IRELAND
Sunday Independent
Published 15/06/2014
Pertussis: also described as whooping cough
Convulsions: seizures
Marasmus: acute malnutrition
Debility from birth: weakness
Congenital syphilis: bacterial infection that can be passed on to an infant in pregnancy
Congenital idiocy: archaic term covering range of neurological and developmental conditions
Uraemic fits: seizures associated with kidney failure
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