SUMMERTIME BUGS--GERMS AND INSECTS; PLUS THE ALLERGIES THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE!

IT’S A LITTLE LATE IN THE SPRING/SUMMER SEASON, BUT WE WANTED TO COVER PROBLEMS THAT ARISE WHEN THE WEATHER WARMS UP

WHAT DOES THE WARMER WEATHER BRING BESIDES AN INCREASE IN INJURIES?

LET’S COVER ALLERGIES AND INSECTS FIRST AND THEN MOVE INTO THE SEASONAL ILLNESSES LIKE INTESTINAL VIRUSES AND HAND-FOOT-AND MOUTH DISEASE.

ALLERGIES ARE THE BIGGEST ITEM WHEN IT GETS WARM AND THINGS START BLOOMING.

WHAT IS THE CYCLE OF ALLERGENS?

WHEN DO YOU RECOMMEND TESTING FOR ALLERGIES?

WHAT NON-MEDICATION STEPS CAN PARENTS TAKE TO PREVENT ALLERGIES?

WHAT IS FIRST-LINE MEDICATION HELP?

HOW DO YOU STEP UP TREATMENT IF NOSE OR EYE SYMPTOMS ARE ESPECIALLY BAD?

INSECT BITES AND STINGS ARE A BIG PART OF KID PROBLEMS IN THE WARMER MONTHS. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THESE?

CAN WE DO ANYTHING TO PREVENT THE SWELLING REACTIONS TO MOSQUITO BITES?

WHEN TO PARENTS NEED TO COME IN?

WHAT IS YOUR BUG SPRAY ADVICE?

ANY COMMENTS ABOUT BEE STINGS?

WHAT ARE THE MOST TYPICAL ILLNESSES WE SEE IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER?

SO A LOT MORE OF THE INTESTINAL VIRUSES THAT WE HEAR ABOUT ON CRUISE SHIPS ARE HAPPENING NOW?

HOW DO INTESTINAL ILLNESSES PRESENT?

WHAT MAKES DIARRHEA COMPLICATED IN KIDS?

WHAT PROBLEMS ARE CREATED BY NOT PROCESSING LACTOSE APPROPRIATELY?

HOW DO WE MANAGE THE TEMPORARY LACTOSE INTOLERANCE?

WHAT ABOUT HELPING THE GUT FLORA?

ARE THERE DEHYDRATION CONCERNS?

WHEN SHOULD PARENTS BE CALLING FOR HELP?

SPEAKING OF LONGER-LASTING INTESTINAL SYMPTOMS, AREN’T SOME OF THESE INTESTINAL ILLNESSES CAUSED BY OTHER PATHOGENS BESIDES VIRUSES? WE TALK ABOUT THE WEBER WATER HERE IN DAVIS COUNTY.

ARE THERE RASH COMPLICATIONS OF INTESTINAL ILLNESSES?

WHAT DO WE NOT WANT TO MISS?

LET’S TALK ABOUT HAND-FOOT-MOUTH DISEASE

WHAT DOES THE RASH LOOK LIKE WITH HAND FOOT AND MOUTH

HOW LONG IS IT CONTAGIOUS AND HOW DO WE CARE FOR THE KIDS?

YOU MENTIONED VIRAL MENINGITIS AS WELL

WITH PLAYING OUTSIDE, KIDS GET LOTS OF CUTS AND SCRAPES THAT GET INFECTED.

IS IT FINE TO USE NEOSPORIN INSTEAD OF A PRESCRIPTION TOPICAL ANTIBIOTIC?

AND LAST IS THE CLASSIC SWIMMER’S EAR.

HOW ABOUT PREVENTION FOR SWIMMER’S EAR?

THIS WRAPS UP OUR DISCUSSION OF WARM WEATHER INFECTIONS AND MEDICAL PROBLEMS. REMEMBER TO APPLY YOUR SUN BLOCK.