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Communicable, infectious and parasitic conditions
Published in Jackie Musgrave, Health and Wellbeing for Babies and Children, 2022
As well as the more obvious effects of the symptoms of infection, there are other reasons why avoidance is beneficial, an interesting example emerged in my health promotion research where practitioners reported how an infection impacted upon healthy eating. This was because many of the children had been diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth, an infection that spreads with ease amongst humans in close proximity to each other. The ulcers that appear in the mouth which is a typical symptom of the disease can be very painful. This can affect the children's ability to eat and drink because it is painful. The pain can also mean that children dribble, which makes transmission of the disease even easier (Musgrave and Payler 2021).
Parvovirus
Published in Vincenzo Berghella, Maternal-Fetal Evidence Based Guidelines, 2022
Avoidance of contact with infected children—or, if possible, children in general—is the best prevention. This is not always feasible. No specific antiviral therapy or vaccine is available for parvovirus B19 infection. Frequent hand washing is effective in preventing disease transmission [2]. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) prophylaxis is reasonable to consider for documented exposures in immunocompromised patients, although it is not currently recommended for prophylaxis in pregnancy.
The needs of migrants in transit
Published in Miriam Orcutt, Clare Shortall, Sarah Walpole, Aula Abbara, Sylvia Garry, Rita Issa, Alimuddin Zumla, Ibrahim Abubakar, Handbook of Refugee Health, 2021
Olaa Mohamed-Ahmed, Samafilan Ainan, Grazia Caleo, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Osama Elgamal, Najeeb Rahman, Sakib Rokadiya, Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Osman Dar
Clinicians can look for symptoms and signs such as the following:Sleep disturbances: these are often considered the hallmark of PTSD.Re-experience: patients reliving the experience and describing thoughts or images of the incident that are intrusive despite their attempts to block them; flashbacks are very common.Avoidance: the patient tries to avoid anything that reminds them of the incident.Increased arousal: the patient is hypervigilant or easily startled.
COVID-19 anxiety and mental health among university students during the early phases of the U.S. pandemic
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2023
Laura J. Dixon, Sara M. Witcraft, Mary J. Schadegg
To assess COVID-19 Anxiety, the 5-item format of the subscales for the Dimensional Obsessive Compulsive Scale26 was adapted to evaluate distress, impairment, and interference of anxiety related to COVID-19. Specifically, participants were asked to consider recent thoughts and behaviors related to COVID-19 and rate the severity of each symptom on a 0 (no symptoms) to 4 (extreme symptoms) scale. The following symptoms were assessed: (a) time spent each day thinking about COVID-19 and engaging in washing or cleaning behaviors because of COVID-19; (b) avoidance of situations to prevent concerns with COVID-19 or having to spend time washing, cleaning, or showering; (c) distress associated with perceived threat of COVID-19; (d) disruption of normal routine due to thoughts about COVID-19 and excessive checking or reassurance seeking; and (e) difficulty disregarding the thoughts and refraining from excessive use of avoidance behaviors. The items were summed to compute a total ranging from 0 to 20, with higher scores indicating greater levels of COVID-19-related anxiety. The COVID-19 Anxiety scale demonstrated acceptable internal consistency (α = .71).
Extending the purview of risk perception attitude (RPA) framework to understand health insurance-related information seeking as a long-term self-protective behavior
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2023
With these findings in mind, it is suggested that researchers and practitioners acknowledge that those in the avoidance group will require additional messages and content that encourage them to be empowered to understand how to use health insurance. Easily accessible channels (i.e., easy to find, comprehend, and apply) to acquire knowledge and skills required to navigate health insurance information as well as readily-available programs to help cope with their feelings of worry should be established for those in the avoidance group. For example, multiple communication routes including traditional media (e.g., magazines, newsletters, etc.), new digital media (e.g., emails, corporate homepages, online magazines, online newsletters, organization websites, etc.), and applications could be used to meet an individual’s health-related information needs including health insurance information and help her/his health decision-making. For those who are not familiar with digital technology, on-site programs should be combined to provide the same information and services. Once they experience increased efficacy, they would not struggle with seeking health insurance information.
Childhood blood eosinophils and symptoms of allergic disorders: a cross-sectional study in Southern China
Published in Annals of Medicine, 2022
Xiangqing Hou, Wenting Luo, Hui Gan, Tianhao Chen, Baoqing Sun
The prevalence of allergic diseases in China’s rural and urban children has risen steadily in the past few decades that brings huge economic and health burdens [1,2]. It has been revealed that asthma [3], allergic rhinitis [4] and atopic dermatitis [5] are the most common inflammatory disorders which are strongly associated with allergic sensitization and subsequent many complications, for instance, cancer [6]. Therefore, some effective allergy prevention strategies, such as avoidance of contact with specific allergens or exposure to ambient air pollutants [7, 8], have been suggested in daily life. Although primary prevention strategies play an essential role in the prevention of allergic diseases, clinical administration and treatment are still a big challenge for well-trained physicians because of the serious and complex features of allergies [9]. Therefore, the identification of a measurement biomarker that can reflect the risks of various subtypes of allergic-related diseases may be beneficial for improved diagnosis and potential immunotherapy approaches to allergy. A prospective cohort study [10] suggested that age was associated with the progress of atopic diseases and allergic sensitization, moreover, untimely diagnosis and incomplete treatment for acute allergies during childhood would result in chronic diseases in adults, such as asthma or chronic bronchitis [11, 12]. Therefore, childhood is the critical period for clinical administration of various subtypes of allergic diseases.