Health and Safety MU 2.4 4.1 Identify the signs and symptoms which may indicate that a child or young person is injured or unwell. The child may be quiet, lethargic. The child may start to act out of character. Child may start vomiting or have diarrhoea. The child may develop a rash.
The cysts may become infected. Some patients experience backache, deep pelvic pain, and constant vaginal discharge. Salpingitis - inflammation of the fallopian tubes. If the fallopian tubes become blocked the egg will not be able to pass along or enter the fallopian tube. There is a significant increase of ectopic pregnancy.
(Weebly 6) The liver can be over worked by consuming a great amount of steroids, slowing the bile movement through the liver which can increase the chances of a tumor developing. (Alvin, Virginia, Silverstein 42) Anabolic steroids can be taken orally, applied as a gel or cream, and injected. (Woolston) When injecting steroids through a syringe the possibility of contracting a blood borne disease dramatically increases. The use of anabolic steroids can affect your life in so many ways. Steroids can be particularly dangerous for adolescents because of bodies are still developing and can cause adulthood before reaching puberty.
There was now a smaller chance that people would come in contact with dangerous microbes early in life, when the infection was milder and maternal antibodies offered temporary protection,” (Oshinsky 31) resulting in more appearances of polio. Polio, also known as infantile paralysis, had the potential to cause partial or full paralysis in a child. However, this contagious disease had different severities. For example, in less severe cases of polio, a child might have discomfort or stiffness of the limbs of their body accompanied with a fever or a skin rash. Polio was passed on through direct contact with an infected child, infected mucus from coughing and sneezing, and feces.
A child receives a bump on the head When a child receives a bump on the head the signs could be that the on the child’s head has a little red bum or you can feel a bump on the head touch it or even a little cut could appear. The symptoms could be that that the child may feel dizzy or go unconscious. They could also get a headache and feel sick. When a child receives a bump on the head as a practitioner you should firstly make the child sit down and give them some water to drink. You should never let the child sleep as they may fall unconscious.
The drug also alters one's perception of pain, usually resulting in extreme emotional responses. In the long term codeine can permanently affect the way one's nervous system triggers responses from nerves, resulting in a different perception of pain, touch, and temperature. Repeated use of codeine can also cause bleeding within the stomach, kidney damage, constipation, depression, and in some extreme cases hallucinations or seizures. Stopping codeine consumption abruptly causes withdrawal, usually characterized by runny noses, sweating, muscle twitches and pain, and an irregular
E3 Meningitis is an infection that attacks the membranes which protect and surround the brain and spinal cord. This will then cause the membranes, the meninges, to inflame which can then, in some cases, damage the nerves and brain. Meningistis can effect anyone, however child whom are under the age of five, are most at risk. There are many symptoms for childrem who have meningitis, some of these symptoms are having a high fever, but have cold hands and feet, vomiting and refusing to feed, feeling agitated and not wanting to be picked up and becoming drowsy, floppy and unresponsive. There are two types of meningitis, bacterial and viral, bacterial is caused through close contact with someone whom has it, and viral is caused through virusses
pg. 16). According to Frederick T. L. Leong, the general editor of the Encyclopedia of counseling, says that a panic attack can have onsets of fearfulness, intense apprehension, and even leaving an individual with feelings of doom. Others may feel short of breath, a choking feeling, chest pain, or palpitations to mention just a few symptoms one may endure. Individuals who have endured such symptoms tend to worry about when the next occurrence of these sudden onsets may arise and just how these symptoms will affect them in the future (Leong.
Or maybe Oxygen starvation or traumatic births. | Child may inherit illnesses or conditions which will affect them from birth such as asthma and blood disorders. Oxygen starvation could lead to brain dysfunction. | Child might be effected in physical growth and development therefore hindering there gross motor skills for instance by being unable to partake in physical activities. They could also have learning difficulties because of poor brain functioning.
You would be able to recognise the signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction as the child would be displaying the following such as sneezing, itchy mouth, eyes or throat, watery eyes. In severe cases then the child would have a swollen larynx, eyes, lips or tongue and they also would be having difficulty breathing and may be even have vomiting and diarrhoea. But in mild cases most children will just come out with a nasty rash after eating and would keep scratching at it. If a child was in my care and was to have an allergic reaction then I would follow these steps first of all I would check if the reaction was mild, moderate or severe, then I would call the first aider but if I was the first aider and it was a severe cases then I would give the child their Epipen and call 999 for an ambulance then monitor the child until the ambulance arrived. I would