Measles vaccinations are on everybody’s minds. We need to know the schedule in order to fully protect our children. My next patient, was a baby girl coming in for her 9 month well-check.Looking at the chart I noticed that she was only 8 months old. When I questioned the parents why she was coming […]
Read More →Charles,an active 8-year-old boy, was playing and sustained a 3 inch laceration of his mid forearmwhile climbing over a chain link fence trying to retrieve a ball. Mom cleaned and covered it, and brought him to our office. It was a deep clean cutresembling one made with a scalpel. After numbing the area well, […]
Read More →Winter is upon us, and it is proving to be a “robust” flu season. Mrs. X brought her 4 month old daughter, Allie, to the office for a sick visit and she told the nurses she was afraid that Allie might have the flu. She had a low grade fever, congestion and a hacky cough […]
Read More →I was on call Thanksgiving Day and got an interesting call at around 11 PM. The exchange/call service called me and said that Mrs X. was waiting on the line and wouldn’t say what the problem was, could they “put her through”. When we were connected, she first of all apologized for the call, that […]
Read More →My baby is constipated, exhibits pain in his abdomen, and looks pale to me. Can I give him a laxative? One recent night when I was on call I received a phone call from a mom regarding her one year old son. With no sense of urgency in her voice she apologized for calling […]
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