Prophylactic medical examination is considered the leading method of disease prevention used in medical institutions. This method provides preventive services to the population of the state. Of particular importance in this work is the medical examination of children.
Regardless of where the child was born, in the countryside or in the city, he is under the supervision of medical workers from the first days until the very end of high school. It should be noted that medical examination of children up to a year is of great importance.
The method of observation under consideration is divided into two interrelated working sections. The he alth of patients largely depends on the successful implementation of the activities of each of them.
Medical examination of children thus includes
- Periodic outpatient check-ups for preventive purposes. Examinations begin from the first days of life. The purpose of such events is to assess and study the development of the child, his state of he alth, as well as to identify the initial stages of pathologies or predisposition to them. As a result of these examinations, he alth and preventive measures are prescribed.
- Repeated active monitoring of patients admitted to the dispensary, as well astheir recovery and treatment.
Observation is carried out by the local pediatrician, the nurse of the polyclinic, the medical staff of the preschool institution and other medical specialists.
It must be said that the activities carried out by parents are also of great importance. They must understand the importance of preventive examinations, which are carried out in one or another age period of the child. Parents can receive timely and correct recommendations on the organization of the daily regimen, care, hardening, nutrition, and disease prevention at the next examination at a preschool institution or clinic. At the same time, it should be noted that medical examinations of orphans are also carried out. As a rule, activities include standard surveys.
It must be understood that the intensive development and growth of a child, especially in combination with an unfavorable environmental situation, can provoke the development of various he alth abnormalities. The main task of specialists is to identify the initial stages of changes in time. As a result of the examination, in accordance with the age, the child is assigned a certain regimen, physical exercises, nutrition, hardening methods, preventive measures are recommended.
Medical practice has proven that the earlier deviations in he alth are detected, the easier and faster it is possible to deal with them. Thus, through medical examination, it is possible to prevent such serious pathologies as anemia, exudative diathesis, rickets, neurotic reactions, as well as various diseases of the respiratory, cardiovascular andother systems. Early and preschool age are characterized by rapid morphological growth and development of body systems and organs. There are also several transitional periods during this time: admission to a preschool institution, and then to school.
Children who are often ill and predisposed to ARVI, otitis media, rhinitis are placed under special dispensary observation.
