Pediatrics Flashcards
What are the 3 main organs responsible for children
Lungs, Spleen, Liver
What do children have more of Yin or Yang
They are pure yang
Clinically what are sicknesses seen more typically in children
Heat and wind
When the lungs in children, what are the signs and symptoms
Fever and chills, body aches, coughing, coughing with mucus, allergy, phlegm
When children are effected by illness of the SP - what symptoms
Indigestion, vomiting, Diarrhoea,
In a child, when the SP is not doing well, and food stagnates in the stomach - what is the next progression of disease
Stagnation of food-> XS heat
In children, why does LIV wind get stirred up?
Because children are pure yang, the LIV stores the blood - the yin. Since the yin is relatively deficient, the yin cannot contain the yang
When there is SP dampness, what is the potential impact on LIV
Impaired the free flow of Qi, can cause LIV Qi stagnation
Why are children more prone to sickness
Wei Qi not fully formed and weak
Therefore disease move radically
Fetal toxins
Children can inherit toxins during conception or gestation
Why do children become hot easily
SP not fully formed therefore children are more susceptible to SP stasis
Spiritless child - describe symptoms
Dull eyes, listlessness, filmy, lack of awareness
Face all red
XS heat
Deeper darker red
More serious heat condition
Red afternoon mallor flush
Damp or deficiency heat
dull pale complexion
Qi def
Bright shiny complexion
Yang def
Puffy face
Yang def
Yellow, shallow lack luster complexion
Qi and blood def due to SP def
Bright yellow complexion
Damp
Green and blue complexion
Pain
Green / Blue / Purple
Blood stasis
Bad breath
ST heat due to stagnant food
On children what do you look at for on their nose
Shan Gen - mountain Root
Blue veins at the bridge of the noses
Dimmer less serious
Blue green complexion
Severe, food stasis, pain
Fontanel protruding
XS pattern
Heat or LIV wind
Sunken fontanels
Def pattern lue to loss of fluids b/c Diarrhoea and vomiting
Form Qi
That which forms the organs - children it is not fully formed
