My Name Is DR Nasrin Ahmed [PDF]

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My name is dr nasrin Ahmed and i work as a paediatrician in a central Auckland, new zeland hospital. I have always enjoyed working wiith Young children and their parents. One of the main factors that led me to consider specializing in this field was my own experience of bringing up my two Young children. The understanding this has give me has helped me to empathize more with parents when they become very anxious. Bringing up my own children has made me acutely aware of the parental fear of potential threats throughout childhood from infant diseases-illnesses like infectious parotitis, varicella, morbilli, rubeola, pertussis, acute laryngotracheobronchitis, rubella , meningitis , poliomielytis , and tetanus. And then there is the parentsápprehension associated with vaccinations like MMR. If i were not a doctor myself, i would probably feel as concerned and fretful about my own children as many of the parents i see who want to discuss combined vaccinations for their children.