Childhood Diseases

For this assignment, you will research various conditions, diseases, or deficiencies that are specific to childhood. When you have completed this assignment, you will be prepared to identify medical conditions, diseases, and nutritional deficiencies found in young children, and will be ready to assist children in your care who may be suffering from one of these conditions.

Instructions

Review this unit’s required readings.
Choose one condition from each of the following lists:

Chronic and Disabling Conditions

Communicable Diseases

Nutritional Deficiencies

Cerebral Palsy
Spina Bifida
Autism Spectrum Disorders
ADHD/ADD
Visual Impairment
Hearing Loss
Cystic Fibrosis
Asthma
Down Syndrome

Sickel Cell Anemia

Muscular Dystrophy

Eczema

Spina Bifida

Kawasaki Disease

Prader Willie Syndrome

Down Syndrome

Juvenile Diabetes

Fetal Alchol Syndrome

Chicken pox
Pertussis
Influenza
Common cold
Diphtheria

Conjunctivitis

Fifth Disease

Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease

Scabies

Ringworm

Rotavirus

Meningitis

Hepatitis A

Scarlet fever

Measels

Mumps

Rubella

Polio

Vitamin D (rickets)
Vitamin C (scurvy)
Iron (anemia)
Calcium (osteoporosis, tooth decay)
Folic acid (spina bifida in the embryo)
Iodine (cretinism)
Vitamin A (various symptoms)
Vitamin E (gait disturbances)
Vitamin K (bleeding disorders)

For each of your chosen conditions, conduct independent research using encyclopedias, journals, newspapers or magazines, and reputable online sources, such as www.cdc.gov. Your research should allow you to answer the following three questions for each condition:
What are the causes?
What are the symptoms?
What is the treatment or management?
For each of your chosen conditions, write three detailed paragraph answering each of the three questions listed in Step 3. Your paper should be a total of nine paragraphs. Also be sure to cite your sources of information.
Save your paper as a word doc. and submit your work to your Instructor under this assignment in Canvas.
Writing Requirements

Your paper must be nine paragraphs long.
Your paper must be double-spaced using 12-point font, with 1-inch margins and include your name at the top of the first page.
Proofread your paper to eliminate mechanical and grammatical errors.
For citations, follow APA format.