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Vitamin d3 dose
Seven months having white patches around mouth. Dermatologist suggest klm d3 60000iu 2.5 ml in two weeks till 3 months. I afraid it's very high for seven months baby, please suggest.
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Dr. Prashanth Kumar T
Pediatrician
7 yrs exp
Hyderabad
U can give regular Vitamin D3 supplementation till 1yr
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check serum Vit D3 levels if low means give additional supplementation
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
5 yrs exp
Rajkot
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Dr. Ashok Shobhraj Sadhwani
Pediatrician
30 yrs exp
Akola
At this age the possible cause of white patches around mouth may be some fungal infection which could have developed due to moist skin secondary to drooling of milk or some fluids repeatedly after feeds.OR second reason may be transmission of mother’s fungal infection(which mother could have developed due to moist breast).OR third reason,it may be due to drooling of baby’s saliva already contaminated with fungus (which can happen in oral thrush).
I think vitamin D deficiency has nothing to do with white patches on skin.
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As these patches leads to dryness any may lead to scaling,give baby Mulmin drops-5 drops twice daily for 3 months,give R.B.tone drops which are needed anyway from 7th to 12th month in all babies-7 drops twice daily till one year of age and D3 must forte drops which are also needed by all babies from birth to 1 year-5drops twice daily till one year of age. Treat baby’s oral thrush if present with application of candid mouth paint in his oral cavity twice daily for 7-15 days.
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Mothers are advised to clean the breast before and after each feed with a wet cloth followed by a dry cloth to avoid development of fungus over the nipple and areolar region
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Dr. Jyothi
Pediatrician
4 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Continue the Daily supplementation of vitamin d3 which we advise till 1 year i.e 400IU/day
Additional dose only if there is documented vitamin d deficiency
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share the picture of the patches or consult online
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Dr. Venkatesh Badugu
Pediatrician
9 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Share the pictures
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Dr. Akanksha Pandey
Pediatrician
12 yrs exp
Indore
U did any investigation regarding Vitamin D 3 ?? plz let me know...I ll discuss further then after
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