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Toggle Diseases of older children subsection. 2.1 See Also. Toggle the table of contents. List of childhood diseases and disorders. 2 languages.
List of medical symptoms. Medical symptoms refer to the manifestations or indications of a disease or condition, perceived and complained about by the patient. [1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals.
Compared to worldwide estimates, the United States has a lower incidence rate of chronic diarrhea in young children reported at 0.18 episodes per child year. [54] In pediatrics, diarrhea is a common complaint making up 9% of U.S. hospital visits for children less than 5 years old. [ 39 ]
Children under 2 years old should not be given any type of cough or cold medicine due to the potential for life-threatening side effects. [23] In addition, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics , the use of cough medicine to relieve cough symptoms should be avoided in children under 4 years old, and the safety is questioned for ...
Child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome; CHILD syndrome; childhood myelodysplastic syndrome; Childhood tumor syndrome; Chinese Restaurant Syndrome; Chromosomal deletion syndrome; Chromosome 5q deletion syndrome; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Chronic functional abdominal pain; Chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous and articular syndrome; Chronic ...
The Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory (CASI) is a behavioral rating checklist created by Kenneth Gadow and Joyce Sprafkin that evaluates a range of behaviors related to common emotional and behavioral disorders identified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder ...
Signs and symptoms are also applied to physiological states outside the context of disease, as for example when referring to the signs and symptoms of pregnancy, or the symptoms of dehydration. Sometimes a disease may be present without showing any signs or symptoms when it is known as being asymptomatic . [ 13 ]
The Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) is a 35-item parent-report questionnaire designed to identify children with difficulties in psychosocial functioning. Its primary purpose is to alert pediatricians at an early point about which children would benefit from further assessment. [ 1 ]