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Introduction
1. Tuberculosis
2. Diphtheria
4. Tetanus
5. Poliomyelitis
6. Measles.
1. TUBERCULOSIS
d. Bone = Kyphosis
Treatment of Tuberculosis
• Streptomycin,
• Rifampicin,
• Isoniziad,
• thiacetazone,
• Pyrimidone and others.
Prevention Of Tuberculosis:
a. Myocarditis
b. Neuritis
c. Palatal palsy
Treatment of Diphtheria
a. Bleeding
b. Malnutrition
c. Pulmonary collapse
Treatment of Pertussis
Stages Of Poliomyelitis
There are four stages of the disease but these are grouped
into two:
Minor illness
1. Inapparent
2. Abortive
Major illness
3. Pre-paralytic
4. Paralytic
Features of the minor illness:
a. Fever
b. Nausea and vomiting
c. Loss of appetite
d. Diarrhoea
e. Nasal discharge
f. Abdominal pain
The fever usually abort on its own but after one week the
fever comes again and this heralds the major illness.
a. Muscle pain.
b. Pain and stiffness on neck, leg and back.
c. Inability of the child to kiss his knee.
d. Tripod sign
e. Absent reflex
f. Paralysis
Treatment of Poliomyelitis
a. Fever
b. Nasal discharge
c. Barking cough
d. Bilateral conjuctivitis.
Other Associated Features of Measle:
a. Irritable and unable to sleep.
b. Refusal of food.
c. Diarrhea.
Features are:
i. Fever
ii. Uticaria rash mostly in the extremites
iii. Muscle pain
B. Modified Measle:
Complications of Measles
Treatment Of Tetanus