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A Simple Guide to Childhood Infectious Diseases
A Simple Guide to Childhood Infectious Diseases
A Simple Guide to Childhood Infectious Diseases
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Childhood Infectious Diseases are common infectious diseases caught and spread by children but can also occur in adults.

With a childhood vaccination regime, many of these infectious diseases common in the past are now rare.

Common infectious diseases in children in the past are:

1. Measles

2. Rubella

3. Mumps

4. Diphtheria

5. Croup

6. Pertussis

7. Poliomyelitis

8. Chickenpox

9. Hand Mouth Foot Disease

10. Roseola Infantum

11. Scarlet Fever

12. Erythema Infectiosum or Fifth Disease

All these diseases are rare now-a-days because of vaccination except for Hand Mouth Foot Disease, Roseola Infantum, Fifth Disease and Scarlet Fever (which recently makes a comeback as a epidemic in Hong Kong)

Some of the diseases like measles, rubella and poliomyelitis are also making a comeback.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Chapter 1 Childhood Infectious Diseases

Chapter 2 Measles

Chapter 3 Rubella

Chapter 4 Mumps

Chapter 5 Diphtheria

Chapter 6 Croup

Chapter 7 Pertussis

Chapter 8 Poliomyelitis

Chapter 9 Chickenpox

Chapter 10 Hand Mouth Foot Disease

Epilogue

LanguageEnglish
PublisherKenneth Kee
Release dateNov 16, 2012
ISBN9781301107865
A Simple Guide to Childhood Infectious Diseases
Author

Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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    A Simple Guide to Childhood Infectious Diseases - Kenneth Kee

    A

    Simple

    Guide

    to

    Childhood

    Infectious

    Diseases

    by

    Dr Kenneth Kee

    M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

    Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

    Copyright Kenneth Kee 2012 Smashwords Edition

    Published By Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

    Dedication

    This book is dedicated

    to my wife Dorothy

    and my children

    Carolyn, Grace

    and Kelvin

    This book describes the Childhood Infectious Diseases such as Measles, Rubella, Mumps, Diphtheria, Croup, Pertussis, Poliomyelitis, Chickenpox and Hand Mouth Foot Disease which are commonly seen in the 1970 but which are not so common today in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

    This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader.

    If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

    Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Chapter 1

    Childhood Infectious Diseases

    What are Childhood Infectious Diseases?

    Childhood Infectious Diseases are common infectious diseases caught and spread by children but can also occur in adults.

    With a childhood vaccination regime, many of these infectious diseases common in the past are now rare.

    Common infectious diseases in children in the past are:

    1. Measles

    2. Rubella

    3. Mumps

    4. Diphtheria

    5. Croup

    6. Pertussis

    7. Poliomyelitis

    8. Chickenpox

    9. Hand Mouth Foot Disease

    10. Roseola Infantum

    11. Scarlet Fever

    12. Erythema Infectiosum or Fifth Disease

    All these diseases are rare now-a-days because of vaccination except for Hand Mouth Foot Disease, Roseola Infantum, Fifth Disease and Scarlet Fever (which recently makes a comeback as a epidemic in Hong Kong)

    Some of the diseases like measles, rubella and poliomyelitis are also making a

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