Obesity is on the rise, both in children as well as adults. Lockdown, work from home, online classes have got you and the children at your home confined within the houses and paralysed your routine. Read my blog post, ...
As the international thyroid awareness week comes to an end, I bring forth a less common yet potentially serious disease of the thyroid that affects the children. Hypothyroidism makes oneself slowdown and weary. In contrast...
Twelve-year-old Daisy (name changed) was brought to me with a concern that she was not growing well over the last 2 years. Her mother also noticed that she was least interested to play around with friends and had grown...
Do not miss the insulin doses: Insulin is an inevitable treatment in a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus as the body’s pancreas no longer produces enough insulin required to burn the fuel and produce...
Height is more than just a number. It could be a strength to few, but a weakness for some. The height of a child scares few parents, while some experience pride. For the young ones, being tall may bestow a sense of...
In my last blog post, you met Abha who narrated how her son Abhik was diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism through the newborn screen, to her sister Avni. If you haven’t read the previous post, do visit it at to learn...
The World Immunization Week is here and I cannot emphasize more on what roles vaccines play to protect your child from dreadful diseases. So, this post today is NOT about vaccines! Read through this conversation between two...
A 13-year-old boy came to our endocrine clinic with his mom. “Yeah, tell me. What’s your problem?”, I asked. The mother grabbed the collar of her son’s shirt and pulling it behind, she said, “Doctor, do you see...
Wondering if a child can have diabetes?? Continue reading this story to precisely understand what childhood diabetes means. At 9 pm that night, the on-duty nurse called me up to...
Hi there !! Welcome to my site. I am Dr Sapna Nayak and I am a Pediatric Endocrinologist. I have created this blog to serve as an interactive platform to share the knowledge and facts about various diseases of the...
Endocrinology is a field of medicine that deals with how hormones work and the related diseases. Our bodies are comprised of various organ systems like the nervous system, the digestive system etc. The endocrine system is one...
