Childhood Health Problems: Symptoms and Prevention
Child Health in Developing Countries:
List of Common Childhood Illness Symptoms:
The below symptoms are the common symptoms of childhood illness.
- Headache,
- Nausea and vomiting,
- Fever,
- Sore throat,
- Abdominal pain,
- Swollen lymph glands,
- Excessive drooling (in young children),
- Malaise (tired),
- Diarrhea,
- Rash,
- Cough.
8 Ways to Prevent Childhood Health Problems:
There are eight major ways to prevent childhood health problems which are listed in the following:
- Prenatal nutrition,
- Prevention of infection,
- Breastfeeding,
- Family planning,
- Sanitation,
- Primary health care,
- Socio-economic development,
- National health program.
All the eight major ways to prevent childhood health problems have discussed below:
1. Prenatal Nutrition:
Supplementation of a mother’s diet helps in improving the birth weight of babies thereby helping in reducing neonatal mortality.
2. Prevention of Infection:
Immunization is the best way of preventing infectious diseases which take a heavy toll on life in children. The vaccine-preventable diseases are TB, Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles, hepatitis, meningitis, etc.
3. Breastfeeding:
The most effective measure of lowering infant mortality is breastfeeding which provides passive immunity to infants.
4. Family Planning:
Infant mortality increases as birth order increases. Limiting the family size and spacing of children is effective in lowering the infant mortality rate.
5. Sanitation:
Adequate sanitation and safe drinking water facilitate have a significant positive impact on the health of society including mothers and children. It helps in lowering mortality due to diarrhea, vomiting, respiratory infections, hepatitis, dengue, etc.
6. Primary Health Care:
Provision of primary health care for high-risk pregnant females and babies will help in lowering mortality and morbidity rate.
7. Socio-Economic Development:
Infant mortality rate (IMR) and PMR can be effectively lowered by uplifting the socio-economic condition of the country that includes increasing female literacy.
8. National Health Program:
Proper planning and implementation of health-related activities and immunization programs.
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