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It is always worth asking about their feelings if an adolescent is repeatedly getting into trouble. Eating problems If an adolescent is overweight and is criticised or made fun...
Depression in Children and Adolescents, Refer to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), which includes clinical child psychologists, paediatricians with specialist training in m...
Sickle cell crises [ 6 ] Vaso-occlusive crises (obstruction of the microcirculation by sickled red blood cells, causing ischaemia) [ 5 ] : This is the most common type of...
Sickle cell disease : this cannot be cured but it can be managed with treatments, such as medicines including antibiotics, vaccinations, blood transfusions, and painkillers for sickle cell crises...
Typical signs and symptoms of depression in children and adolescents can include: Being moody and irritable - easily upset, angry or tearful.
Toddlers and adolescents can have their challenging moments and this might mean they push limits from time to time.
In particular, care plans should work out how to avoid crises, and how to best manage them when they occur. In itself, frailty is now looked upon as a long-term health condition.
If the young person needs more specialist assessment and treatment, the GP may suggest a referral to a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). If the young person has been unwel...
Sometimes more specialist help from child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) may be required, especially when there are other worrying difficulties for the child, or when tantrums ...
Osgood-Schlatter disease (also sometimes called Osgood-Schlatter syndrome) is one of the commonest causes of knee pain in active adolescent children. Young teenagers, particularly boys, are...
Sever's disease is the most common cause of heel pain in children and adolescents. It can affect either one foot or both feet. This condition is more common in young people active in spor...
Precordial catch syndrome in adults Precordial catch syndrome is much more common in children and adolescents than in adults. The condition causes sharp stabbing pains in the chest, typica...
Speak to your GP who can refer you to your local child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). How is self-harm treated? Assessment All young people who attend hospital foll...
It most commonly affects older and teenage boys (adolescents) who are overweight. Pain in the hip or knee and limping are the main symptoms. It can be diagnosed on an X-ray.
Children and adolescents up to the age of 18 are usually referred to the local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in the first place.
There is pain or discomfort. Adolescents with a varicocele should be referred to a urologist: If there are concerns about the testis on that side being small.
The characteristics of the nose are inherited from parents and develop during adolescent years. It continues until the age of 16, when the nose stops growing. It is, therefore, unwise to oper...
Experts also recommend that adult, child and adolescent athletes with concussions not return to play on the same day as the injury. Concussion symptoms IAfter a head injury, any of th...
Backpacks are often a cause of back pain in children and adolescents. Make sure they are not too heavy and the weight is equally distributed (for example, by carrying the backpack on two shou...
Children and adolescents should ensure that they are not wearing backpacks to school which are too heavy. They should also be encouraged to sit with good posture, particularly when using comp...