Blood pressure

Blood pressure has two numbers. Systolic and diastolic.

A good healthy blood pressure would be about 110/70

High blood pressure can cause heart problems, vision loss, strokes, and kidney problems.

Blood pressure gets higher when the weather gets colder.

Unhealthy food, age, no exercise (being fat), not enough sleep, smoking, and alcohol are connected with high blood pressure.

seizure

Seizures can have many causes, like bleeding in the brain, injury, or brain diseases.

This man has epilepsy. It is a disease that causes seizures.

He can feel the seizure coming so he stays on the bed.

People that have seizures cannot drive a car or go swimming.

More about babies…

Jaundice ดีซ่าน in babies

If a newborn baby doesn’t get breast milk quickly, it may become jaundiced. The blue light phototherapy helps clear their blood.

Umbilical cord care after birth

How to burp a baby

When a baby eats too much milk, it may vomit or spit up a little.

We have to burp the baby to stop this. If you pat the baby’s back and rub it, it will burp. If the baby cries a lot, it may have acid reflux.

Should you give a baby water to drink?

Usually no. Babies shouldn’t drink water until they are six months old. But if the baby is dehydrated it should probably drink water.

DON’T use baby wipes

They are expensive and you don’t need them.

Just use a wet towel.

Baby mittens

Babies sometimes scratch their face if they don’t wear gloves.

Wet nurse Many mothers cannot make enough breast milk.

A long time ago, they sometimes got help from a wet nurse. A wet nurse is a woman whose job it is to make breast milk and feed babies.

A woman’s breasts will make milk forever if she keeps trying to get milk from her breasts everyday.

Now most people use baby formula.

Now many athletes will pay a lot for breast milk to drink. More than 2000 baht for one liter! You can buy breast milk online.

Some mothers use a breast pump to get milk.

Babies can only see black and white until they are three months old. They cannot focus their eyes well either.

Cloth diapers vs. disposable diapers

Babies have their own language!

Sleeping in the hospital with your family. American vs. Asian culture.