Prickly heat in babies in UAE is one of the most common concerns parents bring to our team at Erum Saba Medical Center every summer. You are changing your baby’s nappy and you notice it. A cluster of tiny red bumps in the neck folds, maybe spreading to the chest. Your baby is fussier than usual, pulling at their clothes and struggling to settle for a nap. You...
Swimmer’s ear in children in Sharjah is one of the most common summer paediatric complaints our team at Erum Saba Medical Center sees every year. It is Day 3 of the Eid break. Your child has spent most of it in the pool, escaping the heat. Last night they started tugging at their ear and saying it felt funny. This morning the pain is worse. There might even...
It started after dinner. One loose stool, then another. Now it is 10 pm, your child has had summer diarrhea three times, they are grumpy and clingy, and their forehead feels warm. You are Googling. You are not sure if you should wake everyone up and drive to a clinic or just wait it out until morning. You are not alone. Summer diarrhea in children in UAE is...
Dehydration symptoms in children in UAE are easier to miss than most parents realize. Your child has been indoors all morning with the AC on. They have had half a glass of orange juice at breakfast and a few sips of water at lunch. They seem fine playing, watching TV, not complaining. So they must be hydrated, right? Not necessarily. In UAE, this is the invisible danger. We...
Heatstroke in children in Sharjah is a genuine medical emergency and it can develop in under 30 minutes on a May morning. It is 11am. Your child has been playing in the garden for 40 minutes. They come inside quieter than usual, sit down, and say their head hurts. You give them water and assume it is the heat. But within 20 minutes they are pale, confused, and...
Experiencing one miscarriage is devastating. Experiencing two, three, or more each time allowing hope to build before it is taken away is a different kind of grief entirely. Yet, recurrent miscarriage in Sharjah is more common than most people realize, and more treatable than most patients are told. In Sharjah, as across the UAE, miscarriage often remains a deeply private grief. It is frequently not spoken about outside...
Tooth pain at night in UAE hits differently. There is a specific kind of dread reserved for the moment you realize a dull ache in your jaw is transforming into a throbbing toothache just as you’re turning off the lights for the night. Tooth pain that strikes at night is one of the most disruptive and disorienting experiences in everyday health. It arrives when the world is quiet,...
Most parents in UAE assume that orthodontic treatment is strictly a teenage rite of passage, something to be addressed once the last “baby” tooth has fallen out and the permanent smile is fully set. However, the clinical reality is that the optimal window for identifying and intercepting many orthodontic problems opens much earlier than most families realize. In the UAE, children’s dental visits are often reactive, triggered by...
Finding effective pigmentation and melasma treatment in UAE requires a deep understanding of how local UV levels and hormones affect brown skin. Melasma and hyper-pigmentation are among the most common skin concerns presenting to dermatology clinics across the UAE and unfortunately, they are among the most frequently mismanaged. In UAE, where the majority of residents possess medium to dark skin tones (Fitzpatrick Types III–VI) and year-round UV exposure...
Screens are an unavoidable part of modern family life, but managing screen time for kids and sleep in UAE presents a unique set of challenges. From tablets at the dinner table to YouTube clips before bed and online schoolwork starting as early as age five, digital devices are woven into the fabric of our daily routines. However, the research on how this digital immersion affects development is now...
