Types and Common Causes of Bleeding Disorders in Children Hematology and Blood Disorders of Children: Blood is the life-maintaining fluid that circulates through the body’s heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries. It carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues. Because the functions of …

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Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children: Sign, Symptoms and Prevention Definition of Anemia or Anaemia: Anemia is a clinical condition characterized by pale coloration of the skin and mucous membrane due to qualitative and quantitative deficiency of haemoglobin below the lower limit in the peripheral blood in respect of age and sex. Anemia is defined as …

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Medical and Nursing Management of Anemia or Anaemia Definition of Anemia or Anaemia : Anemia is defined as the reduction in the number and quality of circulating red blood cells when the hemoglobin content is below the normal level for particular age, resulting in decreased oxygen carrying capacity. Anemia is decreased in the total amount …

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Morphological and Etiological Classifications of Anaemia or Anemia Concept about Anaemia or Anemia: Anemia is when the level of healthy red blood cells (RBCS) in the body becomes too low. This can lead to health problems because RBCs contain hemoglobin, which carries oxygen to the body’s tissues. Anemia can cause a variety of complications, including …

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Anaemia or Anemia: Symptoms, Causes and Complications Definition of Anemia: Anemia is a clinical condition characterized by pale coloration of the skin and mucous membrane due to qualitative and quantitative deficiency of hemoglobin below the lower limit in the peripheral blood in respect of age and sex. Anemia is decreased in the total amount of …

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Prevention and Nursing Management of Polio or Poliomyelitis Definition of Poliomyelitis or Polio: Poliomyelitis or Polio is an acute viral infection caused by an RNA virus affecting the central nervous system and infrequently resulting in paralysis. It is characterized by fever malaise, headache stiffness of neck and back with increased cells and protein in CSF. …

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Definition of Poliomyelitis or Polio: Poliomyelitis or Polio is an acute viral illness that in its most severe from causes paralysis, difficulty breathing and sometimes death. It is an acute viral infection caused by an RNA virus affecting the central nervous system and infrequently resulting in paralysis. It is characterized by fever malaise, headache stiffness …

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Definition of Measles Disease: Measles is a highly infectious disease of childhood caused by measles virus. It is characterized by fever, catarrhal symptoms of the upper respiratory tract followed by typical rash. An acute highly infectious disease of childhood caused by a specific virus of the group myxoviruses which is clinically characterized by fever and …

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Measles Disease: Sign, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment Definition of Measles Disease: An acute highly infectious disease of childhood caused by a specific virus of the group myxoviruses which is clinically characterized by fever and catarrhal symptoms of the upper respiratory tract (coryza, cough) followed by a typical rash. Measles is a highly infectious disease of …

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Definition of Mumps Disease: Mumps is an acute infectious and communicable disease characterized by fever, tenderness and localized swelling of one or more of the salivary gland, usually the parotid and occasionally the sublingual or sub maxillary glands. It is an acute infectious disease caused by a specific virus affecting the glandular and nervous tissues. …

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