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What Is This Rash?
Kids Health Watch is brought to you by our friends and Children’s Medical Group Rashes are a common occurrence during childhood. While most rashes are fairly innocent and harmless, there are some that require more intervention. How can you decipher which is which? Common rashes you’ll encounter during your child’s life are most likely viral rashes. […]
Understanding Ear Infections
Kids Health Watch is brought to you by our friends and Children’s Medical Group Ear infections are a common, and sometimes painful occurrence in childhood. To understand more about ear infections, let’s first talk about the anatomy of the ear. When you look at the ear, you are looking at the external ear. The external ear […]
Recognizing and Preventing Cyberbullying
Kids Health Watch is brought to you by our friends and Children’s Medical Group Bullying is hardly a new concept in the modern world. However, the forms of bullying have changed drastically over the last couple of generations. Cyberbullying is a more recent term that includes the definition of traditional bullying but is achieved through technology […]
Advice for Your Potty Training Journey
Kids Health Watch is brought to you by our friends and Children’s Medical Group Toilet-training can be a very daunting task for most parents. This can feel especially true when in the midst of a fifteen-minute argument with a toddler about whether shoes belong on hands or feet. But you can succeed! Two key beginning […]
Cold Season and How to Help Your Child
Kids Health Watch is brought to you by our friends and Children’s Medical Group Each year from October through February, there is a marked increase in the number of colds experienced by many children. You probably know it as ‘Cold Season’. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, it has seemed like this season has been exaggerated or, […]
Learning Disorders
Kids Health Watch is brought to you by our friends and Children’s Medical Group With school getting back into the swing and first-quarter grades starting to come out, some of you might be wondering where some of those bad grades are coming from. Some parents endured a rough last year but reasoned that a new […]
Constipation
Kids Health Watch is brought to you by our friends and Children’s Medical Group Many children have problems with constipation. It’s a fairly common complaint in the office. Let’s start with the basics: Not every child has a bowel movement daily, and that’s alright. The main thing that we are looking for is that your […]
Sports Specialization
Kids Health Watch is brought to you by our friends and Children’s Medical Group It’s hard to believe, but now that we are approaching the beginning of the school year and deciding on extracurricular activities, what’s the best approach to deciding on those activities with the overall health of your child in mind? Sports are […]
Painful Urination and Its Causes
Kids Health Watch is brought to you by our friends and Children’s Medical Group Now that we are feeling the heat of summer, let’s discuss an issue common to the season. Dysuria, or painful urination, is a common complaint we hear during this time. First, let’s discuss the anatomy of the urinary system. Urine is formed […]
Summer Means Fun (and Time For Annual Check-Ups)
Kids Health Watch is brought to you by our friends and Children’s Medical Group Why are check-ups so important? They are an opportunity for your pediatrician to catch up with all your child’s health issues. It’s also a great time to make sure your child is on track to excel in the next year as well. […]