Sick Child Diagnosis and Treatment
- posted: Dec. 07, 2022
When your child is sick, you need the expertise and compassion of a pediatrician. Your pediatrician knows how to treat childhood illnesses and injuries and can help your child feel better.
When a child becomes ill, the signs and symptoms can often become more severe than those of an adult. Children’s nasal passages and sinuses are much smaller. That means when your child acquires a virus like a cold or the flu, congestion and breathing difficulties can be severe. Your child may experience:
- Coughing and wheezing
- Sneezing and nasal congestion
- Fever and fatigue
Your pediatrician knows how to help your child recover from an illness and feel better.
Bacterial infections are another common medical condition in children. Eye, ear, tonsil, and throat infections are a frequent occurrence and can cause your child to develop signs and symptoms including:
- A sore throat
- Itchy, watery eyes
- Painful, draining ears
- Swollen lymph nodes
Your pediatrician can diagnose the infection and prescribe an antibiotic regimen to eliminate the infection and help your child heal.
If your child has allergies, it can cause a wide range of signs and symptoms, and make your child feel very uncomfortable. When your child has allergies, you may notice that your child is:
- Sneezing and coughing
- Having difficulty breathing
- Having itchy watery eyes
- Having a scratchy throat
Your pediatrician can perform allergy testing to determine what your child is allergic to, and prescribe medication including allergy shots and sublingual immunotherapy to help your child get relief from allergies.
Pediatric asthma can be scary. When your child can’t breathe, it’s difficult not to panic. Your pediatrician can prescribe short term rescue inhalers and long-term asthma medications to prevent an asthma attack.
You can help prevent childhood illnesses and diseases by scheduling a regular examination appointment with the pediatrician. Your pediatrician can also provide immunizations to help ensure your child is protected against dangerous diseases.
To find out more about sick child diagnosis and treatment and how your pediatrician can help your child feel better, call your pediatrician today.
- posted: Dec. 07, 2022
When your child is sick, you need the expertise and compassion of a pediatrician. Your pediatrician knows how to treat childhood illnesses and injuries and can help your child feel better.
When a child becomes ill, the signs and symptoms can often become more severe than those of an adult. Children’s nasal passages and sinuses are much smaller. That means when your child acquires a virus like a cold or the flu, congestion and breathing difficulties can be severe. Your child may experience:
- Coughing and wheezing
- Sneezing and nasal congestion
- Fever and fatigue
Your pediatrician knows how to help your child recover from an illness and feel better.
Bacterial infections are another common medical condition in children. Eye, ear, tonsil, and throat infections are a frequent occurrence and can cause your child to develop signs and symptoms including:
- A sore throat
- Itchy, watery eyes
- Painful, draining ears
- Swollen lymph nodes
Your pediatrician can diagnose the infection and prescribe an antibiotic regimen to eliminate the infection and help your child heal.
If your child has allergies, it can cause a wide range of signs and symptoms, and make your child feel very uncomfortable. When your child has allergies, you may notice that your child is:
- Sneezing and coughing
- Having difficulty breathing
- Having itchy watery eyes
- Having a scratchy throat
Your pediatrician can perform allergy testing to determine what your child is allergic to, and prescribe medication including allergy shots and sublingual immunotherapy to help your child get relief from allergies.
Pediatric asthma can be scary. When your child can’t breathe, it’s difficult not to panic. Your pediatrician can prescribe short term rescue inhalers and long-term asthma medications to prevent an asthma attack.
You can help prevent childhood illnesses and diseases by scheduling a regular examination appointment with the pediatrician. Your pediatrician can also provide immunizations to help ensure your child is protected against dangerous diseases.
To find out more about sick child diagnosis and treatment and how your pediatrician can help your child feel better, call your pediatrician today.
Pediatric Group Associates
1625 Avenue Of The Cities,
Moline, IL 61265
Our Sick Clinic is currently open 8 am to 10:45 am Monday through Friday (this is NOT a walk-in clinic).
We recommend using our self-scheduling link , appointment request link, or calling us before arriving at the office to reserve your time slot.
The sick clinic is for acute problems like rashes, insect bites, poison ivy, sunburn and ear pain. We continue to take additional precautions to ensure the safety and health of our patients and staff through the use of our mobile registration and gathering information in advance of your appointment.
Thank you for your continued patience and support as we strive to meet the ongoing needs of our community in the safest possible manner.
Our Moline office is open from 8 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm Monday through Friday. We have limited Saturday availability for acute sick symptoms only through our Facebook self-scheduling link which will be posted each Friday evening by 7 pm CST. We do not have regular office hours on Sunday, however there is a provider on-call in case of emergencies.
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