What does a pediatrician do?
Regular checkups
Well-baby visits give you an opportunities for addressing your child problems and health related issues like poor weight & height gain, loss of appetite, lack of interest in surroundings, delay in achieving milestones – usually parents the first ones to notice a problems. In our centre we are committed to provide all advance pediatric services in excellent way.
About the General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Pediatrics is a branch of medicine that includes medical care of newborns, infants, children and adolescents. We provide comprehensive and compassionate healthcare for children and youth (ages 0 to 19).
• Complete Immunizations (newborn, child, adolescent)
• Mental health care for children.
• Adolescent medicine.
• Breastfeeding counseling.
• Children and youth special health care needs.
• Developmental screening and referral
• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Drug and alcohol use and abuse
• Injury prevention (firearms, violence, and child maltreatment).
•Management of chronic diseases in children (Failure to thrive, Respiratory ,cardiac and kidney issues, constipation, short stature, obesity, malnutrition).
Let's spot and treat them!
Asthma is a condition in which your airways narrow and swell and produce excess mucus. This can make breathing difficult and can cause coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath.
• Shortness of breath
• Chest tightness or pain
• Trouble sleeping caused by shortness of breath, coughing or wheezing
• A whistling or wheezing sound when exhaling (common sign of asthma)
• Coughing or wheezing attacks that are worsened by a respiratory virus, such as a cold or the flu
• Exercise-induced asthma
• Occupational asthma
• Allergy-induced asthma
About the Children Growth and Development
At each visit your pediatrician will measure your child’s height, weight & head circumference and plot on growth chart and also will do a thorough physical examination of child in this doctor checked for birthmarks, congenital external malformations, eyes movement and vision, shape and size of head, oral cavity, hernial sites, anal opening and genitalia and also listen any abnormal heart sounds.
Your doctor will ask you some questions about how is going on development of your child- whether she/he hit typical milestones, is active & alert, and is feeding and sleeping well. Your doctor should also give you relevant safety information for your baby’s age.