NR602 / NR-602 Midterm Exam Study Guide (Latest): Primary Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family Practicum - Chamberlain

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NR-602 Primary Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family Practicum Midterm Exam Study Guide NR-602 Primary Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family Practicum Midterm Exam Study Gu... ide Topics 26-30: Cryptosporidium, Pyloric stenosis, Intussusception, Celiac Disease, & Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Cryptosporidium Cryptosporidium is a parasite. This is a living organism that live sin, or on, another organism. It can infect bowels and cause cryptosporidiosis. This is a form of bowel infection called Gastroenteritis, which leads to diarrhea and vomiting. In most healthy people, the infection produces a bout of watery diarrhea and will go away within a week or two. Immunocompromised patients…This can be a life -threatening disease. SSX: The first SSx usually appear within the week after infection • Watery diarrhea • Dehydration • Lack of appetite • Weight loss • Stomach cramps • Fever • N/V Some people infected will have no symptoms. Preventing the spread with good hand hygiene, washing fruits and veggies, avoid fecal exposure, avoid contaminated water Symptoms usually resolve on their own Pyloric Stenosis Characterized by hypertrophied pyloric muscle, causing narrowing of the pyloric sphincter. • Occurs in 3/1000 births • Males >females • Familial • Common in first born Caucasian males [Show More]

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