with night symptoms.. though no sneezing and cough. primarily lets rule out any condition in nose like say deviated septum, turbinate hypertrophy or polyp and sinusitis.

2009-11-04 Chronic/ recurring cold & cough - 3.50 yr old:

2 main questions are these symptoms too often and with fever? are night symptoms often seen affecting sleep? if the first question answer is yes, i would strongly rule out adenoids and tonsils and

2009-11-03 Flying with Newborn:

I will prefer as much possible avoid the travel unless it is very urgent, espcially in context with current flu epidemic. I wont recommend any healthy infant to be taken to a patient on deathbed whose

2009-11-02 sporadic breathing pattern:

well, i find it quiet often due to a abd dream ro just following a nose/throst infcetion, an attempt to swallow a post nasal drip. in medical terms cessation fo bretahing more than 20 seconds is considered

2009-11-01 When to take our baby out in Public:

well, i recommend not atleast till first 6 months as immunity is low. even the hand and objects of people tend to be contaminated with respiratory secretions or Gut secretions. I will strongly discourage

 

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