A nervous mom brought in her 13-month-old baby daughter who had a rash on her face and trunk. This rash consisted of small red spots that were flat and somewhat splotchy. The child had no fever and looked well after a normal exam. She smiled and was engaging and playful. Then mom confessed […]
Read More →All newborns develop jaundice in the first couple weeks of life. This is known as benign physiologic jaundice of the newborn. There are MANY other causes of jaundice that can occur in the newborn period but they are well beyond the scope of this article. We will only discuss the normal jaundice of the […]
Read More →I was on-call on Tuesday night and the message came in around 8 PM. The text from my answering service read, “3 year old bonked his head, had a large goose egg on his forehead, do they need to go to the ER—Urgent.” I immediately called the number and spoke with dad. After dinner, […]
Read More →Maria, a 14-year-old girl, came to the office late one Friday morning with a chief complaint of right lower abdominal pain. Mom was concerned that she might have an appendicitis. Maria said the pain woke her up at 6 AM and was sharp and constant. It did not radiate to her back or elsewhere […]
Read More →As summer is rapidly coming to an end, countless sports physicals have been performed to get the student-athletes eligible for their sport. I recently did one of these exams on a 15 year-old football player who was going to be a sophomore. He was brought in by his dad. As I was finishing my […]
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