On Call With Dr. Anselm Anyoha
In this podcast, Dr. Anselm Anyoha, talks about the social, emotional, and physical health of children, and their journey from birth through preschool, and beyond. With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Anyoha provides compassionate answers to issues parents and children face from preschool through adolescents..
About Dr. Anyoha
Dr. Anyoha has a master's degree in infant mental health and Early Childhood Development. In his practice, he teaches medical, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner students.
Learn from his experience and find answers to your most pressing questions on his Podcast. You can also find his books and email your questions for a future podcast at ModernEraPediatrics.com
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Episode-30-Why your baby is smiling
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
In this podcast, I empower you as a parent by sharing insights on what it means when your baby smiles upon seeing you or hearing your voice. I guide you on how to use your baby's social smile as a tool to strengthen your bond, nurture relationships, and stimulate your baby's brain development. I also delve into the deeper meaning of the social smile, the age at which it typically starts, the cultural differences in infant social smiles, and proactive steps you can take if your baby hasn't shown a social smile by eight or 12 weeks.
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Episode 29- Anemia in Children
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Anemia due to iron deficiency. According to the World Health Organization, WHO, over 300 million children are anemic because they do not eat food rich in iron or because of blood loss. Another way children lose blood and iron and become anemic is through worm infestations. Worm infection is common in certain parts of the world and could be a common way for children to lose blood and the iron in the blood, thus becoming anemic.
Listeners would learn:How lack of iron in food causes Anemia in childrenHow excess nose bleed and menstruation causes AnemiaSymptoms and signs of Anemia in childrenWhat puts children at a higher risk for Anemia?Ways to prevent Anemia in childrenFood that contains ironWhy children develop Anemia.How to find out if their child has AnemiaWhat to do when their child has Anemia
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Episode- 28-Anxiety in Children
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Topics covered: How anxiety presents in children, signs and symptoms of anxiety in children, subtle signs of anxiety in children, how pediatricians make the diagnosis of anxiety in children, how clinicians make the diagnosis of anxiety in children, ways to treat childhood anxiety, what happens when anxiety in children goes untreated, and why it is essential to treat childhood anxiety.
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
Episode-27-Baby Colic
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
Every prolonged crying in a baby does not mean that the baby has colic. Parents tend to over diagnose and overtreat colic in their babies and infants. A true colic (abdominal discomfort) is a benign condition that resolves when the baby is about three months old. Do not assume that prolonged crying in infants is always colic. Parents should always check and examine their babies when crying so as not to miss life-threatening situations. In this podcast, I discuss sharing information with parents concerned that their infants might have colic. Tips on how to manage colic and when to seek expert medical opinion are also shared.
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Pain in the throat, sore throat, pain in swallowing, fever, and rashes--a sandpaper rash on the trunk, all could be signs that a child has a strep infection of the throat. Learn about ways doctors make diagnosis and treat children with strep throat. Also, learn about some potential complications that might occur following strep throat infection, and how to spot them.
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Episode 25-Autism, what to look for
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Missed Signs, Absence of Joint Intention: Before the age of 15 to 18 Months, many signs might signal that all is not well and that a child might be at risk for Autism Spectrum.
Whenever I get in my consultation room to see parents and their infants, especially at the nine monthly routine checks, one of the things I do is watch to see how socially interactive the child is and how much interest the Infant has in me or objects that I hold and whether they are tracking every move I make like infants at that age should. Do they look or make an effort to look at what their parents or others are looking at (joint attention), or are they in their world, resisting or uninterested in what is happening around them, which is concerning?
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Episode 24- Children with the Flu symptoms
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
In this podcast, I shared:
Symptoms of Flu in Children
How to find out if children have the Flu.
Other childhood illnesses that resemble Flu
Complications from Flu.
When to take children to the ER when they suffer from flu
How to treat and manage Flu in Children
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Episode 23-Active Parenting
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Newborns already have what it takes to participate in the unfolding relationship between them and their caregivers. Their ears are listening to voices and lullabies around them, their eyes are watching and reading facial expressions, their skin can feel caregivers’ warm embrace and touch, and their nose can smell their mother's breast milk. It can differentiate caregivers' smells from others', and their taste buds can tell sweet from sour. Parents can actively engage them through any of these sensory portals while encouraging the newborn to participate in the back-and-forth mutual engagement.
Active parenting practices are the fuel that spurs the budding newborn's brain to flourish and its neurons to interconnect in different brain areas that would promote healthy social-emotional development, including happiness and empathy, as well as areas of the brain that would support learning, language, speech acquisition, and cognitive development.
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Episode 22-Jaundice in Newborns
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
If you are a new mom or Dad wondering what your baby doctors are doing about your newborn's jaundice, you need to listen to this podcast. If you are wondering what to do with your baby with jaundice, then listen to this podcast. I share, how as a pediatrician, who works in both the newborn nursery and in my practice, I treat and manage newborns with jaundice. If you are in the medical field as a PA student or a medical student, or a newborn nursery nurse, and wondering how pediatricians treat and view jaundice, then you need to listen to the podcast. Please kindly share.
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Episode 21-Cradle Cap in Babies and Infants
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
In this Podcast, Dr. Anyoha shares how parents view Cradle cap, how to recognize it, many simple ways to treat it, and he also shares when it is the right time to discuss your child's Cradle cap with his or her doctor.