Pediatric medicine is a specific area of healthcare that focuses on infants, toddlers, adolescents and pre-teens (up to about the age of 18, but sometimes extending to the age of 21).
Pediatricians often assist parents and their children from the time they’re born to the time they’re shuffled off to college. Pediatric medicine includes regular checkups, tests, shots, wellness appointments, dietary considerations for young people and the treatment or management of acute or chronic illnesses.
Top Concerns of Pediatricians
In most cases, children are in good health as long as they are active and eat good foods, but they sometimes have health issues that need to be addressed and managed as early in life as possible.
Here is a short list of the top concerns of physicians who specialize in pediatric medicine:
-Viral infections like the common cold and flu
-Bacterial infections
-Juvenile diabetes
-Childhood asthma
-Social anxiety and developmental disorders like ADHD
-Sports injuries
-Leukemia and similar chronic illnesses
-Genetic disorders
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In addition to medical school, pediatricians must complete a three-year residency at a pediatric hospital overseeing a wide variety of cases that specifically affect children.
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