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What is chickenpox?
This common childhood disease is caused by the varicella-zoster virus.
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What are pathogens?
These are organisms that cause disease.
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What is 2-5 years old.
This is the typical onset age for Leukemia.
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What is a painless lump in the neck.
This is the presenting symptom of Hodgkin’s Disease.
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What is hemophilia.
This is one of the oldest hereditary diseases known to humanity.
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What is lyme disease?
This disease is spread by infected ticks, S&S include a macule with raised border and clear center.
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What is the incubation period?
This is the time between the invasion by the pathogen and the onset of clinical symptoms.
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What is infection control.
This is a priority, and should be included in family teaching for a child undergoing chemotherapy.
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What are Reed-Sternberg Cells.
The presence of this cell is needed to diagnose Hodgkins Disease.
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What is Hodgkins disease.
This disease is twice as common in boys than girls.
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What is polio (infantile paralysis; poliomyelitis)?
This disease, caused by enterovirus, has symptoms including fever, stiff neck, stiff back, and paralysis.
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What is a portal of entry?
This is a route by which the organisms enter the body (e.g. a cut in the skin).
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What is Ronald McDonald House.
This is a popular support group for families with children diagnosed with cancer.
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What is symptomatic relief of radiation/chemo side effects.
As a nurse, your care will be focused on this when caring for a child with Hodgkin’s Disease.
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What is respite care.
This agency provides trained workers who come into the home for brief periods to relieve parents of the responsibility of caring for the child.
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What is mumps (parotitis)?
Symptoms of this disease are fever, headache, painful swelling in glands near ear and jawline, and enlarged parotid gland.
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What is a pandemic?
This refers to a worldwide high incidence of a communicable disease.
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What are fever, pallor, easy bruising, pain, listlessness, enlarged lymph nodes.
These are common symptoms during the initial phase of Leukemia.
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What are cervical,axillary and inguinal.
These are the 3 major paired groups of lymph nodes.
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What is purpura.
This is a group of disorders affecting the number of platelets or their function.
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What is scarlet fever?
This disease is caused by group A strep.
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What is a fomite?
This is any inanimate material that absorbs and transmits infection.
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What is Acute Lymphoid Leukemia (ALL) and Acute Non-lymphoid Leukemia (AMLL or AML).
These are the two most common types of Leukemia.
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What is localized in single site, asymptomatic.
A child with this criteria would be considered in stage one.
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What are thalassemias.
This group of disorders are caused by a deficiency in the normal synthesis of hemoglobin polypeptide chains.
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