• Knowledgebase: Information on Specific Illnesses

    Here you will find discussions of specific illnesses and their management.

    1. Will nursing protect a newborn from Chicken Pox?
    2. My one year old has a yellow skin color
    3. How long is strider/croup contagious?
    4. 4 year old has sore nipple area
    5. rash all over on antibiotic
    6. Is viral myocarditis treatable and if so, what treatments are available for a 2 year old female?
    7. Can my child get fever blisters in her mouth, due to high fever?
    8. My son tested negative for strep, but was prescribed an antibiotic. Why?
    9. What Medicines Can Help Warts Go Away?
    10. my son has seborrhea, will this leave scars? and can switching his formula have started this?
    11. Tell me about Ticks
    12. Congenital Heart Defects: Diagrams
    13. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in Daycare
    14. Prevention of Tick-Borne Infections
    15. Lice, Nits, and School Policy
    16. Q: What may I do for my daughter's teething?
    17. My son has nose bleeds; how should I handle them?
    18. Are warts contagious?
    19. I just found out that my granddaughter has scoliosis
    20. My nine month old child has no teeth yet
    21. My cousin had scabies recently; what in this?
    22. My son is always falling and bumping his head
    23. What is Hand-Foot-Mouth disease?
    24. I am concerned that my daughter may have allergies
    25. I have been reading more about lead poisoning...
    26. My child has ringworm of his scalp
    27. My cousin had mono. Can I catch it?
    28. Poison ivy
    29. What is SIDS?
    30. How do you talk to your child about AIDS?
    31. What is swimmers ear?
    32. My granddaughter just had the croup. What is it?
    33. What can I do for a canker sore or mouth ulcer?
    34. Should my child receive a TB skin test?
    35. Ticks, Lyme Disease, and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
    36. My 4 yr old son still wets the bed. What to do?
    37. What is the "flu" (influenza)?
    38. What is Reye's Syndrome?
    39. Hives (Urticaria)
    40. Strep Throat
    41. Scabies
    42. Cystic Fibrosis
    43. RSV Infection
    44. Rotavirus Gastroenteritis
    45. Rubella
    46. Roseola
    47. Fifth Disease
    48. Osgood-Schlatter disease
    49. Mitral Valve Prolapse
    50. Kidney Infection
    51. Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
    52. Head Lice
    53. Hand Foot and Mouth Infection
    54. Gastroesophageal Reflux
    55. Hemophilia
    56. Mono
    57. Ear Infection
    58. Down Syndrome
    59. Concussion
    60. Colic
    61. Club Foot
    62. Chicken Pox (Varicella)
    63. Cat Scratch Disease
    64. Thrush
    65. Bedwetting
    66. Asthma
    67. Sickle Cell Anemia
    68. Food Allergy
    69. Bronchitis
    70. Acne

    [e-Mail me the Knowledgebase]-   [Search our Knowledgebase] -  [Question Not Answered?]    


    • James L Horwitz, MD

    David C. Thomas, MD

    Barbara Lindberg, PNP