Posted by: drmolly in short, picky eater, nutrition, kidney, hormone, height, growth, glomerulonephritis, genetic testing, feeding, development, calories on
Mar 10, 2009
Lots of kids are short. Let's face it, lots of adults are short and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Short parents are going to have short kids and tall parents will have tall kids, by and large. There are times, though, when tall parents or even average parents have shorter than expected children and these kids garner a lot of attention, especially if they are boys.
Short stature can present in a variety of ways. Some children are
Posted by: drmolly in strep, sore throat, rheumatic fever, rash, kidney, illness, heart, glomerulonephritis, fever, antibiotics on
Mar 10, 2009
Fever, headache, vomiting, rash and sore throat: any and all of these are the symptoms of strep throat. Many children have at least one case of strep throat at some point during their school years and frequently a note will come home from school alerting parents to the fact that their child is at risk. Strep throat often makes you quite sick and seeing the quick response to antibiotics (usually feeling dramatically better in just 24 hours)
