nurse's notes

HOMOLOGOUS SERUM JAUNDICE or SERUM HEPATITIS

• this disease occasionally follows after the therapeutic or prophylactic injection of human serum, such as convalescent serum, vaccines or whole blood or plasma
• it may acquired from medical or dental instrument or other skin-puncturing such as tatooing or ear piercing needles
• drug addicts acquire the disease from needles that have used by infected individual and not been properly sterilized

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:

• lose of appetite then turn yellow
• jaundice
• dyspepsia
• abdominal pain
• body malaise
• generalized aching
• weakness
• enlarged liver
• splenomegaly

MEDICAL AND NURSING MANAGEMENT:

• bed rest
• adequate nutrition
• supplemental nutrient like vitamin B complex