Five to Sixteen Years

• Fever

  • otitis media

  • pneumonia

  • tonsillitis

  • urinary tract infection

  • meningitis

  • TB, brucellosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, Lyme disease, leptospirosis

  • Malaria, typhoid fever

  • juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

  • malignancy

  • Kawasaki disease

• Fits and Faints

• Headache

  • Febrile illness

  • ophthalmological disorders

  • sinusitis

  • dental disease

  • jaw joint dysfunction

  • Hypertension

  • Trauma

  • tension headahce

  • migraine

  • raised intracranial pressure

• Earache and sore throat

• Cough / Wheeze

  • Respiratory Tract Infections

  • Asthma

  • Tuberculosis

  • Cystic Fibrosis

  • inhaled foreign body

  • psychological

• Bruising

  • Trauma

  • Bleeding diasthesis

  • Bone marrow failure

  • Infection

  • Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

  • vasculitis

• Itchiness

  • scabies

  • eczema

  • urticaria

  • food preservatives

  • plants

  • plasticisers

  • lichen planus

  • head lice

  • threadworms

  • Lichen sclerosus

  • insect bites

  • fungal infection

  • obstructive jaundice

  • Chronic Renal Failure

  • Iron Deficiency Anaemia

  • thyroid dysfunction

• Rashes and spots

  • eczema

  • psoriasis

  • contact dermatitis

  • artefactual dermatitis

  • warts

  • allergies

  • infection

• Vomiting

  • gastroenteritis

  • excessive coughing

  • reflux oesophagitis

  • bowel obstruction

  • drugs

  • increased ICP

  • migraine

• Diarrhoea

  • gastroenteritis

  • food-poisoning

  • chronis inflammatory bowel disease

  • infection - giardia

  • coeliac disease

• Constipation

  • behavioural

  • hypothyroidism

  • Hirschsprung disease

  • hypercalcaemia

  • anal stenosis

• Encopresis

• Abdominal pain

  • gastroenteritis

  • mesenteric adenitis

  • constipation

  • urinary tract infections

  • strangulated hernia

  • appendicitis

  • peptic ulceration

  • pancreatitis

  • hydronephrosis

  • gynaecological problems

  • diabetic ketoacidosis

  • sickle cell disease

  • porphyria

  • volvulus

  • intussusception

  • lead poisoning

  • inflamed Meckel diverticulum

• Abdominal distension

• Jaundice

• Dysuria

• Haematuria

  • high fever

  • urinary tract infection

  • bleeding diasthesis

  • renal stones

  • renal disease

  • nephritis

  • tumours of renal and urinary tract

  • trauma to renal tract

• Enuresis

  • chronic renal tract infection

  • diabetes

  • malformation

  • neurological disorders

• Lethargy

  • infective / inflammatory

    • tuberculosis

    • cystic fibrosis

    • inflammatory bowel disease

    • dermatomyositis

    • postviral fatigue syndrome

    • connective tissue disease

  • other

    • anaemia

    • hypothyroidism

    • hypoadrenalism

    • hypopituitarism

    • depression

• Amenorrhoea

• Menorrhagia

• Polydipsia / Polyuria

  • diabetes mellitus

  • chronic renal failure

  • hypercalcaemia

  • diabetes insipidus

• Limping

  • osteochondritis

    • Perthes disease

    • Osgood-Schlatter

    • Slipped upper femoral epiphysis

  • Sprain

  • Osteomyelitis

  • arthritis

  • of lower limbs

  • bone disease

  • lesions on foot

  • central nervous system disorders

  • primary tumours or mets

  • previously undetected fractures

• Joint pains

  • Henoch-Schonlein syndrome

  • juvenile idiopathic arthritis

  • haemoglobinopathy

  • rheumatic fever

  • septic arthritis

• Posioning

• Bad behaviour

• Depression

• Hyperactivity

• Truancy

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