Common Diseases in Children ( 2 )

Typhus

Is an acute infectious disease that is highly contagious. The disease is caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi. The bacteria enter the body if it would be "happy to nesting" in the small intestine and if not treated immediately it will invade into other organs, including the brain.

Symptoms:

In the first week of the disease symptoms are often still have not looked specifically, more like influenza, namely:

1. Fever and decreased desire to eat

2. Headache

3. Nausea / Vomiting

4. Sometimes Diarrhea

Entering the next week, the symptoms will be more pronounced with characteristic-cir:

• The child's body temperature rises, often delirious (afternoon or evening), the body temperature drops back later. But in the more advanced condition, high fever lasts all day.
• Tongue covered with dirty white membrane
• Abdominal pain

Treatment:

1. Total break
2. Provide nutritious food to boost the immune system and healing process
3. Eat foods that are soft and do not stimulate
4. To ensure the diagnosis, the doctor usually asks the patient a blood test. The results of blood tests at the beginning of symptoms (1-2 days after fever) often have showed people with typhoid. Strong indication can only be seen after 1 week. Laboratory results showed a positive Widal also not necessarily an indication / suspected typhoid patients. But when the results of laboratory white blood cell levels are below normal, is an indication / suspected typhoid patients affected by the disease. In addition, of course, the doctor will always pay attention and do an analysis of the clinical symptoms that follow.
5. Treatment can be done by resting at home while providing lethal medication from a doctor for the bacteria. But if the condition worsens, the patient needs to stay in the hospital.

Anemia

Disease is a deficiency of hemoglobin (red blood cells) that carry oxygen to all body tissues. If this oxygen deprivation affects the brain that has a lot of blood vessels, lowering the impact of brain function.

Anemia nothing lasts awhile and there are chronic. In the chronic anemia can lead to various disorders in the body's organs and systems. Anemia in infancy and continues until about 2 years old child can lead to mental disorders that are settled.

Causes of anemia can be due to iron deficiency, intestinal worms, are parasites or inflammation in the gut, as well as disorders of hemoglobin production system itself.

Symptoms:

• Lethargic / weak
• Pale
• Tired
• Dizziness
• Fainting
• No appetite
• Panting

Treatment:

When mild anemia can be treated with drugs / vitamin supplement blood and repaired with a diet rich in protein and iron such as liver, beef, beans and green vegetables.

If the anemia is caused by a worm, then the doctor will prescribe a worm. While, when caused by something else, of course, you should consult with your doctor to get the best care and treatment.

Meningitis

Is a disease that results in inflammation of the lining of the brain caused by bacteria, viruses, germs of tuberculosis, and fungi. This disease generally affects children under the age of 5 years, one reason is that less hygienic environment that allows children to infection.

If it occurs in newborns can be caused by the birth process that leads to infection factors. For example, premature rupture of membranes or she has a high fever.

Other factors, it could be infected by germs from parents who are experiencing sore throat while the infant immune system is low.

Complications of meningitis can get to the brain tissue which will increase the pressure on the brain so that the child becomes lost consciousness and seizures. And children can also suffer from hydrocephalus disease is meningitis.

Symptoms:

• Fever
• Stiff neck
• Headache
• Convulsions
• Decreased awareness
• Cried continuously
• Throw up
• Restless
• Reserved
• Often sleepy
• Not resistant to light
• Didn't want to eat or drink milk

Treatment :

Immediately take your child to the doctor!

In the early stages, children with meningitis be given antibiotics by doctors. However, the treatment must be completed in order to prevent things that are more dangerous (fatal).

Encephalitis

Is an inflammatory disease that attacks the brain tissue.

This infection can be caused by viruses, bacteria and others. This inflammation often follow other diseases such as measles, mumps, measles and tuberculosis.

In addition to hearing disability can result, encephalitis can also cause visual impairments, paralysis, impaired intellect, emotions and behavior to the most fatal condition is death.

The disease most commonly affects children aged 2 months to 2 years, but that does not mean can not attack children whose age is more than that.

Symptoms:

• Fever
• Convulsions
• Headache
• Nausea vomiting
• Didn't want to eat and drink milk
• Often Cry / Fussy
• Decreased consciousness and at an advanced stage patients in a coma

Treatment :

If the child has a high fever (heat) for more than 2 days and felt the child's condition worsens, immediately take it to the doctor to get a checkup (diagnosis) and treatment of serious intensive.