A 4 -year-old child who has been receiving high-dose systemic glucocorticoids for several months comes to a clinic for school immunizations, which usually include the DTaP vaccine;
varicella virus vaccine (Varivax); the measles, mumps, and rubella virus (MMR) vaccine; and the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV). The clinic nurse will expect to administer which vaccines to this child?
a. All four school immunizations
b. DTaP and IPV only
c. DTaP, OPV, and Varivax only
d. DTaP and IPV, along with immunoglobulins
Question 2
The parents of an infant who will be attending day care tell the nurse that they do not want their child vaccinated against rotavirus because an older cousin developed intussusception after receiving this vaccine.
Which response by the nurse is correct?
a. Intussusception is much less serious than getting the disease.
b. It was probably just a coincidental reaction to the vaccine.
c. The newer vaccines for rotavirus are not associated with intussusception.
d. Your child will have herd immunity and won't need the vaccine.
The couple discusses grief over the loss of a child.
A child suffering from malaria, one of the most common and deadly infectious diseases.
A 5,000-year-old Egyptian garment
Marasmus The emaciated appearance of this child is a sign (and symptom) of marasmus
Lobes of the brain, with primary receiving and integrating centers of the human cerebral cortex.