PSYB65H3 Lecture 9: HLTB02 - Lecture 9.docx
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Factors that should be identified when reviewing childhood diseases: obesity, environmental health, nutrition. Metabolic capacity cannot handle toxins in the environment: cannot breakdown or get rid of environmental toxins, relative to their body weight, differences in breathing, food, and water intake capacity will occur, latency period. We know that children have a certain life expectancy. If there are diseases that have high latency, you will often find the disease gestating in an individual during their childhood: intake of more/less variety of food. Uses common contact or in-utero transmission of disease. Types of communicable diseases: person-to-person contact, chicken pox. Characterized by blister-type rashes that first appear on body, face, and scalp: spreads to the limbs as well. Rash can cause transmission of disease to others: fifth disease. Characterized by raised red and warm rash first appearing on checks. Rash fades but may recur for 1 3 weeks on exposure to sunlight. Incubation period is between 4 to 20 days: hand/mouth/foot disease.
