The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-04-08
Soon after Birth, Children
May Become Infected With
This Dreaded Disease
DEATH RATE AMONG : y -
..A.s =: CHILDREN IS HIGH
Dr.. r. L. Laney Of Lake Julia
Clearly Explains Symptoms
and Urges Care
Prepared by DR.. r. L. Laney,
Lake Julia Sanatorium.


Lake Julia Sanatorium. =
In the ngnt or our present knowl-
edge o. tuuerculos1s,s We beneve Jnac
all children are born Tree from that
disease. however, soon alter Dirtn
the children may become injected
with tuberculosis as the result OF
coming in contact with consumptlves
and their secretlons, (sputum, dis
charges from the nose, etc. or as
result OF being ted milk from tuber-
culous cows.
During the first year of life from
five to ten per cent OF children are
thus infected with tubercle bacillus,
and the percentage of infections keeps
on growing with the increasing age OF
the children until at the age OF tlIreen
years or over about ninety per cent
OF all children show positive signs OF
having become tuberculo Gus. =.
The death rate among young child
rem infected with tuberculosis is eX-
tremely high. OF infants under one
year OF age hardly any recover, and
those infected up to two years OF age
about ninety per cent die. Beginning
with the third year Of life the death
rate is quite low and this low NOR
tally continues until about the four
teenth year, when it. begins to rise
again until the twentieth year the
maximum. has been reached and IS
maintained until far advanced age.
One IF the most common manifest
ations Of tuberculosis in children IS
that of enlarged glands in the neck.
These may be felt in the sides OF the
neck as small round hard nodules
from the size Of a pea up to that OF
marble: Sometimes these chains OF
glands enlarge to such an extent as
to be. quite noticeable and may dis
figure the patient. = - a. s>s'-'77
Many children having these enlarg-
Led Glands doanct sppea ar. to be sick
at all, and recover very readily UNI
der proper treatment and healthy
surroundings. In others there are very
important and troublesome symptoms,
such as fever, night sweats, anemia,
loss Of weight and poor appetite.
The average healthy child's tenn
perature ranges between ninety
eight and four-fifths and ninety
nine and four-fifths degrees. When
ever it is above these limits it is a
sign that something is wrong with
the child, and the cause should be
sought for. A persistent range of
more than one and half degrees
between the lowest and highest tenn
perature of the day is Indicative of
tuberculosis when no other definite
cause can be found.
Night sweats as symptom of tu-
berculosis in children is not OF so
much Importance as in adults. Many
healthy children perspire freely when
sleeping soudly, and many night
sweats, in older children especially
may be Of nervous origin. 10 pc IN
dicative of tuberculosis in children,
the night sweats must occur during
the last half Of the night and must
be quite profuse. "
In addition to the fever, most tu-
berculous children suffer from loss
of appetite, and weakness, and have
little endurance. Though they may
appear. vigorous and lively in the
mornings, they will become flushed
and tired during the latter part of
the afternoon. - F.:
a norma: healthy child should gain
in weight. constantly as it increases
in height. If it does not do so for sew
eral months continuously, the cause
should be loked for. If there is no
other condition to account for the
child's not gaining in weight, tuber-
culosis is in all probability the cause.
A child having any Of tie above
symptoms, even though there is no
enlargement of the neck glands,
should have thorough chest exam
inaticn, as such an examination may
reveal an enlargement/of the glands
that are situated within the chest. =
Another symptom of tuberculosis
in children as we'll as in adults is
cough, especially when combined
with some of the other symptoms of
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