Pertussis is a serious bacterial infection caused by Bordetella pertussis. Just as we have apps for most things these days, there is a vaccine for it and you may be literally "playing with fire" and leaving your child at risk for many other conditions that are life-threatening if you decide not to vaccinate your child.
Many parents worry about Strep throat infections in their children. As a pediatric practice, we are often swabbing children for a rapid strep test and strep throat culture. The reasons are not far-fetched and any worried parent is indeed justified to be.
Child Development Videos From The CDC
There are many stages of development of the child that children go through as they mature. It may be confusing for the parents sometimes especially the inexperienced parent. Below are rare video clips from the CDC showing different developmental milestones in children from early infancy.
Our clinic is one of the leading destinations for children’s health in Roswell and Alpharetta. Today’s post is about falls and injury prevention.
Falling is a normal part of a young child’s development as they learn to walk, climb, jump, run and play.
Georgia AAP Communication
September 26, 2016
School-based Influenza Clinics in Georgia and an Update on Egg Allergies and Influenza Vaccine Administration
As has been the case for the past few years, schools throughout Georgia will be working with local county health departments to administer influenza vaccine in the school setting.
Georgia AAP Communication
September 19, 2016
Guidance for Palivizumab Prophylaxis among Infants and Young Children at Increased Risk of Hospitalization for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection
September 19, 2016
There have been no changes in the recommendations for palivizumab prophylaxis among infants and young children at increased risk of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus infection for the 2016-17 season.
Influenza remains a common infection in the United States and the main reason is because it is a contagious viral illness, is spread by contact and droplet. There are two species of influenza, Influenza A and Influenza B however for our purposes and for the most part bot are often managed the same way.
The focus for any parent, aunt, uncle, friend or even nation has always been children: our kids, our future. If they are indeed that important then isn’t it ironic that I will be writing this? Anyway, as I am already writing I will let you in (one again) on the importance of keeping an eye or four on our health through routine check-ups with our primary physician.
This video advertisement gives a summary of some of the Omega Pediatrics unique qualities. Many of you may have seen it before, but we decided to share it in this blog post so that those who have not seen the video can watch it. There are a few other Omega Pediatrics videos which we will share at some point later.