Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing . y force, thelimbs can be placed in unnatural positions, which theyretain for a long time. There may or may not be a lossof consciousness and sensation. PECULIARITIES OF DISEASE OF THE NERVOUSSYSTEM IN CHILDREN Owing to the immature development of the centralnervous system, and to the great irritability of the per-ipheral or terminal sensory ner\^es, much more seriousnervous symptoms are sho\\Ti by children from trivialcauses than
Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing . y force, thelimbs can be placed in unnatural positions, which theyretain for a long time. There may or may not be a lossof consciousness and sensation. PECULIARITIES OF DISEASE OF THE NERVOUSSYSTEM IN CHILDREN Owing to the immature development of the centralnervous system, and to the great irritability of the per-ipheral or terminal sensory ner\^es, much more seriousnervous symptoms are sho\\Ti by children from trivialcauses than are seen in adult life. The greatest factors in the cause of such conditions arestimulants, such as tea and coffee, and the fact that chil-dren hve among exciting surroundings. Plenty of sleepand quiet are essential to the proper development ofthe nervous system. The effects of such conditions asinfantile paralysis and birth palsies last through life. NERVOUS DISEASES 209 Hemorrhage of the brain is usually cortical, on theoutside of the hemisphere, and not within its substance. Such diseases as chorea, tetany, and laryngospasm aretypical childhood Fig. 54- -Spina bifida (Eisendrath). Malformations.—Meningocele is a protrusion of thecovering of the brain (meninges) through some abnormalopening in the skull or spinal canal. It contains cerebro-spinal fluid. When they are spinal in origin they arespoken of as spina hi-fida. Encephalocele is a protrusion of a portion of the meninguscontaining brain substance. Hydro-encephalocele contains both brain substanceand fluid. Microcephalus is a name given to a small head due to 2IO DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES Hydrocephalus is an enlargement of the skull due to alarge amount of cerebrospinal fluid within the ventricles. Other deformities are noted, such as absence of awhole or a part of the brain. Diseases of the MeningesMENINGITIS This term is applied to any inflammation of the mem-branes covering t
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