Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing . chthere is a cavity in the cord. Landrys paralysis is an ascending form of paralysisbeginning in the legs and rapidly involvmg the entirebody. Friedreichs ataxia is a form of sclerosis of the spinalcord which develops in childhood and lasts from twentyto thirty years. Atrophies of the muscles of different parts of the bodyare seen, due to disease of the spinal cord. Diseases of the NervesNEURITISNeuritis is an inflammation of a n
Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing . chthere is a cavity in the cord. Landrys paralysis is an ascending form of paralysisbeginning in the legs and rapidly involvmg the entirebody. Friedreichs ataxia is a form of sclerosis of the spinalcord which develops in childhood and lasts from twentyto thirty years. Atrophies of the muscles of different parts of the bodyare seen, due to disease of the spinal cord. Diseases of the NervesNEURITISNeuritis is an inflammation of a nerve, and is character-ized by pain and tenderness along the course of the is associated with various forms of paresthesias. Thepart suppHed by the nerve is at first hyperesthetic, lateranesthetic. In severe inflammations paralysis of thepart suppHed by the nerve develops. 232 DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES Sciatica is inflammation of the sciatic nerve character-ized by the above symptoms along its course in the pos-terior part of the thigh. It is worse at night and at theapproach of stormy weather. Multiple neuritis is an inflammation of a number of. Fig. 6i. —Bells palsy. The child is crying, only one side of the face shows theemotion, due to paralysis of the muscles of expression on the other. nen^es. The most common cause in childhood is diph-theria. Symptoms.—There is pain over the deep nerv^e-trunks,paralysis, and wrist-drop and foot-drop due to paralysis ofthe extensor muscles. Postdiphtheritic paralysis is a form of multipleneuritis occurring after diphtheria in which the muscles ofswallowing are at first attacked, the other muscles of thethroat and body being successively involved. Recoveryusually follows. If the children die the cause of death isheart failure due to paralysis of the pneumogastric nerve(see page 342). NERVOUS DISEASES 233 BelPs Palsy.—^A paralysis of the muscles of expression(Fig. 61) affecting one side of the face and due to in-jury or
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