Specialist paediatrician campaigns against common practices

A SPECIALIST paediatrician and pulmonologist has launched a campaign against a common practice by mothers and caregivers of using cooking oil to treat stomach ailments in babies, saying this can cause lipoid pneumonia.

Lipoid pneumonia is a rare form of lung disease due to aspiration or inhalation of exogenous or endogenous lipid-containing products.

It is also known as an inflammatory lung condition caused by the accumulation of oils in the lungs.

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