Dr. Gwenn’s Huffington Post Blog
Technical Names: laryngotracheobronchitis NickNames: croup, barking seal cough What is it: infection of our trachea – the main tube in our throat Typical Ages for Illness: infants and toddler most usually but occasionally younger elementary school children. Typical Symptoms:barky, seal-like [...]
Technical Name: otalgia NickName: ear pain Causes: ear pain is a symptom that doesn’t always mean ear infection. The most common causes of ear pain include: Ear infection Ear irritation of ear canal Fluid in ear building up pressure Foreign [...]
Technical Name: Parvovirus B19 OtherNames: Erythema Infectiosum (EI) 5TH Disease What is it? A viral illness Symptoms and Course: Typically starts with a fever and mild viral symptoms such as tiredness, headache and cold symptoms, then proceeds to a rash [...]
Updated January 29, 2009 As of this post, the FDA has expand the peanut butter recall to include all products made by the Peanut Corporation of America in their Georgia plant since January 1, 2007. Retail jars of peanut butter that [...]
Technical Names: Urticaria, Angioedema Nicknames: Hives, welts (from Pediatric Physical Diagnosis Electronic Atlast, Zitelli and Davis) What are hives? Raised, red, itchy lesions on the skin that often come and go and can coalesce together in to larger, red, itchy [...]
Whenever news hits of co-eds at local colleges getting diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, people understandably become alarmed in the community. While a very contagious illness if you have contact with an infected person, this is not contagious like the flu. [...]
With the news in Boston recently of two co-eds at a local college getting diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, many people are alarmed. While a very contagious illness if you have contact with an infected person, this is not contagious like [...]
With all the press about MRSA, the “superbug”, it is important to have the facts and know what to do if you find a skin infection on you or a family member that concerns you. Keep in mind that there [...]
Norovirus is a virus that causes the stomach flu and food poisoning. It is one of the 24 hour stomach bugs that spreads like wildfire through communities, daycare centers, schools and college campuses. Because there are many strains, people can get this [...]
The Update: Pertussis out breaks(i.e. whooping cough) have been occuring more frequently over the past few years prompting changes in our immunization booster recommendations for pertussies. Because this is a major publich health issue, it is important to have an [...]
