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Parents often ask me questions (often via telephone) that don’t require a formal visit to a doctor or paediatrician, or they call me to find out if or when to visit a healthcare provider. At times a certain question has been asked so many times that I feel it might be useful to explain some of these issues in the form of a blog.
Hopefully the blog will help answering some of the more common questions. Should you have further questions you can contact me HERE on this platform or via email and I will try to address it either privately or as an addition to the blog. The blog is not meant to neither replace nor prevent a necessary visit to a medical practitioner. It is meant to be a health education tool. In some cases, I might therefore not be able to directly answer the question but instead recommend to visit a health professional of your choice for further evaluation.
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Oral Polio Vaccination Q and A
By Dr. Bau • April 21, 2026What is polio? Polio is a highly infectious viral disease that can cause lifelong paralysis of limbs and may lead… -
Immunizations – Why Are They Necessary and What Do They Do?
By Dr. Bau • July 1, 2022Article written for Nurturing Life magazine. Our body is a marvelous system of cells and every single cell in it… -
Which Infant Formula is the Right One?
By Dr. Bau • July 12, 2022As previously discussed breastfeeding is the best option available for any baby. However, not every mother is able to produce… -
Rheumatology
By Dr. Bau • August 21, 2022What is Rheumatology? Rheumatology is a subset of medicine and peadiatrics that deals with autoimmune diseases. In these types of… -
Renal Care
By Dr. Bau • August 21, 2022What is Renal Care? Renal failure is a potentially life-threatening condition in the paediatric population, and concerns acute kidney failure… -
Intensive Care
By Dr. Bau • August 21, 2022What is Intensive Care? The ICU, or Intensive Care Unit, is a department of the hospital or health care facility… -
Trauma and Emergency Medicine
By Dr. Bau • August 21, 2022Trauma and Emergency Medicine is a specialty that concerns conditions that require immediate diagnosis and prompt action, which is often… -
Neonatology
By Dr. Bau • August 21, 2022What is Neonatology? Neonatology is a subset of medicine and peadiatrics that concerns the medical care of newborn infants, particularly… -
Vaccinations
By Dr. Bau • August 21, 2022My practice offers the routine childhood vaccinations. As Namibia has many different childhood vaccination schedules depending on which practice or… -
Should you pull back the foreskin when cleaning an infant?
By Dr. Bau • July 12, 2022There is a small difference between little boys and little girls. Now that little bit of difference in boys is… -
How to clean earwax effectively in a baby
By Dr. Bau • July 12, 2022It is one of the most annoying things for many parents, this constant yellow sticky stuff in the ears. And… -
When do you start giving water in addition to milk for a baby?
By Dr. Bau • July 12, 2022Water is the elixir of life. Without water no life on earth is imaginable. No wonder that it is one… -
Information on Breastfeeding
By Dr. Bau • July 12, 2022Breast is best… This is the ultimate slogan for every mother that is capable of producing this amazing substance. Breastmilk… -
Danger Signs in Infants and Children
By Dr. Bau • July 12, 2022It is never nice to see our children sick. Sickness can include anything from the runny nose that doesn’t bother… -
How to Clean Girls the Right Way?
By Dr. Bau • July 1, 2022I see occasionally children with urinary tract infections in my rooms. The majority of those are girls. This is due… -
Children’s Bumps and Falls
By Dr. Bau • July 1, 2022Every parent is generally speaking very concerned with the security of their children. We try to teach our little ones… -
My Child is Constipated
By Dr. Bau • July 1, 2022It is interesting how important children’s bowel movements are for their parents. I have had many mothers tell me that…