Dela Fuente Kid's Clinic

30/05/2025

🌧️ [LOOK] It’s officially habagat season! 🌧️
PAGASA has declared the start of the rainy weather...and with it comes a higher risk for certain illnesses.

🚨 Stay one step ahead! Here are some health tips to keep you and your family safe during the wet season.

🩺 Brought to you by the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP)
🎨 Words and illustrations by Andrew Camposano, M.D.

💧Let’s stay dry, stay safe, and stay healthy!

25/03/2025

🧐🤔 Think Twice Tuesdays:
ID Myths You Need to Unlearn🤓☝️

❌ Myth: "Kapag naulanan ka, magkakasipon ka agad." 🌧🤧

✅ Fact: Common colds are caused by viruses, not rain!

🔹 Crowded, enclosed spaces during rainy season increase virus spread (hello, trangkaso!).
🔹 Prevention: Proper hygiene, face masks, enough rest, and flu vaccination!

19/03/2025

🧐🤔 Think Twice Tuesdays:
ID Myths You Need to Unlearn🤓☝️

❌ Myth: "Chickenpox is a one-time disease, di na pwedeng bumalik." 🐔

✅ Fact: Chickenpox may be once, but Shingles (Herpes Zoster) can strike anytime!
🔹 Varicella-zoster virus stays dormant in nerve cells after chickenpox.
🔹 Risk factors: Aging, stress, weakened immune system.
🔹 Shingles = Painful rash, nerve pain (postherpetic neuralgia), eye complications (herpes zoster ophthalmicus).

💉 Tip: Shingles vaccine (for 50+ y/o & immunocompromised) can prevent reactivation!

13/03/2025

Ganda ng information from our friendly Infectious disease specialist 💕

🚨 DENGUE ALERT! Let’s bust some myths. 🚨

❌ Myth: "Kapag matamis ang dugo mo, mas madalas kang makagat ng lamok!"
✅ Fact: Mosquitoes don’t care if you’re “sweet” 🍭—they’re attracted to body heat, carbon dioxide, and sweat (so yes, post-gym ka mas target nila).

❌ Myth: "Ang lamok, nangingitlog sa kanal at maruming tubig!"
✅ Fact: Dengue mosquitoes 🦟 love clean, stagnant water. Your uncovered water containers, plant saucers, and old tires are their favorite Airbnb. Time to declutter!

❌ Myth: "Walang lamok, kaya walang dengue risk!"
✅ Fact: Aedes mosquitoes are daytime biters 🏞️, so just because you don’t hear buzzing at night doesn’t mean you’re safe.

🔬 What to do?
✔ Apply insect repellent – your best anti-mosquito perfume
✔ Remove standing water – no breeding grounds, no dengue babies
✔ Wear light-colored clothing – mosquitoes love dark colors
✔ Seek medical help if you have sudden high fever, body pain, and rashes

💡 Let’s keep our communities dengue-free! Share this and help bust the myths! 🦠🚫

04/03/2025

28/02/2025

Play is the work of children 🥰

What do you see when a child is at play? Running, building, creating, pretending—these are the moments that catch our eye. But just beneath the surface, something much deeper is happening.

Play is where children develop adaptability, confidence, and problem-solving skills. It’s where they learn to navigate risk, build friendships, and trust their own ideas. It’s where their brains and bodies work together, shaping the skills they’ll carry for life.

The next time you watch a child play, remember—what’s visible is just the tip of the iceberg. There is so much happening underneath!

21/02/2025

Credits to the owner 😊
Updates on immunization :)

13/02/2025

[TINGNAN] Maging protektado laban sa ! Suriin ang infographic na ito upang matuto nang higit pa tungkol sa nakahahawang sakit na tigdas.

'Di pa huli ang lahat para maprotektahan. Tayo'y magpabakuna!

Isang paalala mula sa .

09/02/2025

05/02/2025

Philippine Society of Newborn Medicine Convention
Feb 3-4

My first convention after being a preterm mom. Madaming bagong natutunan, lubos na pasasalamat at lumaking malusog ang baby namin kahit pinanganak na preterm 🙏🥰