Ouch! Little Vai woke up with a big red bump on his eye that made his eyelid swollen and painful. Poor little guy. As Vai’s mommy found out, a stye is a bacterial infection at the edge of the eyelid. It’s pretty common in kids, especially if they’ve had one before. It usually lasts a [...]

Who gets rotavirus? Almost every child on the planet by age 5! It’s an extremely contagious little virus that can cause routine vomiting and diarrhea as well as severe, life-threatening diarrhea.
Paul’s little girl Ava recently caught the bug, as did several people at their holiday gathering this fall. As Dr. Greene reports, most cases occur [...]

Little Niko and Stefano picked up hand-foot-mouth disease, which is a common (but scary-sounding) illness that causes mouth sores, a fever and a rash. It’s a coxsackievirus infection that peaks from August to November. We’re glad they’re feeling better, poor little guys!

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Oh no… I know how tough it is when kids are sick by themselves, but Trevor’s ear infection and Bristel’s kidney reflux are a lot to deal with in a week. As Dr. Greene noted, when the bladder contracts, the openings from ureters into the bladder are normally squeezed shut, but in kids with vesicoureteral [...]

Many parents worry the first time they feel a lymph node on their babies, but most of the time it’s no cause of concern, as Graham’s parents recently discovered. If the lymph node lasts more than two weeks or if your little one has other symptoms, you might get it checked out.
PS – That was [...]

Our thanks to Angel Isabel Angeles for her article on The Daily Clog, the blog of the Berkeley student newspaper. She gives common-sense tips on “How To: Dodge a Sneezy, Cough-y, Congested, Achy Midterm Season.
It’s a great reminder that the adult members of the DrGreene.com community need to stay healthy, too!

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Hermione, don’t feel bad that you didn’t immediately take Miss Lydia to the doctor when she started tugging on her ears. Kids like to tug on their ears, and research says it’s not an immediate indicator that she has an ear infection. Of course, it was a real bummer to hear that she actually had [...]

Crystal, congratulations on the recent arrival of little Eli! I’m sure you’ll be very busy with your new one and little Luke, who sounds like he had a rough bout with mouth blisters. If he indeed had herpangina, which is a viral infection that causes painful mouth ulcers, it’ll take 3-6 days for him to [...]

Brian, I’m glad you took little Max into the eye doctor to get checked out. It sounds like he’ll grow out of the problem (pseudostrabismus, or, as you put it, "a false turning of the eye."). Keep us updated, and wish your baby a Happy Half Birthday from all of us!
 

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Kathy, I just read about your little boy’s struggles. I was relieved to read that Liam’s April MRI revealed good news, and I know your family needs our positive thoughts. I thought I’d share Dr. Greene’s information about epilepsy. Take a look at the related A-to-Z Information links at the bottom for other resources. 
Thanks for [...]