By AVINASH KAUR, Health Zone Tips
A
pediatrician is a child's physician who provides:
- Preventive health maintenance for healthy children.
- Medical care for children who are acutely or chronically ill.
Pediatricians
manage the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of their patients, in
every stage of development - in good health or in illness.
Generally,
pediatricians focus on babies, children, adolescents, and young adults from
birth to age 21 years to:
- Reduce infant and child mortality.
- Control infectious disease.
- Foster healthy lifestyles.
- Ease the difficulties of children and adolescents with chronic conditions.
Pediatricians
diagnose and treat the following:
- Infections
- Injuries
- Genetic defects
- Malignancies
- Organic diseases and dysfunctions
However,
pediatricians are concerned with more than physical well-being. They also are
involved with the prevention, early detection, and management of other problems
that affect children and adolescents, including the following:
- Behavioral difficulties
- Developmental disorders
- Functional problems
- Social stresses
- Depression or anxiety disorders
Pediatrics
is a collaborative specialty - pediatricians work with other medical
specialists and healthcare professionals to provide for the health and
emotional needs of children.
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