Symptoms Of Disease In Childhood Research Articles

Self-Use of Aspirin Among Mothers in Management of Fever in Children Khartoum, Sudan 2022

Background: Fever is one of the most frequent symptoms of disease in childhood and a common cause of emergency admissions in infants and children. Aspirin is salicylic acid and is used to treat pain and fever. Aspirin should not be administrated to a child under 16 years old of age because it might lead to a serious and sometime fatal condition in children called Reye’s syndrome. Reye syndrome is a rare and potentially fatal pediatric illness defined as acute noninflammatory encephalopathy with fatty liver failure. Objective: To assess attitude and practice among mothers towards self-use of aspirin in management of fever in children under 5 years and its complication in Dar-alsalam almaghariba. Method: A descriptive, cross- sectional community-based study applied in sample size of 195 using non probability convenience sampling method, among mothers in Dar-alslam almaghariba area in February 2022. The data was collected by interview questionnaire. Which include sociodemographic data, close end questions contain 21 questions about knowledge, attitude and practice of self-use of aspirin, Data analysis was done by SPSS program and Microsoft excel. Results: the study report that (41.5%) of the respondents aged more than 40 years, (95,9%) of them were married, (75.4%) were housewife, (20%) were employee, (2.1%) were students and (2.6%) work, Majority of mother (87.2%) measured children’s temperature when felt subjectively rises by touch, irrespective to their beliefs about home management of fever (73.8%) used antipyretics. most of them know about complications of high-grade fever (93.8%) said high grade fever can cause convulsions. About (97.9%) of the participants know Aspirin and most of them (48.7%) get it from booth. Most of the participants (65.1%) used aspirin to lower temperature of their children, about (78.5%) of mothers know how to use aspirin. Majority of mothers (71.8%) don't know the side effect of the irrational aspirin to the children, about (96.4%) don't heard of Reye’s syndrome. Conclusion: Study concludes nearly all mothers used aspirin without prescription to reduce children’s body temperature, mothers’ awareness about hazardous use of aspirin and the Reye’s syndrome is extremely low, there is relation between low level of education and irrational use of aspirin by mothers. Ministry of health should increase the awareness of mothers about complications of aspirin aimed at eradication of the practice.

Mothers' Perceptions of Fever in Children

The fever is one of the commonest symptoms of disease in childhood. A mother's knowledge and conception of fever may determine the degree of her anxiety and fear, and reflect on the way the fever is managed at home. Our understanding of mothers' attitudes may help to improve the home management of fever by correcting unrealistic beliefs. Mothers of 100 children were randomly selected and interviewed to answer a questionnaire about fever. Sixty mothers thought that fever could lead to death, others thought that it might lead to paralysis, mental retardation or brain damage. This may explain their undue anxiety and fear when having a child with fever. Cold exposure, teething, exposure to sunlight and having a warm drink were considered as causes. A minority reduced the child's clothes during fever. Tap water sprinkling and occasionally alcohol were used. Ninety-four mothers used antipyretics, all used paracetamol and 23 per cent used aspirin. Sixty two used antibiotics indiscriminately. Improved health education is required to allay mothers fear and anxiety and promote a more appropriate fever management at home.

Symptoms of Disease in Childhood

Symptoms of Disease in Childhood

Symptoms of Disease in Childhood

My initial enthusiasm for this book, which is intended as a teaching aid and a successor to Illingworth's classic Common Symptoms of Disease in Childhood, soon waned. Interactive, problem solving, and computer assisted techniques of medical teaching have not entirely displaced the need for textbooks, but to succeed these must have a visual impact and present information in a readable and enjoyable format. “What no pictures; no diagrams!” was the comment of one trainee to whom I showed it. He has a point; a good clinical photograph is worth a lot of words. It is difficult to avoid the impression that …

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Book reviewed in this article:Concepts in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Vol. 5 Edited by ROBIN P. HUMPHREYSCommon Symptoms of Disease in Childhood, 8th Edn. By Ronald S. IillingworthThe Risk Approach in Health Care: with Special Reference to Maternal and Child Health, including Family Planning Geneva: World Health OrganizationThe Physically Handicapped Child: an Interdisciplinary Approach to Management Edited by GILLIAN T. MCCARTHYAdolescent Health Care–a Practical Guide By Lawrence S. NeinsteinLanguage Disorders in Children: Recent Advances Edited by Audrey HollandRecent Advances in Clinical Neurology, No. 4 Edited by W. B. MATTHEWS and Gilbert H. GlaserRecent Advances in Epilepsy–2 Edited by TIMOTHY A. PEDLEY and Brian S. Meldrum

BOOKS REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this Article:The Child With Leukemia, by Carl Pochedly“Major Problems in Childhood Cancer”. Publishers: Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.Common Symptoms Of Disease In Childhood. R. S. Illingworth. Blackwell Scientific PublicationsThe Newborn Chest — Richard L. Wesenberg.Pediatric Cardiology by A. S. Nadas and D. C. Fyler Saunders, Philadelphia. London and Toronto. 1972.“Hemophilus influenzae”. Sarah H. W. Sell and David T. Karzon, editors. Vanderbilt University Press, 1973.Teaching the Mentally Retarded Child. A Family Care Approach. Kathryn E. Barnard and Marcene L. Powell (1972). St. Louis. The C. V. Mosby Company.