When your child gets any sort of bacterial infection be it pink eye, a urinary tract infection, or an ear infection, the go-to treatment is usually a course of antibiotics. These kill off the bacteria responsible for the illness. However, some strains of bacteria are resistant to many of the usual antibiotics used. In this blog, we’ll cover one of these: MRSA. The good news is that MRSA infections in children are uncommon; however, they do occur, so it’s important to have some basic knowledge about them.   MRSA (pronounced MUR-suh) is

When what starts off seeming like a regular cold turns into a bad cough and signs of respiratory distress, your infant may have RSV or respiratory syncytial virus.  It can cause severe respiratory distress and, in some cases, may result in hospitalization for an infant. RSV is one of the most common causes of bronchiolitis (inflammation of the lower airways) and pneumonia (lung infection) in infants.  It is particularly troublesome in infants, but young and older children can contract RSV. In the older age groups, the illness manifests mostly as

Asthma is a fairly common medical condition in children. In fact, it affects approximately 6 million children in the U.S. alone. This chronic disease of the airways can be a distressing diagnosis for a child with repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing.  But, the good news is that with proper management through medications and/or behavioral adaptations and trigger avoidance, your child can live a fully active life with little limitations.    What is asthma?    Asthma affects the airways (the tubes that carry air in and out