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Diseases of children (pediatrics)

hepatitis B in children

Hepatitis B is an acute or chronic liver disease caused by the DNA-containing hepatitis B virus (HBV). Transmission of the infection occurs parenterally. Hepatitis B has various clinical and morphological variants: from "healthy" carriage to malignant forms, chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Treatment of hepatitis A in children

Treatment of hepatitis A is best done at home. Restrictions in the motor regime should depend on the severity of the symptoms of intoxication, the patient's well-being and the severity of the disease. In erased, anicteric and, in most cases, mild forms, the regime can be semi-bed from the first days of the icteric period.

Symptoms of hepatitis A

In the typical course of hepatitis A, there is a clearly expressed cyclicity with a sequential change of five periods: incubation, initial, or prodromal (pre-icteric), peak (icteric), post-icteric and the recovery period.

What causes hepatitis A?

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a spherical RNA-containing particle with a diameter of 27-30 nm. According to its physicochemical properties, it belongs to enteroviruses with the serial number 72, localized in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes.

Hepatitis A in children

Hepatitis A is an acute, cyclical disease caused by an RNA-containing virus; it is characterized by short-term symptoms of intoxication, rapidly passing liver dysfunctions with a benign course.

Chickenpox (varicella) in children

Chickenpox (varicella) is a typical childhood infection. Almost the entire population of the Earth suffers from it before the age of 10-14. The only source is a sick person. The patient is contagious 24 hours before the first rash appears and for 3-4 days after the last blisters appear, especially at the beginning of the rash. The source of infection can also be patients with herpes zoster. The pathogen is present in the contents of the blisters, but is not found in the crusts.

Brucellosis in children

Brucellosis is an acute or chronic infectious-allergic disease with prolonged fever, damage to the musculoskeletal, nervous, cardiovascular and other body systems.

How do you prevent rabies?

Local treatment of rabies involves immediate washing of the wound with plenty of soapy water followed by treatment with iodine tincture. Surgical excision of the wound edges and its suturing are strictly contraindicated.

Rabies in children

Rabies, or hydrophobia, is an acute viral disease transmitted through the bite of an infected animal, with damage to the nervous system and the development of severe encephalitis with a fatal outcome.

A giant cell tumor

Giant cell tumor (synonyms: osteoclastoma, osteoblastoclastoma) is an extremely rare skeletal neoplasm in childhood with progressive growth and destruction of the metaepiphyses of tubular bones.