Running Head: COMMON PEDIATRIC ILLNESSES 1Common Pediatric IllnessesNameInstitution
COMMON PEDIATRIC ILNESSES 2Dealing with pediatric patients can be challenging as some of them have not yet developed the essential communication skills to explain their situation. Bloody diarrhea is a common occurrence in many children which might be influenced by many factors, and the best way to find out the details is by questioning the health care providers. Some of the questions to ask are the amount of blood in the stool as it might determine the extent of the illness. Is there any sign of an anal fissure which might be contributing to the blood? Is the child feeling any kinds of painin the toilet? The pediatrician should also find out the possibilities of inflammatory bowel infections in the patient (Dinleyici, 2009). These queries will change depending on the ages of the patients as there are different causes and implications of a bloody stool for different children. The infants below one year of age might experience the situation due to breast milk or cow milk colitis. For children above one year of age, the condition can occur because of ulcerative and Crohn's colitis. Their ages can, therefore, be a sign of a severe disease and it is, thus, essential to put into consideration. A historical finding about the need for a clinical test is that although most instances of bloody stool might be regular for pediatric patients, some of them require diagnosis as they might be a severe detection diseases (Dinleyici, 2009). Bloody stools for older children who are above two years of age might be the signs of Bacterial gastroenteritis or even Crohn’s disease. The most basic diagnostic studies to take are intestinal infections because they might be the contributing factors to the condition. Examples of expected diagnosis in this case might be bacterial gastroenteritis, crohon’s disease and ulcerative infection. Gastroenteritis diagnosis can vary from food allergies and poisoning, cholera and Ulcerative colitis which are more likely to face the young children. Vomiting cases are caused by many factors depending on the ages of the patients involved. Sometimes it might be due to stomach upsets and food poisoning, but some others are severe (NCCWCH, 2009). For infants, it might
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