Monday, July 30, 2012

Monday Update July 30th

Dr Hurd worked in the weekend clinic and reports that she saw tons of strep throat. We continue to have more cases in the office today. These kids generally present with sore throats, swollen glands, fever and stinky breath. They may also have body aches, dizziness, headaches and rashiness. If you are suspicious, it is worth an office visit. Strep throat is an illness that we do want to treat with antibiotics. We are also still seeing hand food mouth virus. This illness has several strains associated with it (which is why you can get it more than once) The strain that we are seeing in this country is one of the mild ones that is not a significant public health concern, but it is an annoyance. We are seeing some kids with a mild tummy bug and lots of little summer time colds and coughs. Believe it or not, we should be getting our first doses of flu vaccine next month. They are predicting a few new strains of the illness this coming year. This season's flu shot will cover several of the new strains. we will likely hold some weekend flu shot clinics and extra drop in times for the shots. I will absolutely be using the blog to keep you up to date with that. For all of the breastfeeding moms out there, Nurse Charity will be holding her first ever Breast feeding and Latch clinic this Saturday August 4th. It will be here in the office. Come anytime from 10:30 am until noon. $20/person. Drop ins are welcome. If you want a little help with your latch or want some breast feeding guidance, come on by. Judy

Monday, July 23, 2012

Monday July 23rd update

There is a tummy bug making the rounds. Some parents complain that they have gotten this illness as well. It has cleared up within 2 or 3 days. Some of the kids have rashes and fevers with it. I have had some patients with several days of fevers, cold, cough, sore throat. This seems mostly viral and also has cleared within 4 days ( the cough lingers a bit longer) I have one patient with a rash that is consistent with Slap cheek. Typically when I see one, there are many more to follow, but I will let you know. Stay well, Nurse Judy

Monday, July 16, 2012

Monday update July 16th

The most prevalent illness we dealt with today is croup. We are seeing lots of coughs with fevers. I also have some possible cases of Roseola out there. Those are the mystery high fevers with the not so sick kids that end up with a rash once the fever goes away. We have had quite a few kids with burns from the BBQ. PLEASE be careful about that. We have had lots of seasonal bug bites as well as ticks. If you are doing any camping or hiking you may want to have a tick removal tool with you ( that you can get from any sporting goods store) I recommend doing a head to toe check ( including the hair) after any woody or grassy outing. We have been having very full schedules in here. If you have any last minute checkups for back to school or camp forms please call sooner than later to get those appointments set up. Stay well Judy

Monday, July 9, 2012

solid foods class

I have a solid foods class scheduled for Wednesday July 25th at 7:30 pm Full class info and schedule for all of my classes can be found at my updated website www.nursejudy.com

Monday update July 9th

Having just been back in the sweltering east coast, I am happy to see our fog. The illness front has been mild to moderate. We still have some cases of hand-foot-mouth floating around. We also have quite a few folks with several days of high fever, congestion, sore throats and loose stools ( the whole viral package) Most of the kids with sore throats have NOT been strep throat this week. I have had a handful of patients with a fairly mild tummy bug. There are quite a few kids with all sorts of bug bites and rashes. Stay well Judy