Oral medication is a system of medicine in which substances that cause symptoms of an illness are ingested by the patient in highly diluted forms means with water or in a liquid solution having less amount of medicine, while on the other hand, topical medication is a system of medicine in which the medicines having healing substance is only used externally and never ingested orally.

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The mother of a 5-month-old boy calls the nurse in the pediatric clinic to ask why her son no longer turns his head toward her b

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The nurse respond should be is "Is he able to sit unsupported?”. The mother in this situation is telling about the rooting reflex; when touched on the cheek, the infant reflexively turns the head to that side. The rooting reflex is likely to disappear by 4 months of age. An infant can sit without support at 8 months; this is not expected of a 5-month-old infant. Stroking the sole of the foot provokes the Babinski reflex, which disappears between 8 and 12 months of age. The disappearance of the rooting reflex at 5 months of age does not require further intervention

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