Indian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Pediatrics

Stroke or cerebrovascular accident is a rare entity in children. Commonly considered to be a disease of the elderly, it accounts for high morbidity and mortality in children. Despite an increased incidence 1.2 To 13 cases per 100,000 children under 18 years of age there is a delay in diagnosis leading to long term complications and neurological deficits.
 

Haemolacria, also known as Bloody Tears due to its evident physical presentation, is a rare condition, which causes sudden panic and distress in both, the patient party and the health care providers. The patient, in her late teens, presented in the Department of Emergency Medicine of our tertiary care hospital, with a thin blood-stained streak from her left eye, without any active bleeding. Munchausen’s Syndrome is usually a diagnosis of exclusion due to its rarity. Haemolacria, an uncommon but worrying phenomenon, is one of the rare presentations of Munchausen syndrome.

Vulvovaginitis is a common infection among adolescent and young adult women, characterized clinically by vulvar pruritus, irritation and burning, and vaginal discharge. Approximately three fourths of women experience vulvovaginitis during their lifetime and many of them have experienced their first infection during adolescence. There are different etiologic causes of vulvovaginitis but the most common causes in adolescents are yeast, bacterial vaginosis (BV), and trichomonas, especially in the presence of a higher rate of sexual activity in this population. The interplay of the vaginal pH, the thickness of the vaginal mucosal layer, and the constituency of the micro biomedical that inhabit the vaginal wall impact susceptibility of adolescents to vulvovaginitis. Adolescents with disabilities and pregnant adolescents are at a higher risk for vulvovaginal infection.

The present Pre experimental one group pretest and posttest research design was conducted among adolescents’ girls to evaluate the effectiveness of vaginitis and its prevention. The researcher selected 60 samples based on non probity sampling technique. The results shown that the level of knowledge was improved after implementation of planned teaching, which indicates the planned teaching was effective. The researcher concluded that, the teaching aids will be helpful in improving knowledge among adolescents’ girls as well as public. The researcher recommended that, the community education programme and personal behavior change education is required to save the adolescents’ girls and reduce the morbidity and mortality in India.