ICW 6 Illness And Injury Assessment 1
ICW 6-Injury and Illness 2.1
Following on from last week’s workshop, complete the following table.
You need to identify 6 different childhood illnesses along with any signs and symptoms.
Illness
Signs and symptoms
1 Chicken Pox
Before developing a rash, there may be some mild flu like symptoms. The rash normally appears behind the ears, on the face, scalp, under arms, on chest and stomach, and arms and legs. The rash starts as small itchy, red spots. After approximately 12 to 14 hours these spots develop into fluid filled blisters, which are immensely itchy.
2 Scabies
Scabies causes your skin to feel intensely itchy. The scabies mites will also leave small red blotches and lines on your skin, which are the marks caused by them burrowing into your skin. Burrow marks can be found anywhere including folds of skin, wrists, armpits, around waist, inside the elbow, buttocks, soles of feet, knees, shoulder blades and trunk.
3 Atopic Eczema
Most commonly of eczema develops in creases of your skin, such as in the crook of your elbow, behind your knees, at the front of your ankles, round your neck or around your eyes. During a flare up atopic eczema can cause the skin to become extremely itchy, red, hot, dry and scaly. It may also be weeping and swollen.
4 Scarlet Fever
Often starts with a sore throat or skin infection and fever. The rash appears 12 - 48 hours after the fever. At first it is red blotches but turns into a pinkish and red rash that feels like sandpaper. The rash spreads to other areas, commonly ears, neck, chest, elbows, thighs and groin. The rash will turn white if you press a glass onto it.
5 Impetigo
The symptoms begin with the appearance of red sores usually on the area around the nose and mouth. The sores quickly burst, leaving thick, yellow-brown golden crusts. Sores are not painful, but they may be itchy. Other symptoms of infection, such as fever and swollen glands, are rare but may occur in more severe cases.
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Following on from last week’s workshop, complete the following table.
You need to identify 6 different childhood illnesses along with any signs and symptoms.
Illness
Signs and symptoms
1 Chicken Pox
Before developing a rash, there may be some mild flu like symptoms. The rash normally appears behind the ears, on the face, scalp, under arms, on chest and stomach, and arms and legs. The rash starts as small itchy, red spots. After approximately 12 to 14 hours these spots develop into fluid filled blisters, which are immensely itchy.
2 Scabies
Scabies causes your skin to feel intensely itchy. The scabies mites will also leave small red blotches and lines on your skin, which are the marks caused by them burrowing into your skin. Burrow marks can be found anywhere including folds of skin, wrists, armpits, around waist, inside the elbow, buttocks, soles of feet, knees, shoulder blades and trunk.
3 Atopic Eczema
Most commonly of eczema develops in creases of your skin, such as in the crook of your elbow, behind your knees, at the front of your ankles, round your neck or around your eyes. During a flare up atopic eczema can cause the skin to become extremely itchy, red, hot, dry and scaly. It may also be weeping and swollen.
4 Scarlet Fever
Often starts with a sore throat or skin infection and fever. The rash appears 12 - 48 hours after the fever. At first it is red blotches but turns into a pinkish and red rash that feels like sandpaper. The rash spreads to other areas, commonly ears, neck, chest, elbows, thighs and groin. The rash will turn white if you press a glass onto it.
5 Impetigo
The symptoms begin with the appearance of red sores usually on the area around the nose and mouth. The sores quickly burst, leaving thick, yellow-brown golden crusts. Sores are not painful, but they may be itchy. Other symptoms of infection, such as fever and swollen glands, are rare but may occur in more severe cases.
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