Diseases of children for nurses . 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 nerves, much more seriousnervous symptoms are shown by children from trivialcauses than are seen in adult life. Hence, conditionssuch as convulsions, tetany, St. Vitus dance, and enuresisare common. The greatest factors in the cause of such
Diseases of children for nurses . 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 nerves, much more seriousnervous symptoms are shown by children from trivialcauses than are seen in adult life. Hence, conditionssuch as convulsions, tetany, St. Vitus dance, and enuresisare common. The greatest factors in the cause of such conditions arestimulants, such as tea and coffee, and the fact that chil-dren live among exciting surroundings. Plenty of sleep 188 DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES and quiet are essential to the proper development ofthe nervous system. The effects of such conditions asinfantile paralysis and birth palsies last through life. Hemorrhage of the brain is usually cortical, on theoutside of the hemisphere, and not within its Fig. 50.—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 bifida. 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 tounder-development. NERVOUS DISEASES 189 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 the brain and spinal cord. It may be acuteor chronic, and occurs (1) as a complication of the infec-tious diseases, (2) following some local cause, and
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