Turkey
I am detected through newborn screening.
Without dietary control, I can cause developmental delay, musty odor, and lighter skin and hair.
My treatment involves avoiding foods high in protein and artificial sweeteners.
Education for parents focuses on lifelong diet management.
What am I?
PKU
I make babies sluggish, with large tongues, hoarse cries, and poor feeding.
I’m detected on newborn screening and treated with lifelong hormone replacement medication.
Untreated, I cause cognitive impairment.
What am I?
Congenital Hypothyroidism
I can look like lip-smacking, eye deviation, or jerky movements in a newborn.
I signal possible hypoxia or infection. I could result from a high fever.
Maintain airway and monitor glucose and calcium and all other electrolytes.
What am I?
Newborn seizure
I make it hard to focus, sit still, or control impulses.
I can impact learning and relationships.
Behavior therapy and medication like stimulants help manage me.
What am I?
ADHD
I’m often born after my due date, when my surroundings have turned a little greenish and thick.
I can make my first breaths a real struggle.
Who am I?
Meconium Aspiration
I am a sac containing meninges, spinal fluid, and nerves visible on the back at birth.
I cause loss of motor and sensory function below the lesion.
Keep me moist and sterile — never rupture my sac!
Parents need teaching about lifelong mobility challenges and catheterization.
What am I?
Myelomeningocele
I cause high-pitched crying, tremors, irritability, and poor feeding.
I may come from maternal opioid or drug use.
Care for me in a calm, low-stimulation environment.
Teach families about medication weaning and social services support.
What am I?
Substance-Exposed Infant (Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome)
I may cause low muscle tone, upward slanting eyes, and developmental delays.
I’m diagnosed with genetic testing.
Teach families about early intervention and heart defect screening.
What am I?
Down Syndrome
I cause anxiety, depression, and somatic complaints in children.
School-based prevention and open communication are essential.
What am I?
Bullying
I happen when a baby breathes in something that should’ve been the first thing out.
My biggest risks are respiratory distress and pulmonary hypertension.
Who am I?
Meconium Aspiration
I am a sac of meninges and cerebrospinal fluid, but no nerves.
My neurologic function is typically normal.
I require surgical correction and careful positioning before surgery.
Parents are reassured about my usually good prognosis.
What am I?
Meningocele
I make babies yellow — especially face to chest first.
I can lead to kernicterus if untreated.
Phototherapy and frequent feeding help me go away.
Teach parents to protect eyes and monitor hydration.
What am I?
Hyperbilirubinemia (Neonatal Jaundice)
I’m linked to immature lungs, gut, and temperature control.
I may bring RDS, NEC, and retinopathy.
I need thermoregulation, oxygen, and developmental care. I didn't make it to 37 weeks gestation.
What am I?
Preterm Infant
I cause difficulty with reading, writing, or math despite normal intelligence.
I need individualized education plans (IEPs) and positive reinforcement.
What am I?
Learning Disabilities
Assessment Findings of meconium Aspiration include:
tachypnea, retractions, grunting, cyanosis, coarse breath sounds, barrel chest, greenish/yellow skin or nails from meconium staining.
I cause a distended abdomen, bloody stools, and feeding intolerance in premature infants.
Stop oral feeds and start IV fluids immediately when I appear.
Prevent me with breast milk and slow feeding advancement.
Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
I cause temperature instability, poor feeding, and lethargy.
Early recognition and IV antibiotics are lifesaving.
Teach parents about infection prevention and early signs. Often times I am caused by my mothers GBS.
What am I?
Newborn Sepsis
I appear after trauma, abuse, or violence.
I cause nightmares, avoidance, and regression in children.
Provide consistent routines and trauma-informed care.
What am I?
PTSD
Explain what a somatic complaint is and Provide an example of a somatic complaint.
somatic complaints often show up in children who are experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, bullying, or trauma, but don’t have the emotional vocabulary to express it.
Clues that a Complaint May Be Somatic (Not Physical in Origin):
The symptoms come and go or shift locations.
They worsen with stress (e.g., before school or after a conflict).
The child appears otherwise healthy during play or distraction.
Multiple normal medical workups but persistent symptoms.
Symptoms improve with emotional support, rest, or reassurance.
“My head hurts.” (headaches)
Often tension or stress-related; may worsen before school or stressful events.
“I’m not hungry.”
“My stomach feels full.”
Can accompany depression or stress.
clear airway at birth (suction if nonvigorous), provide oxygen and possibly mechanical ventilation, monitor for pneumothorax
I cause grunting, nasal flaring, and retractions in premature infants.
I’m due to a lack of surfactant.
Oxygen therapy and surfactant replacement help me improve.
Parents need teaching about ventilator care and risk of chronic lung disease.
What am I?
Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
I make a baby’s head flat on one side.
I come from too much time on the back or in carriers.
Tummy time and helmet therapy help me reshape.
What am I?
Plagiocephaly
I cause irritability, social withdrawal, and declining school performance in kids.
Screening and early counseling are key.
Supportive family therapy and possible medication help me improve.
What am I?
Depression
I cause challenges with communication, social interaction, and repetitive behaviors.
Early intervention and structured routines help me.
Family education focuses on support and consistency.
What am I?
ASD
What is the first sign that a child post operative from a tonsillectomy might be hemorrhaging?
frequent swallowing