Observation of a child of younger preschool age
The leading role in preventive work with children of the second year of life is occupied by questions of hardening and physical education. The district pediatrician should inform the mother about the methods of hardening necessary for her child, the sets of physical exercises, the regime of the day, walks, changes in nutrition. The responsibility of a nurse who must visit a child at this age at home at least once a month is to monitor the appointment of a doctor. The district pediatrician observes the child of the second year once a quarter, conducting anthropometric measurements and evaluating the child's development.
Once a year, the child is examined for a preventive purpose by a dentist. Do also blood tests, urine, feces on the eggs of worms. By the end of the year of life, a detailed conclusion is made about the child's condition in dynamics. This conclusion must be brought to the attention of parents, placing emphasis on hygiene deficiencies in the upbringing of the child, the performance of certain appointments and provide recommendations for further education and health improvement. In the third year of life, the pediatrician examines the child for prophylactic purposes every six months. The district nurse examines the child in the third year of life once a quarter.
Anthropometric measurements are performed twice a year. In three years, an in-depth medical examination with the participation of an otolaryngologist, an ophthalmologist, a dentist, a surgeon and an orthopedist, and a speech therapist. The third year of life ends the period, called the early age.
By the end of the third year of life, the doctor summarizes the results of his work, assesses the child's health in dynamics, and makes a plan for further monitoring of the baby. In the future, pre-school children are observed by the district pediatrician once a year.
Children before entering school are examined by the same specialists as in three years, as well as by a neurologist, clinical blood tests, urine, feces, and, if necessary, other laboratory tests. The pediatrician analyzes the data obtained, gives an opinion on the child's health and makes an individual plan for health-improving activities before entering school. At the same time, they also take into account recommendations for improving the child's health, given by medical specialists. In an interview with parents, the district doctor gives advice on the regime of the day, nutrition, hardening, physical and hygienic education, the necessary recommendations, introduces the conclusion about the state of the child's health.
Children attending pre-school institutions, as well as schoolchildren, are examined by prescription doctors of the preschool and school department of the polyclinic and medical specialists. The district pediatrician should know the results of these examinations and the health and medical measures prescribed by the doctors, which depends on the continuity in the work of these medical workers.