There are two things which a trained pediatrician usually checks for more frequently than other physicians who see children: Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip(DDH) and Amblyopia (lazy eye). Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip, or DDH (formerly CDH), occurs when the hips of a new born infant are either inadequately or inappropriately developed at birth. The […]
I definitely feel that the best gifts in parenting are the small things; for example, "healing hugs." Some time ago in my medical school training, I was assigned to a hospital emergency room. A child about thirteen was brought in by ambulance (more…)
Taking the temperature of an older child may be made more confusing by all the gadgetry available these days. When a child is five they are usually skilled enough to hold something in their mouth without biting on it so the oral method can be added to the rectal and axillary methods used on infants. Rectal is still the most accurate, oral is next best if they haven’t eaten or drunk anything in a half-hour and axillary is the worst of all. Here’s a video about it.
[Someone calling themselves on the internet “Jameyandcandy” wonders what they can do to humidify their home when using their wood burning fireplace.] Read more→
A preliminary answer to a puzzled teens online question to his doctor after being embarrassed by girls at a party who asked him “what do you wear, boxers, briefs or commando?” He asked, “is there a best?” and his doctor asked if I’d take a crack at answering him.
[Site no longer active – camped on by some recruiter] At the behest of an altruistic humanitarian doing work with the poor in the tenements of New York’s Lower East Side, Lina Rogers RN entered the schools to see if she could make a difference in October of 1902 – dressings were changed (rat bites), […]
Link to the US government website for immunization recommendations: birth to 18