A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpointCraven, J. H. (John Henry)
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A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpoint
Craven, J. H. (John Henry)
Children -- Diseases; Chiropractic; Sanitation
This incoördination is relatively rare in small children, except in
diphtheria, when it appears as a contamination into the bronchi from
the larynx and trachea. It may be acute or chronic and affects all
ages from infancy to puberty. The characteristics are severe dyspnea
and the coughing up of fibrinous casts from the large bronchi after
which there is a marked improvement. As the exudate collects again
the symptoms reappear. In the chronic form there is dyspnea and
expectoration of fibrinous casts.
Major Adjustment
The adjustment for fibrinous bronchitis is the same as that for
other forms of bronchitis. The prognosis is excellent, providing
adjustments are given in time to enable Innate to overcome the
momentum. Results are obtained in a very short time.
PNEUMONIA
Aside from digestive disturbances, the most common incoördinations
affecting infants are those involving the lungs, and especially as a
sequel following the so-called infectious dis-eases. The different
types of pneumonia are named according to the area of the lungs
involved and the nature of the changes affecting them. The two
general divisions are bronchopneumonia and lobar pneumonia. These two
principal groups are divided into several subdivisions according to
the particular pathology and stage of development. It is not of vital
importance to the chiropractor to know just what part of the lungs or
bronchi is involved or the nature of the pathology. He must, however,
be sufficiently familiar with symptoms to correctly determine the
zone in which the incoördination is located. In bronchopneumonia the
entire bronchial wall of the small bronchi is affected, while in
lobar pneumonia the bronchitis is usually very superficial and the
terminal bronchi and alveoli are filled with a fibrant exudate. An
entire lobe may be involved or the inflammation may involve only part
of a lobe. Very often the two varieties, bronchopneumonia and lobar
pneumonia will be present in the same case, one variety affecting
one part of the lung, while the other variety will affect another
part of the lung. In children by far the larger percentage of cases
of pneumonia is of the bronchopneumonia type; however, as has been
stated, the type of pneumonia is of little importance, but the
location of the zone or zones is of vital importance.
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