IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy (CMA) is a heavy burden for patients, particularly for children and their families. Allergen avoidance represents the only therapeutic option, but oral desensitization protocols have been suggested. Because of the long duration and complexity of these protocols we examined the feasibility of an oral tolerance induction protocol using a weekly up-dosing schedule. ...

were entirely due to the accident of sightlessness. For instance, there sat Rollo, slouched in his seat, his mouth half-opened, one hand flapping persistently back and forth before his one quite hopeless eye; Rollo, who never answered by much more than a grunt unless it were to explode into violent recriminations; seventh-grade Rollo, who could read a Braille sentence seventeen times and still ...

THERE have been surprisingly few studies of the electro-encephalogram (EEG) in blind persons, and the first report appears to be that of Adrian and Matthews (1934) on the absence of alpha rhythm in totally blind subjects. Further reports on the alpha rhythm were made by Loomis, Harvey, and Hobart (1936), Lemere (1942), Callahan and Redlich (1946), Redlich, Callahan, and Mendelson (1946), Drever...

quoted are those for the year 1942 and I enclose a copy of the latest statistics (1945) for the information of the writer of the article. In paragraph 2 of the article there is a reference to the definition of blindness for school children, viz., " too blind to be able to read the ordinary school books used by children." This definition has been replaced by the following; " blind pupils, that i...

Sensory Aids Foundation engaged in a study examining computer-aided instruction (CAl) with 15 visually impaired students. Off-the-shelf educational software was adapted for use with a speech synthesizer. Students were tutored in typing, spelling, and language skills. The study was conducted for approximately 6 months, and the results were analyzed and are discussed in this paper.

BACKGROUND Few studies with a limited number of patients have provided indications that cashew-allergic patients may experience severe allergic reactions to minimal amounts of cashew nut. The objectives of this multicentre study were to assess the clinical relevance of cashew nut sensitisation, to study the clinical reaction patterns in double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge tests and t...

The expected incidence of blindness among children under 5 years of age in Malawi is 34 cases per 100 000 children. Direct ocular infections were responsible for the blindness in 32% of the cases (bacterial infections 20% and measles 12%). The instillation of traditional medicine in these cases worsened the ocular condition and induced in all of the cases a "hopeless" situation of total melting...

Introduction: Children’s books help all young readers develop social understanding through recognition of themselves and their worlds exposure to different cultures places. Prior content analyses have revealed the underrepresentation culturally diverse characters in print children’s books; however, extent which braille reflect racial ethnic diversity has not been investigated. As such, this stu...

Background and Purpose: Visual disturbance causes problems in the orientation, balance, and movement of individuals. It is especially important in children because this is a golden age for adoring physical exercises and physical function in these people. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of 6 weeks of balance training on the static and dynamic balance of blind students. Materi...

Personal hygiene includes brushing, bathing, hand hygiene, and adequate sleep. health promotion practices are frequently like general practices. Brushing, getting enough sleep all examples of specific related to good personal hygiene. However, children who blind or visually impaired more likely contract an infection due poor The objectives were assess the Knowledge Practice regarding among chil...