Operations are not always necessary

Annually about 26 in Germany. 000 almond operations on children aged performed up to 14 years. It is thus one of the most common procedures in this age group. Whether an operation is necessary and whether a complete removal or a reduction of the tonsils is always necessary, the attending otolaryngologist must decide individually. Because especially in a complete removal threatening complications such as bleeding that can be life-threatening.

"Bleeding complications after a tonsillectomy, the complete removal of the tonsils, which must be supplied in the OP, occurring at about five percent of all patients," explains Professor Dr. med. Jochen Wind Fuhr, head physician of the clinic for ear, nose and throat medicine clinics Maria Hilf in Mönchengladbach. "This may develop at any time and in any patient in a life-threatening complication." Among the risk factors for the occurrence and severity of postoperative bleeding are surgical technique repeatedly, but also known as patient age, patient sex, and type of anesthesia. "This has us but not so far helped to predict who will bleed from our patients. In young children, the situation is further complicated because they tolerate only lower amounts of blood loss. And it is not always mass bleeding that we fear. Even in so-called blood oozing large amounts can be swallowed unnoticed, then for a surge-like blood vomiting and / or collapse of the cardiovascular system lead, "said Wind Fuhr. Why was particularly in young patients a complete postoperative care after discharge from inpatient care until complete healing of wounds especially important. "Parents need to know what to do when their child is bleeding," adds Windfuhr.

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Overweight and obese children and adolescents have a decreased activity in the autonomic nervous system. The findings of a recent clinical trial of the Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) AdiposityDiseases, the University Children's Hospital and the Department of Neurology, University of Leipzig, published in the journal PLoS One.

The autonomic nervous system operates independently of the will and consciousness. It consists of sympathetic and parasympathetic, is responsible for the neural supply of the internal organs and regulates circulation, digestion, breathing or heat balance of the body. To check the function of the autonomic nervous system were normal weight at 90 overweight and obese children and adolescents and in 59 tested the cardiac, pupil and skin reactions between 7 and 18 years. The overweight and obese participants showed decreased activity of the autonomic nervous system as it is designed to bring about in diabetics whose nerves are damaged by long-term excessive blood sugar levels. In the children studied, however disturbances in glucose metabolism or diabetes were excluded in advance.

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A new treatment option for children and adolescents with migraine results from a drug trial with 977 patients. "The treatment options for young migraineurs are so far very limited and with one exception allowed the most effective drugs, the triptans, only be prescribed to adults," explains Professor Hans-Christoph Diener, Director of the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital Essen. The new data, published in the journal Cephalalgia, have already allowing in US approval of the drug rizatriptan and are now probably the test procedure for the EU to accelerate.

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DGPM warns against eating disorders

Casting shows like "Germany's Next Top Model" affect the body image of young people, especially girls, as a new study shows. Accordingly, many girls and young women who follow such shows perceive as too thick. This could Castingshows reinforce the tendency to eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia, warns the German Society for Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical Psychotherapy (DGPM). The specialist company points out that about anorexia can become chronic quickly without proper treatment and both the mental and physical health is severely damaging.

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A study at the PH Heidelberg with more than 1.500 students in the Rhine-Neckar had now worldwide for the first time a connection to.

The brighter it is at night in residential areas, the later teens go to bed. This has huge implications on their sleep patterns, their wellbeing and their school performance. A study at the University of Education Heidelberg with more than 1.500 students in the Rhine-Neckar had this relationship now worldwide for the first time after. At the result, the interdisciplinary research team came through a balance of night compared with results of a questionnaire study.

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The stage of life between physical and social adulthood extended

Boys are always previously physically grown up. Since at least the mid-18. Century has fallen by about 2,5 months per decade, the age of their sexual maturity. This previously difficult to substantiate trend pointed Joshua Goldstein, director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock (MPIDR), now using mortality data to. This seems to be true for boys, what was already known for girls: The period during which young people although sexually mature but socially not yet grown, is growing.

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Babies recognize syntactic regularities in a foreign language much earlier than expected and are extremely fast.

Infants can learn at a very early stage and with surprising speed grammatical rules of a new language: In a study at the Leipzig Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences researcher played by Angela Friederici four month old German babies Italian phrases before. As measurements with the EEG showed their brains stored within a quarter of an hour syntactic dependencies that existed between the linguistic elements, and react to deviations from the so learned patterns. Previously it was assumed that this ability until about the 18. Month of life around developed. (PlosOne, 22. 03. 2011)

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DGKJP Congress 2011: developmental disorders between science and clinical practice at the center

Superstitious behavior, magical thinking and rituals are not uncommon during the development of children. "Most relate those behaviors everyday situations, such as going to bed, eating or dressing. When children but keep repeating the same actions as the controlling of windows and doors or counting certain items, and these actions find unpleasant, then this indicates a compulsive disorder. Was pointed the German Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy (DGKJP) in anticipation of the 32. Annual Meeting that. The scientific and medical professional society of Wednesday, 2 until Saturday, 5. March 2011, the Congress Center (CCE) Essen-West held and the organizers received by Congress President Professor Dr. med. Johannes Hebebrand, food, again about 1.500 participants. The focus of the meeting among others was also the subject of obsessive-compulsive disorder between science and clinical practice.

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Children who live on a farm, and thus are particularly exposed to many environmental bacteria, have rare respiratory diseases and allergies than their peers. This shows an international study that has arisen with participation of researchers of the University of Basel. The research results are published in the current issue of the "New England Journal of Medicine".

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Prof. Dr. Dr. Manfred Spitzer, a brain researcher at the Transfer Center for Neurosciences and Learning, University of Ulm, presented at 10. 11. 2010 current research results to the development of children's brains at the international event - before the Frankfurt Zukunftsrat and Institute for Corporate Culture Affairs at the Frankfurter Hof "Future CSR Children are our future".

He put this firmly:

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