Health Education Cube on Kawasaki Disease
First Health Education cube on Kawasaki Disease
A research product of KDFI. Kawasaki disease Foundation of India (KDFI) introducing first health
education cube in the world known as “KD-info cube”, a magic health
education puzzle-cube made for everyone who wants to know about
Kawasaki disease (KD), made by Dr Saji Philip, Pediatric Cardiologist,
Parumala and secretary general of Kawasaki disease Foundation of
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This is made for the fun and heath education, to parents, kids, and
doctors to give top priority in diagnosing and treating KD with
appropriate pharmacological agents for the prevention of coronary
artery diseases in children. Easy to use KD-info cube with eight sided
facets, unfolds the complete answers on KD to bring about awareness in
early detection and treatment. It starts with diagnostic Criteria,
normogram of coronary artery measurements, additional findings,
treatment and follow up advises including pictures and web addresses
of KD foundations for better understanding.
Treatment side of the puzzle cube consists of conventional gold
standard therapy with intravenous immune-globulin and aspirin with an
add on antioxidant therapy, which was proved in animal model studies
conducted by dr. Philip himself with high dose of vitamins A,C, E to
mitigate the severity of inflammatory changes in coronary arteries
andalso evidenced from the preliminary unpublished clinical studies.
Dr Philip introduced first swine model for the KD research got
published in Paediatric Research Journal. This Info-cube will serve as
an easy mode of sharing KD as a health education in medical camps,
among the parents, teachers, students and nurses in hospitals. Health
education on KD is very important since it produce very fatal coronary
artery disease in young kids if not treated within 20days of acute
illness. Children can get heart attack like in adult population due to
KD.
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