Preschool Health Recommendations from Elazığ Medilines Hospital

Elazığ Medilines Hospital Child Health and Diseases Specialist Dr. Hakan Çoban warned students and parents just a few days before the schools opened. Dr. stated that the process of opening schools and even the first grades of primary schools has started. Hakan Çoban said, "I would like to give some advice during the preschool period. Before schools start, it is important to have our child's general examination and evaluate his height and weight development. We should not neglect vision and hearing checks. It is not necessary to have blood tests for every child. If there are problems such as weakness and fatigue, vision and hearing in children, examinations and tests are performed by consulting with pediatricians. We need to check whether the vaccines are up to date. Because there are some vaccines given before school, we recommend that they be completed if there are missing vaccines. Health "Detecting problems early is very valuable. Let's not neglect their check-ups so that our child can start the new school year healthy," he said.

Underlining that the process of opening schools has begun, Dr. Çoban said, "It is very important to carry out hearing and vision examinations before school. Because the school success of a child whose vision is not good is worse. It also prevents school success in children with hearing impairment or low hearing problems. Therefore, vision and hearing tests must be done before school. In addition, we do not force routine blood tests on children. If parents detect loss of appetite, weakness or developmental delay in their children, they need to consult a physician. Apart from that, there is no obligation to have a pre-school examination. "Children need to be taught the habit of washing their hands and face when they come home because there is an environment of germs outside. We recommend that the child wear new clothes after changing his clothes. Viruses are more common in places where schools are opened. This increases the rate of transmission of viruses when all children are in the same environment. The presence of viruses in schools is due to the crowded environment," he said.