Blog Description
Healthy Gut Healthy Mind
This blog shares clear, evidence-informed pediatric digestive health education developed, reviewed and maintained by Dr. Mohammad Hussein for parents and caregivers.
It is written to help families understand common symptoms, recognize red flags, and know what questions to ask.
What you will find here
- Practical parent-friendly guides (symptoms, causes, “what you can do at home”)
- Red flags (when to seek urgent or emergency care)
- Digestive topics across infancy, childhood, and adolescence
- Nutrition and growth topics when relevant
How to use this blog
1) Browse by body system (recommended)
If you are not sure where to start, use the system grouping page to find posts by topic.
2) Browse the full blog feed
If you want the newest posts, open the blog page and scroll.
3) Use Categories and Tags
Many posts include Categories and Tags so you can explore related topics.
Safety disclaimer
This website is for general educational purposes only.
It does not provide medical advice and does not replace a visit with a qualified clinician.
Seek urgent or emergency care immediately if your child has any of the following:
- Trouble breathing, blue lips, or severe lethargy
- Severe or worsening pain
- Persistent vomiting, dehydration, or inability to keep fluids down
- Blood in vomit or stool, black stools, or large-volume bleeding
- New jaundice (yellow eyes/skin), confusion, or severe weakness
- Any symptom that worries you as a parent/caregiver
If your child is very unwell or you are unsure, err on the side of seeking urgent care.
Contact
If you would like to contact Dr. Mohammad Hussein’s office for an appointment, referral, or question about services, please ** Email Dr. Hussein’s Assistant Elizabeth Gray at: Elizabeth.Gray@pedsgimind.ca
In the email subject, please write: New Assessment Appointment with Dr. Hussein
Important: This appointment is completely online as Dr. Hussein is currently working overseas. This service is not covered by OHIP
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Pancreatitis Chronic
Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Blog Description
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🧒🔥 Chronic Pancreatitis in Children: Long-Term Care, Pain Control, and Nutrition (Ongoing inflammation and damage of the pancreas) ⚠️ Chronic pancreatitis means repeated or ongoing pancreas inflammation that leads to lasting changes in the pancreas. …
Pancreatitis Acute
Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Blog Description
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🧒🔥 Acute Pancreatitis in Children: A Parent-Friendly Guide (Sudden inflammation of the pancreas) ⚠️ Acute pancreatitis is a sudden inflammation of the pancreas that can cause significant belly pain and vomiting. Many children recover fully with …
Omphalocele
Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Blog Description
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🍼🧡 Omphalocele in Babies: A Parent-Friendly Guide ✅ Omphalocele is a condition a baby is born with where abdominal organs (often intestines and sometimes liver) remain inside a thin protective sac at the belly button. It is not caused by anything a …
Nutrition Parenteral
Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Blog Description
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🧒💉 Parenteral Nutrition (PN) in Children: Nutrition Given Through the Vein (Parent-Friendly Guide) ✅ Parenteral nutrition (PN) provides nutrition directly into the bloodstream through a vein when the gut cannot safely digest or absorb enough …
Nutrition Enteral
Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Blog Description
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🧒🧃 Enteral Nutrition in Children: Tube Feeding Explained (Parent-Friendly Guide) ✅ Enteral nutrition means giving nutrition into the stomach or intestines using a feeding tube (or sometimes as a formula-only plan by mouth). It is used when a child …
Nutrition
Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Blog Description
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🧒🥗 Nutrition for Children: A Parent-Friendly Guide to Growth, Energy, and Gut Health ✅ Nutrition means giving your child the right balance of calories, protein, vitamins, and minerals to support growth, brain development, immunity, and digestion. …
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Blog Description
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🍼⚠️ Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) in Babies: A Parent-Friendly Guide ⚠️ Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious intestinal condition mostly seen in premature babies. It usually happens in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and requires …
Nausea
Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Blog Description
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Nausea.md 🤢 Nausea in Children: What Parents Can Do Today (and When to Worry) ✅ Nausea is common and usually temporary—but sometimes it’s the body’s early warning sign. This guide helps you treat safely at home, spot red flags, and know what to …
Nasogastric Tubes
Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Blog Description
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🧒🧪 Nasogastric (NG) Tubes in Children: A Parent-Friendly Guide ✅ A nasogastric (NG) tube is a soft, thin tube that goes through the nose into the stomach. It’s used for short-term feeding, hydration, or medicines when a child can’t meet needs by …
My Child Pockets Food and Refuses to Eat: What It Means and What to Do
Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Blog Description
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🍽️😟 My Child Pockets Food and Refuses to Eat What “pocketing” means, red flags, common causes, and what to do today “Pocketing” means holding food in the cheeks or mouth instead of chewing and swallowing. Some children also refuse meals, eat very …