Determining the Disease a Child Is Suffering

E. coli O157 infection can lead to hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and renal injury. Still, it was not until 1993, after a large multistate E. coli

TA is a 3-year-old white male child, brought in to the clinic by his mother JA, for mild dehydration. JA stated that TA’s symptoms as general malaise. TA has had 4 watery stools in the last 24 hours. JA reports that her son hasn’t urinated yet that morning which is about 6 hours. She also reports that he has a dry, sticky mouth and his skin is dry to the touch.

One of the characteristics of a good parent is being concerned over their child’s well being and being their advocate in life. Many recognize their shortcomings when it comes to background knowledge about medical related things which is why the seek the authoritative advice of medical proffesionals, however for some do this almost blindly. As our technology advances have continued to develop at extreme rates were are finally having the tools to better analyze different disorders. Now on the fifth version of the DSM some disorders have been separated out as we learn that it was two vague while others have been combined as we increase our understanding. The scary part is how popularized it has all become in the increase of shared information.

During our TRIPSE assignment we was given a clinical case of a young child who came into A&E

A 17-year old female presents to the office with a history of abdominal pain, distension, and diarrhea for the last ten days. She

A two month old African American child was admitted to a local clinic in Bakersfield, California with a cough, fever, and occasional night sweats. The physician diagnosed him with influenza B virus and sent him home with some acetaminophen(brand name Tylenol) to help with the symptoms. At home, the boy progressively got worse so after three days, the child was readmitted to the clinic. The physician had a blood test and a sputum test sent to a microbiologist for examination as the doctor believed that the child was infected by another microbial pathogen. After examining the blood and sputum, it became clear that the child had an infection that was much more dangerous than influenza B.

A thorough history is essential when a pediatric patients presents with bloody diarrhea, and knowing what disease processes commonly affect certain age ranges will also help lead the provider to the proper diagnosis. Questions should be directed according to the patient's age. Some essential questions to ask the parents will entail questions about the amount of blood, the exact color (bright red, dark, tarry, maroon, etc.), how many episodes, how many days, pain, emesis involved, history of straining with bowel movements, abdominal pain, trauma, travel, ill contacts, food consumed, current medications, and any other associated symptoms. Knowing whether the blood is mixed in the stool or dark red blood may suggest a proximal source with some

. X child is 4 years old. Halfway through the morning she looks flushed and her head feels hot to touch. She has some marks on the face which look like a rash.

Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a bacterium commonly found in the digestive system of humans and animals. Although it is mainly harmless and helps promote a healthy digestive system, some strains can be pathogenic and cause illness such as diarrhea, urinary tract infections, respiratory infections and even pneumonia. What makes E. coli pathogenic is the release of a toxin called Shiga. These are often referred to a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). This particular strain lives harmlessly in the guts of animals, particularly cattle. However, when in contact with a human, it results in illness. Pathogenic E. coli is usually caught when humans ingest invisible amounts of feces that can be found in food or water. (CDC, 2014) Antibiotics may be prescribed depending on the illness. Their ability to effectively work depends on it’s composition and the bacteria it is expected to work on.

Symptoms may vary over time and may change in the way they appear, which can further complicate diagnosis. Children may be able to resist the obsessions and compulsions at school but not at home. The symptoms may fluctuate, with more symptoms at stressful periods and fewer symptoms at other times. Other medical conditions can mimic the disorder, and other conditions may co-occur with the disorder.

Children are more likely to catch an illness during the winter. Knowing the common symptoms, and when your child needs to see a doctor, will help make this cold and flu season a manageable one. A young child's immune system hasn't been exposed to many infections so they are likely to catch something. They are far more prone to illnesses than older kids and adults, who have built up immunity to many germs. It doesn't help that toddlers and preschoolers tend to touch everything, put their hands in their mouth, and play close to each

Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a bacteria that commonly live in the gastrointestinal tract of humans making it relevant to our population. The majority of E. coli strains is harmless, but it has the potential to form a potent strain that possesses serious health risks. When encountering this potent strain, one can experience health problems such as diarrhea or urinary tract infections. It is important to be able to determine when someone is being affected by the harmful strains of E. coli and how antibiotics affect them in order to keep the strain from cultivating further. Current scientific knowledge about the relationship between E. coli growth and antibiotics supports the idea that with the presence of antibiotics, the growth of E. coli is

When illness strikes, children have a very difficult time explaining how they are feeling. Thus, parents must rely on visual cues and changes in behavior to determine when their child is ill. This week’s discussion will focus on an 8 year old child who was taken to Emergency Room with abdominal pain resulting in appendicitis. After surgery was performed, the child then developed a health care associated infection, scarlet fever. This post will also cover the following items: implications of being exposed to a patient with scarlet fever, nursing actions to prevent the spread of the infection, two nursing actions and an explanation of precautions for this kind of childhood infection, finally a nursing diagnosis statement appropriate for this patient to included corresponding outcomes.

There are million different ways to communicate. When someone’s communication received by none one all the time or all most of time, it will be frustrating, because the person are not treated as a full human being. Barriers to doing and barriers to being can be removed when shared communication is facilitated.

Last summer 2011, Germany stumbled upon an outbreak of a rare species of E. coli O104:H4 (Pennington 2011). The causative strains appeared to have features from two different E. coli pathotypes of enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) and shiga-toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) called enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) (Bloch, Felczykowska and Nejman-Faleńczyk 2012). The main effect from this strain causes major incident of gastroenteritis and unusual develop of haemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) among the affected patients (Rasko et al 2011). HUS often described as group of disease of haemolytic anaemia, acute renal failure and thrombocytopenia (Schifferli eta al 2009). And it is known to be the result of infection by pathogens that produce shiga-toxin (Walker, Applegate and Black 2012). This particular strain possessed several identical characteristics with some older STEC cases but with different serotypes such as E. coli O105:H7, O121:H19 and O111:H8 (Scheutz et. al 2011). At the end of the outbreak, nearly 3500 cases of EHEC were recorded with 850 patients experience the progression to HUS and 82 deaths (RKI 2011).