PAEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE
Paediatric Palliative care is a type of medical care provided to paediatric patients suffering from life-limiting and life-threatening illness. This sort of treatment aims to alleviate the illness's symptoms and the stress related to living with the condition.
The ultimate goal of paediatric palliative care is to improve the patient's and family's quality of life. Paediatric palliative care is offered by a team of specially trained doctors, nurses and other professionals who collaborate with the patient and family to provide an extra layer of support. Paediatric palliative care is tailored to the patient's specific requirements rather than their prognosis. It can be given to anyone at any stage of a severe illness, and it can be given in conjunction with curative treatment.
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Paediatric palliative care is an essential component of integrated, person-centred health care. It is a global ethical responsibility to alleviate severe health-related suffering, whether physical, psychological, social, or spiritual.
Most children who require palliative care have chronic illnesses such as complex congenital heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, HIV, kidney failure, chronic liver disease, autoimmune disease, metabolic disease, neurological disease, birth defects, extreme prematurity and life-limiting congenital syndromes. These are all disorders that may necessitate paediatric palliative care.
Pain, breathing difficulties and associated anxiety are some of the most common and critical symptoms that children in need of palliative care experience. Palliative care works best when planning is started as soon as a life-limiting diagnosis is made.
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Palliative care is a type of medical treatment for those who are suffering from severe or terminal illnesses. Though often confused with end-of-life care, these are two distinct types of care that share similar characteristics. Palliative care does not always imply that a patient is dying or cannot benefit from treatment.
Palliative care can begin at any point during your illness, the earlier palliative care planning starts the better for the patient and family as well.
Palliative care is crucial because its focus is holistic care resulting in an improved quality of life.
