Frequent Infections? Know the Warning Signs of PID

Añadido: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]How do these children present with primary immune deficiencies?

[00:00:03]Mainly, these are children with recurrent infections and with unusual infections.

[00:00:09]So, if there's a [music] child who has recurrent admissions in the hospital for infections, which requires IV antibiotics for treating a simple infection which you might think is normal in any other child. Or if they have recurrent ear infections, recurrent lung infections, deep seated [music] infections, which means infections in the liver, in the intestine, in the kidney.

[00:00:30]Or if they have [music] a family history, which means there is someone else in the family previously who has had a similar history. These are all signs [music] that the child needs to be worked up for immune deficiency.