Childhood disease these are disease that contract a child under the age of 18 years. They are allo known as the killer disease because they cause children under that age to dead. They are also called vaccine preventable disease, the vaccine preventable death is usually cause by failure to obtain the vaccine in a right manner.
The six killer diseases are;
i. Measles
ii. Tetanus
iii. Whooping cough
iv. Tuberculosis
v. Piphtheria
vi. Poliornyelitis
Measles: this is a most common communicable disease cause by a virus called measles virus and also a child infection in most part of the world.
It is usually start from 10-12days
Clinical manifestation
i. The child will experience fever (hyperthermia)
ii. Joint pain
iii. Headache
Medicinal management of the six killer diseases
i. The Rx involve the use of combination therapy in regimes e.g. drugs for tuberculosis is refampicin.
ii. Analgesic is indicated in the case of fever and headache
iii. Administer antibiotics to destruct the organism; like penicillin.
Nursing management
i. Isolation of infected child
ii. Barrier nursing
iii. Protect patient from any physical injuries
iv. Health education
v. Provide hygiene for the patient
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Growth:- this is an increase in physical size, weight and height of an individual.
Development:- this is a progressive increase in skill and capacity and it is also a qualitative change in the child function which can be measured through observation.
Growth is the development upon lower of simpler to a complex form. The factors affection of g and d are;
i. environmental factors
ii. nutritional factors
iii. genetics control
iv. endocrine regulation
The Types of Growth and Development
i. Physical growth: which is an increase in height, weight and size of the body.
ii. Psychological growth: this starts from childhood to adolescence.
iii. Cognitive development: this involves development by thinking skills which include learning, understanding, problem solving, reasoning and remembering.
Stages of g and d
1. Embryonic stage: this is from the period of gestation to 8weeks. Is at this period different part of the body develops. E.g. heart, ear, eyes etc.
2. Petal stage: this occurs after 8weeks of gestation which refers as foetus and in this stage that different part of the body increase in size.
3. Child rearing:- is the process of supporting and guarding the physical. Emotional and intellectual development and growth of a child from enfancy to adulthood.
Stages of child rearing
i. Infancy
ii. Toddlers
iii. Early childhood (3-6yrs)
iv. Middle childhood
v. Adolescence
vi. Puberty
Types of rearing
1. Permissive parent:- these are type of parent or families that allows their children to make their own choice when they can not manage with it in maturity.
2. Uninvolved parent: in this type of parent or families, the parent are not involve in their children activities and this is a result of the parent been divorce to each otheror the parent have high demanding job that he/she cannot create a single time for the children. This is where the child he/she will emotionally and physically be abusive.
Factors affecting parents
i. Family root
ii. Social influence
3. Religious believe: parent who place religious as the number one priority tend to have rules and norms in the family which can bring about a prior religious expentancy or believe into a family life, and which can also result to distraction and disorganized family life.
4. Accident prevention: accident can defined as an unexpected occurrences that can result to injuries, loss of life, damage of viral organs in the body or which result to damage of properties.
Accident prevention is refers to as precautions, plans and also preparation taken to minimize, avoid or stop the occurrence of accident before it happens.
CAUSES OF ACCIDENT
i. Lack of knowledge and training
ii. Unsafe working conditions
iii. Faulty machines
iv. Occupational hazard
v. Fire
THE CONCEPT OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION
i. Primary prevention: this is the early removal of the cause of the accident e.g. reduced alcohol consumption.
ii. Secondary prevention:- this is to minimizes the severity of the injuries of the accident e.g. child safety, car seat, smoke alarms.
iii. Tertiary prevention: in this stage the first treatment and rehabilitation green to the accident victim e.g. first and proper hospital care.
THE NEED AND PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENT
Adolescent:- this is a period of life from puberty to maturity.
The need and problem of adolescent include;
i. Physical changes as a problem: this when the hormone level of teenagers are changing like in boys, there will be a change in voice and appearance of facial of hair and the body odor become evident and in female they will start their period. They need to be explain that it is normal for the body to change as every teenager, also help them to adopt to the changes educate them and make them accept it.
ii. Emotional changes as a problem:- in this stage the changes affect the adolescent physically and emotionally and the teenager will always be depress and confuse about the stage he/she found himself and which can lead to the teenage to blame themselves or always make them to look unhappy, not excited, mad and angry. In this stage adolescent girls are vulnerable to crying and their mood can change at any period of time which means they may have mood swings.
The emotional need of the adolescent is to give them support and assist them to take care of themselves, talk with the teenagers, give them advice and tell them it is normal to feel the way they feel about themselves, create a good rapor with the teenagers and share your experience of your puberty. This will help them to feel okay, calm and secure about themselves.
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