Student Name; Emily Hegland

Honors Project Checkpoint #2

Use the information your group determined from the tests and research your babys diagnosis
and treatment.
1. With what signs/symptoms did your child present?
a. headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.
2. Fill out the chart below for each of the tests that you ordered for your baby. Feel free
to add rows if you ordered more than 3 tests.

Pathogen Tests Ordered Results What Do The

Suspected for Diagnosis Results Imply?

Hepatitis A Blood - does not have

Giardia Stool + Has
E. coli Stool - does not have

1. Based on the results of your tests, what diagnosis did you give to your baby? What
difficulties did you have with the diagnosis? What caused those difficulties?
a. Our baby has Giardia. The symptoms are congruent with other
illnesses, which made it difficult to determine which illness they had.
2. What is the treatment plan for your babys illness?
a. Why are antibiotics used or not used in your treatment?
i. Antibiotics can be used, as Giardia is caused by a
parasite, the most common antibiotic used is Metronidazole
b. Whats the babys prognosis after treatment?
i. Our baby has a good chance of recovering and being
healthy.
c. What is the containment plan to keep your baby from spreading the
illness? Include in your answer information about the incubation period of the illness
and how long the baby is contagious.
i. We will keep our baby at home for a few days, keep
them on their medications, as they are not very contagious.
3. What type of pathogen is causing the illness (Virus, Bacteria, Protist, Fungus
i. Parasite
b. Is there a vaccine for this illness?
i. No
c. At what age can your baby receive the vaccine?
i. n/a
d. Since they have the illness, do they even need a vaccine to prevent
future illnesses from this same pathogen? Explain why or why not.
i. They would not need a vaccine, as the parasite can not
be prevented.

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