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10 Travel Diseases to Consider – Part 2

Multigenerational family vacation

We’re talking about ‘travel diseases’ which should be considered before taking a trip ‘abroad’ either with or without the family in tow. Yes, from the standpoint of living in the U.S. most of these seem vague and ‘out there somewhere’ but not associated with our daily worries.
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Ten Travel Diseases: Intro/Index

This post begins the series of TEN Travel Diseases you shouldn’t forget to consider if you’re lucky (and brave) enough to be taking a vacation this year which involves some degree of traveling – especially across some borders. And remember, the more borders you cross, the more of these you should consider.

You may or may not have even heard of them (hence writing these posts) but be assured, they are still alive and well in the world. And many still here in parts of the United States!

Here is the index to the Ten Travel Diseases series:

3 Posts in "Travel Diseases" Series

  • Cholera, Bird Flu, TB, Malaria and Yellow Fever – 11 May 2015
    Here are the second five (of the ten) travel diseases I'm discussing. Things that you might want to take into consideration, especially when you're crossing borders. Cholera, Bird Flu, TB, Malaria and Yellow Fever.

  • Ebola, MERS, CHIKV, Measles, Polio – 7 May 2015
    You traveling this year on your vacation? There are a few things we ought to keep in mind – medically speaking – in order to avoid experiencing a vacation that just “keeps on giving” long after you’d like it to be over. I'll list 10 of them, this post containing the first five: Ebola, MERS, CHIKV, Measles and Polio.

  • 10 Travel Diseases: Intro/Index – 7 May 2015
    The Intro/Index to the Ten Travel Diseases Curated Posts Series

Tonsillectomy – part two

Nonexudative pharangitis, normal tonsils

Due to editing and space constraints, my (newspaper) article on tonsillectomy two weeks ago did not present the entire picture of how physicians feel about this surgical procedure… and generated several additional questions – which we will cover here.
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Tonsillectomy – Risks and Benefits

sore throat, germs eye view

I have been asked several times this week about tonsillectomy – whether or not a child should have their tonsils taken out by surgery.  Usually the question is in response to a sore throat of some kind, whether or not there is an infected tonsil.

There are just so many variables (i.e. whether it is acute or chronic, allergic or contagious etc.) that my reply must be largely individualized; so, a short article cannot adequately cover the topic.
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Urinary Tract Infections in Children

Secondary enuresis in teen boy

What would you think if your child, who had been toilet-trained for many years, began wetting the bed but was otherwise healthy and in no discomfort; or, if your little girl, 2 1/2 years old, began refusing to sit on the toilet, had a low-grade fever, and was extremely irritable; or, if your 15-year-old boy told you that he had pain on urination for the past four or five days and was now passing bloody urine; Read more→

Sunburn in Infants, Children and Adolescents

Infant with secopnd degree sunburn

I have been holding off writing a summer article until the weather made it clear that it really was summer. I don’t seem to have been quick enough on the draw, however, there was no spring to warn me.

When the weather warms up we begin seeing less contagious illnesses like colds, ear infections, chicken pox, etc.  (very warm areas decrease illness in summer as people go indoors for air conditioning.)
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Respiratory Hazards of Wood Stoves

Respiratory disease comes with smoke

What do pilgrim and pioneer children have in common with aborigines in the highlands of New Guinea, hamsters, and some children living in "progressive" homes of today?

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Meningitis In Children

Ill child with the petechiae of menningiococcemia

We’ve done this before but in this case history I won’t make you guess. It was between me and my “professor” many years ago. Attendings and residents both saw clinic patients but residents also had hospital ward rotations. An attending “summoned” me Read more→

New Guidelines: Autism, Flu and ACL Tears

Child with knee injury during soccer game

We’ve been reviewing all the new pediatric health-care guidelines published last year in the past two articles. So far we’ve found that new research prompted governing groups to release care-guidelines for Congenital Dislocated Hips, Calcium supplementation, Fluoride supplementation, Read more→

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