DoktorBudak: A collective effort of paediatricians and paediatric related specialists in Malaysia

  • My toddler is throwing tantrums and jealous of her little brother !

    Q:  Salam Dr, how to handle tantrum of toddler? My 1 year 10 month old girl always throw the things when she unsatisfied with something. Sometime she scratch to our face to show her mad. One more thing, I think she is a bit jealous with her new brother, 3 months old baby. She sometimes […]

  • I’m breastfeeding & going to UK with my children – do I need extra vaccines ?

    Q:  ” Hye Doctor, thank you for creating this kind of online services where parents can ask about children healthcare. Well Done! I would like to highlight several questions here: I’m going to further my PhD at Scotland, UK this coming December ’13 for 3-4 years duration and will bring along my 2 boys; 2 years […]

  • [Q&A] Allergic problems.

    Question: my baby is 9 months old. she is currently having viral fever and this is the fifth day and is on antibiotics. my question is, today i found out that she has a few red patches on the back, coudnt find any on the other body parts. what could it be? could that be […]

  • [Q&A] Cough problems.

    Question: My 9.5 months baby girl always cough in her sleep. 3-4 times a night. Sometimes when she wakes up she has runny nose but only clear mucus-like. Nothing in green or yellow mucus. was it because she’s cold at night? Slept with aircond temperature at 25-26 degree. Sometimes she slept with just the fan […]

  • [Q&A] What is AEFI?

    Question: I’m just curious, are fever and rashes considered as AEFI? If yes, why in some clinics, when my friend complained about her child getting fever/ rashes due to vaccination, the doctor didn’t treat the case as AEFI? In fact, when she wanted to fill up the AEFI form, the doctor simply said that ” […]

  • Adakah anak saya “allergic” kepada vaksin?

    Q : ” Salam, my baby sekarang 11months. Masa dia 2bulan setengah, dia pernah amik vaksin pneumococcal. The next day tu die demam sehari then batuk berkahak lebih dr seminggu. Doc kata ade bunyi wheezing and tanda tanda bronkitis so kene buat neb and sedut kahak. So sy jadi phobia nk bg baby amik next dose. […]

  • Do I need additional Vaccines for my child ?

    Q : ” Besides the required jab as per given by the klinik kesihatan, how important for me to take the additional jab from private hospital such as influenza, pneumococal, etc.  What are the side effects towards our children?  I just felt, there are too many vaccine to be given to a child… What do you […]

  • Acute Gastroenteritis – “Anak saya cirit & muntah”

    Q : “Assalamualaikum. Doktor, apa perlu buat jika anak berusia 2 tahun muntah dan cirit birit? Perlukah diberi ubat?Atau beri bnyak minum air sahaja?Confuse sebab bila bawa pergi klinik ada doktor yang x nk bagi ubat. dia cakap akan sembuh sendiri. Minta doktor huraikan dengan lebih jelas ye. Terima Kasih.” ( Mamamunie ) A : […]

  • Undescended Testes – “telur” testis belum turun

    Q : Salam. Saya ingin bertanya berkaitan bayi lelaki berumur setahun yang ada masalah undecended testis. Satu daripada testis tidak turun habis semasa bayi dalam perut ibu. i. Adakah urutan tradisional selamat? ii. Jika tidak, pada usia berapa operation perlu dilakukan? iii. Kesan sampingan setelah operation?   ( Maisarah ) A : “Undescended testes” bermaksud […]

  • [Q&A] Masalah batuk.

    Question: assalamualaikum.. doktor.. anak saya berumur 6thn akan batuk2 pada waktu mlm n subuh.. waktu siang kurang batuknya. sya ada pergi klinik n dr kta sebab anak sya ada asma klau mlm2 batuk g klinik n ambil neb. kbtulan anak sya batuk lg mlm semasa tidur n sya bwa g klinik n ambil neb tapi […]