Development/Mental Health Flashcards
HEEADDSSS?
Home, Education, Employment, Activities, Drugs/alcohol, Diet, Sex, Safety, Suicide attempts
Stages of puberty in boys
Testicular enlargement to >4ml volume using orchidometer: first sign of puberty
Pubic hair growth: follows testicular enlargement, usually between 10-14
Height spurt: when testicular volume is 12-15ml, after a delay of around 18 months
Vitamin C deficiency
Scurvy, gum bleeding
Vitamin K deficiency
Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn: multiple bruises, blood oozing out of umbilicus
Vitamin D deficiency clinical features
Rickets
Swelling of the wrists due to enlarged epiphyses
Pigeon chest deformity
Broad forehead, enlarged head circum
Craniotabes > ping pong ball sign
Seizures (hypocalcemia)
Rickety rosary sign: costochondral junctions
X-ray of tickets
Fraying and cupping of distal ends
Inheritance for DMD
autosomal recessive
Inheritance for hereditary spherocytosis
Autosomal dominant
Inheritance for G6PD
X linked recessive
Inheritance for cystic fibrosis
Autosomal dominant