Essay On Common Illness

Common and Infectious illness.

1. Fever.

In general, if there is any kind of infection, it results in fever. This infection maybe viral causing a cold and at times a mix of a viral and bacterial. The child who has fever normally shows signs of unusual behavior like crying, being irritable, fussy, lethargic, quiet than normal, fatigue, feeling chills or warm, complaining about body aches and head aches, and having a poor appetite. At times, the temperature remains at a constant high and over 38° with hot, flushed skin and is sweating. If the fever is persistent and does not go away in a week’s time, it might be an underlying sign of some chronic or long-term illness or disease. In such cases, the child needs medical aid and a course of anti-biotics. Fever is also a symptom when a child has chicken pox, pneumonia, meningitis, ear and throat infection, hand foot mouth disease, the flu, and common cold. Sometimes though an increase in temperature can be caused due to other reasons, such as being wrapped up in too many layers of clothes.

2. Common Cold, and Blocked Nose.

Most kids will go through infections and colds, but apart from making them irritable, it should pass. The symptoms of a cold include a runny nose, congestion and cough could last for a few days. If the child is breathing in an unusual way, it is

It can spread if we meet an infected person or simply by breathing in the infected air. In babies, under a year, if found infected they need to be monitored closely as they have a very soft and under developing airway prone to infections. In toddlers, even if they have been given a vaccination they can still get infected. It may last between 1 to 3 weeks. It may begin with a continuous dry and irritating cough. The other symptoms may be few like the flu such as sneezing, a runny nose, raised temperature and vomiting after the cough resulting in