teenager

16 yo F with cold urticaria

I am seeing a 16-year old female tomorrow who suffers from cold urticaria. She has a severe anaphylactic reaction. She also suffers from asthma Has anyone worked with anyone with this condition before and, if so, any ideas/suggestions? I was thinking of running the following tests: 1. CDSA 2. Celiac…

16 yo G travelling to Tanzania and vaccinations

Healthy and fit 16 year old girl will be travelling to Tanzania for 28 days in July. Mother would like to avoid vaccinations. The shopping list of vaccinations she has been told she requires reads:- Tetanus Polio Dipththeria Hep A Typhoid Rabies Yellow Fever (they are flying to Kenya then…

15 yo F with physical exhaustion and stabbing pains in feet

This lively young lady has been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue/Post Viral Syndrome. Recent blood tests indicate Neutrophils 39%, Lymphocytes 55%; Monocytes and Eosinophils on low end of normal; RBC, HGB, PLT all normal; Urine pH 6.0, Alkaline Phosphatase low 93U/L; Uric acid, CRP, Fasting Glucose all normal. Tests for salmonella,…

Weight Gain Teenager

Hi, I have a baffling case of a teenage girl with fast weight gain. In a few months put on 13kg but stabilised in past couple of months since seeing me. Would be keen to lose some of this extra weight. She has put weight on fairly evenly over her…

12 yo M with teenager obersity

Help please – really struggling with 12 year old client . Working with him and his mother for last six months . He weighed in at 15stone 4lbs when we started and lost 17 lbs over the first three months. Now he has put all the weight back on again.…