Professional Documents
Culture Documents
OF
THE SICK YOUNG INFANT
AGE UP TO 2 MONTHS
Photograph
Number:
Photograph
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22 : White patches (thrush)
23 : White patches (thrush)
Signs of Good Positioning
Comments on
Attachment
Photo Infant's Head Head and Infant's Body Supporting
and Body Body Close to Infant's
Straight Facing Mother's Whole Body
Breast
DEHYDRATION
31. The skin pinch for this child goes back very slowly.
MEASLES
37. This child has the generalized rash of measles and red eyes.
38. This example shows a child with heat rash. It is not the generalized rash of measles.
40. This is an example of a rash due to chicken pox. It is not a measles rash.
51. This is an example of a normal mouth. The child does not have mouth ulcers.
52. This child has Koplik spots. These spots occur in the mouth inside the cheek early in a measles
infection. They are not mouth ulcers.
53. This child has measles with mouth ulcers on the lips.
57. This is a normal eye showing the iris, pupil, conjunctiva and cornea. The child has been crying.
There is no pus draining from the eye.
60. There is pus draining from the eye. Not able to tell whether there is clouding of the cornea.
61. There is no pus draining from the eye. There is no clouding of the cornea.
62. There is pus draining from the eye. Not able to tell whether there is clouding of the cornea.
63. There is no pus draining from the eye. There is clouding of the cornea.
64. There is no pus draining from the eye. There is clouding of the cornea.
65. There is pus draining from the eye. Not able to tell whether there is clouding of the cornea.
66. There is no pus draining from the eye. There is no clouding of the cornea.
67. This child has visible severe wasting. The child has small hips, thin legs relative to the abdomen.
There is still cheek fat on the child's face.
68. This is the same child as in photograph 47 showing loss of buttock fat.
69. This is the same child as in photograph 47 showing folds of skin ("baggy pants") due to loss of
buttock fat. Not all children with visible severe wasting have this sign. It is an extreme sign.
PALMAR PALLOR
81a. The hands in this photograph are from two different children. The child on the left has some
palmar pallor.
82a. The hands in this photograph are from two different children. The child on the left has no palmar
pallor.