Question

QUESTION 1

A five (5) year old girl is repeatedly brought to the clinic with history of diarrhea and vomiting accompanied by abdominal cramps. History taking reveals that the family stays in a crowded area with very poor sanitation. There is no toilet in their compound and the family uses nearby bushes. The family enjoys vegetable salads. The only source of water for the family and domestic animals is an unprotected nearby stream which is always infested with rotten dead animals. In addition, dirty water is discarded any how around the compound and sometimes it is used in the garden.

Use the above scenario to answer the questions that follow:

a. State any five (5) possible causes of the recurrent diarrhea and vomiting           

b. Give any five (5) precautionary measures that can be employed to stop water pollution.

                                                                                                                                   

c. Explain any five (5) instructive measures you would provide to this family to stop prevent recurrences of diarrhea and vomiting. Explain your points with reasons                                                                           

d. Describe any five (5) skills required for health history taking.                              

Answer 1

a)5 causes of recurrent diarrhoea and vomiting

1. Poor sanitation.
2. Soiled drinking water.
3. Poor waste management-: this will spoil the water and this cause diarrhoea and vomiting.
4. Improper intake of vegetables- : vegetables which is washed in soiled water causes
5. Inadequate toilet fecility

b)5 precautionary measures to stop water pollution.

1. Provide adequate sanitation measures.
2. Proper waste management.
3. Proper disposal of human excreta by adequate toilet fecility.
4. Provide fecilities for waste water disposal.
5. Create awareness among people in the area.