Keeping your child safe in the cold

  Hypothermia Hypothermia means a reduction in core body temperature below that which allows the body to function properly (35ºC).    Hypothermia does not require freezing temperatures to occur.  Just like frostbite however, it is riskier the colder, wetter, and windier it is.  Children are more likely to get hypothermia the longer they are exposed to…

How to protect your child against traveller’s diarrhea

Montezuma’s Revenge, Bali Belly and the Rangoon Runs.  All creative names for traveller’s diarrhea.  The risk of acquiring traveller’s diarrhea is particularly high for those travelling to Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Mexico, Central and South America. The most common illness experienced by travellers, traveller’s diarrhea is defined as three unformed stools in a twenty-four…