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Suggest Remedies For Delay In Speech Development In A 1 Year Old Infant
Question: My child is 1.5 yrs old. No babbling or speech yet.
I think it is because her body does not have the nutrition..
Her digestion is weak. she was born in c-section and no mothers feed at all. So I think her gut flora is not improved and has some bad bacteria which is affecting her overall health and nutrition from going to brain and other parts. She also looks small for her age. She also had two courses of antibiotics and became more weak.
Can you please tell what siddha medicine suggests to improve appetite, digestion, develop healthy gut flora in infants?? Especially to develop healthy gut flora.. Buttermilk maybe suggested but will it have bad bacteria? depending on the 'urai'/ starter culture i use to make it at home? English medicine suggests probiotics, but I donno if they are good..?
She does not eat properly, it is a big struggle.
Can you also outline a diet plan as per siddha medicine for her so that she can grow well.
I feel her body is hot.. But I'm not sure if I can give 'sesame oil' head bath in that young age.. Can i give her ?
(Western medicine suggests speech therapy which she is undergoing, i want to know what siddha medicine suggests)
Thank you.
I think it is because her body does not have the nutrition..
Her digestion is weak. she was born in c-section and no mothers feed at all. So I think her gut flora is not improved and has some bad bacteria which is affecting her overall health and nutrition from going to brain and other parts. She also looks small for her age. She also had two courses of antibiotics and became more weak.
Can you please tell what siddha medicine suggests to improve appetite, digestion, develop healthy gut flora in infants?? Especially to develop healthy gut flora.. Buttermilk maybe suggested but will it have bad bacteria? depending on the 'urai'/ starter culture i use to make it at home? English medicine suggests probiotics, but I donno if they are good..?
She does not eat properly, it is a big struggle.
Can you also outline a diet plan as per siddha medicine for her so that she can grow well.
I feel her body is hot.. But I'm not sure if I can give 'sesame oil' head bath in that young age.. Can i give her ?
(Western medicine suggests speech therapy which she is undergoing, i want to know what siddha medicine suggests)
Thank you.
Brief Answer:
Let me explain
Detailed Answer:
Hai,
Thanks for consulting through Healthcaremagic platform.
I will clarify one by one.
Speech development milestone will vary from child to child. normally girl baby will develop fast when compare to boy. as your kid is 1 1/2 year old. no need to worry. generally kids speech milestone will develop more earlier when the kid is brought up in a joint family (enegaging and interacting with all the family members will influence the kid to communicate earlier. can continue the speech therapy. no harm in it. kindly communicate with your kid and spent time and play school will help him when he /she is among the peer group.
Buttermilk is the best one for intestinal problems. it wont destroy bacteria in the guts. it will facilitates to grow good bacteria.
Depends on your kid birth weight we can calculate whether he/she is underweight or not. Share your kid birth weight. if the kid stature is small we need to compare with parents stature at their childhood age
when comes to antibiotics usage, in USA they use unless there is bacterial infection. they dont use un necessassry antibiotics.
regarding urai mathirai , it is one of thebest immune modulator /booster medicine meant for children siddha medicine. i prescribe for one month kid.
for your kid mix one tablet with honey and give it daily. we use in stick form and small tablet form available in SKM siddha company.
for diet use navathaniyam powder (it contains wheat,paddy,pulse,bengal gram,sesamum,black gram,beans, etc)- it contains all nutitive foods. daily give in XXXXXXX form(gruel form)twice a time.
serve all type of organic fruits and vegetables in smashed form.
vegetable soup of beetroot,turnip,carrot,amla daily will help in good intestinal hygiene and protection.
use pepper mildly in the food.
for general well being use nellikai leigyam 1 g daily and balaristam or (kurunthooti root pal decotion ) for development.
oil bath will sesame oil is good weekly once is recommended.
hope I answered your query.
kindly get back to me for further clarification.
Regards
Dr.S.Senthilnathan
Let me explain
Detailed Answer:
Hai,
Thanks for consulting through Healthcaremagic platform.
I will clarify one by one.
Speech development milestone will vary from child to child. normally girl baby will develop fast when compare to boy. as your kid is 1 1/2 year old. no need to worry. generally kids speech milestone will develop more earlier when the kid is brought up in a joint family (enegaging and interacting with all the family members will influence the kid to communicate earlier. can continue the speech therapy. no harm in it. kindly communicate with your kid and spent time and play school will help him when he /she is among the peer group.
Buttermilk is the best one for intestinal problems. it wont destroy bacteria in the guts. it will facilitates to grow good bacteria.
Depends on your kid birth weight we can calculate whether he/she is underweight or not. Share your kid birth weight. if the kid stature is small we need to compare with parents stature at their childhood age
when comes to antibiotics usage, in USA they use unless there is bacterial infection. they dont use un necessassry antibiotics.
regarding urai mathirai , it is one of thebest immune modulator /booster medicine meant for children siddha medicine. i prescribe for one month kid.
for your kid mix one tablet with honey and give it daily. we use in stick form and small tablet form available in SKM siddha company.
for diet use navathaniyam powder (it contains wheat,paddy,pulse,bengal gram,sesamum,black gram,beans, etc)- it contains all nutitive foods. daily give in XXXXXXX form(gruel form)twice a time.
serve all type of organic fruits and vegetables in smashed form.
vegetable soup of beetroot,turnip,carrot,amla daily will help in good intestinal hygiene and protection.
use pepper mildly in the food.
for general well being use nellikai leigyam 1 g daily and balaristam or (kurunthooti root pal decotion ) for development.
oil bath will sesame oil is good weekly once is recommended.
hope I answered your query.
kindly get back to me for further clarification.
Regards
Dr.S.Senthilnathan
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
Thanks for your response.
My daughter is not babbling or no sounds at all... not even one sound till now.. she is very silent. I'm not worried about words.. but no sound at all.. She goes to play school daily, still not much improvement.. From 6 months I'm trying this interaction, but looks like nutritional deficiency or something else blocking speech.
for her age.. 8.2 kg is the minimum weight, but hers is around 7.5kg. She had bacterial infection twice (strep throat) and was in course of antibiotics. In addition to it, she had Hand foot mouth viral disease and cough and colds often..
About buttermilk - does it have any bad bacteria in it which will affect stomach health? When i checked online it was indicated it has strep thermophilus bacteria... since she had strep throat infection I'm scared to give buttermilk.. How can I make sure the buttermilk I make does not have bad bacteria?
Is there any other medicine / ways to improve the good bacteria in the intestines?
About soup - should i boil amla also, or use it raw?
Can i give other probiotics that is sold in market? Does it help improving good bacteria in intestines?
Thanks.
My daughter is not babbling or no sounds at all... not even one sound till now.. she is very silent. I'm not worried about words.. but no sound at all.. She goes to play school daily, still not much improvement.. From 6 months I'm trying this interaction, but looks like nutritional deficiency or something else blocking speech.
for her age.. 8.2 kg is the minimum weight, but hers is around 7.5kg. She had bacterial infection twice (strep throat) and was in course of antibiotics. In addition to it, she had Hand foot mouth viral disease and cough and colds often..
About buttermilk - does it have any bad bacteria in it which will affect stomach health? When i checked online it was indicated it has strep thermophilus bacteria... since she had strep throat infection I'm scared to give buttermilk.. How can I make sure the buttermilk I make does not have bad bacteria?
Is there any other medicine / ways to improve the good bacteria in the intestines?
About soup - should i boil amla also, or use it raw?
Can i give other probiotics that is sold in market? Does it help improving good bacteria in intestines?
Thanks.
Brief Answer:
let me explain
Detailed Answer:
Hai,
As regarding the development of your kid you need assessment by a pediatrician.
0.8 kg deficit is not a major issue but still should consider your other developmental concern.
Whether your child is responding to sounds? What about eye contact?
Whether do you had any developmental assessment by a pediatrician recently?
Kindly share if you have any details for the above questions.
As your concern of frequent infection is obvious in this age group.
Vaccination will cover major diseases. Bacterial infections are common in pediatrics.
If you feel nutritional deficiency kindly follow my advice as suggested in early conversation.the prescribed medication will improve immunity,stamina and body weight.
Amla can be used in boiled form.
No need for any probiotics. Kindly take with advice from pediatrician If it needed for the current situation.
Buttermilk is one of the best drink for both kids and adults. Don’t confuse with such bad bacteria and good bacteria.
Strep thermophillus will improve digestion and decrease acute diarrhea.
I use to prescribe certain along with buttermilk. To all my patients I suggest buttermilk. Till now no harmful effect reported to me.
As at this age group kid use to keep the hand in floor and put in the mouth simultaneously. Possibility of infection going orally is common. Try to keep the kid hygienic to avoid such infection spreading situation.
Kindly get back to me if there any query.
Regards
Dr.S.Senthilnathan
let me explain
Detailed Answer:
Hai,
As regarding the development of your kid you need assessment by a pediatrician.
0.8 kg deficit is not a major issue but still should consider your other developmental concern.
Whether your child is responding to sounds? What about eye contact?
Whether do you had any developmental assessment by a pediatrician recently?
Kindly share if you have any details for the above questions.
As your concern of frequent infection is obvious in this age group.
Vaccination will cover major diseases. Bacterial infections are common in pediatrics.
If you feel nutritional deficiency kindly follow my advice as suggested in early conversation.the prescribed medication will improve immunity,stamina and body weight.
Amla can be used in boiled form.
No need for any probiotics. Kindly take with advice from pediatrician If it needed for the current situation.
Buttermilk is one of the best drink for both kids and adults. Don’t confuse with such bad bacteria and good bacteria.
Strep thermophillus will improve digestion and decrease acute diarrhea.
I use to prescribe certain along with buttermilk. To all my patients I suggest buttermilk. Till now no harmful effect reported to me.
As at this age group kid use to keep the hand in floor and put in the mouth simultaneously. Possibility of infection going orally is common. Try to keep the kid hygienic to avoid such infection spreading situation.
Kindly get back to me if there any query.
Regards
Dr.S.Senthilnathan
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar
Thanks doc.
My child is social and having moderate eye contact. Met all other milestones. So no problem there..
My child teeth is also coming very slow. While average is 12-14 teeth at 18 months. She has only 9.. I know some children maybe slow.. But this is really slow.. Can you please tell what problem that might be? That also causes problem with eating..
My child is social and having moderate eye contact. Met all other milestones. So no problem there..
My child teeth is also coming very slow. While average is 12-14 teeth at 18 months. She has only 9.. I know some children maybe slow.. But this is really slow.. Can you please tell what problem that might be? That also causes problem with eating..
Brief Answer:
Teething is normal no need to worry
Detailed Answer:
Hai,
I understand your concern.
Don't worry about it.rather than worrying do the needful activities to the kid.
I asked for any physical assessment by a pediatrician have been done in recent times. Kindly share their opinion.
Teething is not a problem. As at this age kid use to take soft and easily chewable semi solid food.
Kindly follow my advise for internal medication and diet pattern as recommended.
Follow it for one month and give me your feedback.
Should follow each and everything I advised daily without any compromise.
Let me know if there any clarification and guidance.
Regards
Dr.s.senthilnathan
Teething is normal no need to worry
Detailed Answer:
Hai,
I understand your concern.
Don't worry about it.rather than worrying do the needful activities to the kid.
I asked for any physical assessment by a pediatrician have been done in recent times. Kindly share their opinion.
Teething is not a problem. As at this age kid use to take soft and easily chewable semi solid food.
Kindly follow my advise for internal medication and diet pattern as recommended.
Follow it for one month and give me your feedback.
Should follow each and everything I advised daily without any compromise.
Let me know if there any clarification and guidance.
Regards
Dr.s.senthilnathan
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar
Thank you. I'll follow as you advised and get back..
Her regular pediatrician told there is no problem and to wait. She had Speech evaluation done and was told she has expressive / receptive speech delay.. And speech capabilities are between 6-9 month range..
Her regular pediatrician told there is no problem and to wait. She had Speech evaluation done and was told she has expressive / receptive speech delay.. And speech capabilities are between 6-9 month range..
Brief Answer:
Speech development occur as age progress
Detailed Answer:
Hai,
No need to worry.speech development will occur as age progress.
follow the advise as guided.
get back to me after month with your feedback.
Regards
Dr.s.senthilnathan
Speech development occur as age progress
Detailed Answer:
Hai,
No need to worry.speech development will occur as age progress.
follow the advise as guided.
get back to me after month with your feedback.
Regards
Dr.s.senthilnathan
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Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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