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Welcome to Our Illness Information Page
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General Information
Doctors now have the ability to prevent or treat many illnesses if the recommended comprehensive care schedules are followed and diseases are diagnosed and treated early. There are, however, many illnesses in which a person is protected from future disease only by having the illness.
During childhood, it should be expected that your child will have a "cold", "stomach virus", sore throat, or some other condition. With these illnesses, as with any illnesses, the following suggestions will help the body to fight the illness:
- More rest than usual
- Plenty of fluids
- Proper diet as indicated by illness
In a child who is drinking and who feels better when the fever goes down usually means the child has a viral illness and you can treat him/her with the remedies listed on this web site or in your brochure. In a few days his/her body will begin to fight off the virus on its own. If, however, your child's symptoms continue for more than two days without improving you should contact the office.
Frequently, bacterial infections follow viral infections. This is especially true in small children who may develop a simple cold and then go on to get an ear infection or pneumonia. We have no way of knowing when this will happen. Sometimes it will be necessary for a patient to come back in 2 or 3 days after he has "just been checked." An ear infection or other findings which were not present at the first exam may develop as the illness progresses. It is much safer for your child to come to the office twice than to be blindly treated for unconfirmed problems.
We are often questioned about when to consider the child "well" and allow him to resume his normal activities. Generally speaking, when his appetite returns, when he feels well enough to want to get out and/or play, and when he has been free of fever for 24 hours, he is then ready to go about his business, back to school and/or back to play.
Medical Emergency Information
Many phone calls are made about the following items: We request that you read this thoroughly and keep this by your telephone for handy reference for you or for your baby-sitter.
- If an illness occurs, follow the instructions in this booklet.
- Be sure you understand instructions given by phone or in the office.
- Medicines can be given in several different amounts at many different time intervals. If you do not understand the dosage and the schedule given for your medicines please ask for an explanation. Be absolutely sure that your druggist puts the name of the medicine on the container.
- Put the medicine into or onto the proper part of the body.
- Read the medicine label carefully. Some medications require refrigeration and others can become old or "outdated". If a medicine is outdated, discard it. As a general rule, anything older than one year should be thrown away unless there is expiration date that states otherwise.
- Do not give medications prescribed for one child to another child. Two children with the same symptoms may have different illnesses. Sharing medicines can be very dangerous. Additionally, especially with antibiotics, what one child gets the other child may not need and then both children may be mistreated.
- Do not give outdated medicine to your child unless instructed to do so.
- Do not hide from your child the fact that you are giving him medicine. He will probably discover that it is medicine anyway, and learn to distrust you. Also, some medicines are very tasty & if consumed frequently can be dangerous.
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All of our Pediatric Nurse Practitioners have Bachelor's Degrees as well as Master's Degrees.
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