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Providing physical, mental and emotional care for their patients, pediatricians are concerned with the health of infants, children, and teenagers.
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Pediatricians perform diagnostic tests to obtain information of a patient's medical condition and administer treatments, therapies, medications, and vaccinations to treat illness, disorders, or injuries. They also treat children who are suffering from minor injuries, acute and chronic health problems, and physiological and psychological growth and developmental concerns.
Pediatricians counsel and guide children and their parents or guardians concerning diet, hygiene, and disease prevention. The field of pediatrics is a collaborative specialty — primary care pediatricians may refer patients to a medical specialist if they manifest symptoms of a serious medical condition, in order to efficiently address the issue.
Pediatrics is an exciting and challenging field to be in. It is also an incredibly broad field and can provide many options for doctors to choose from. After finishing a three-year pediatric residency program, about a third of pediatricians decide to train for an additional three years in a fellowship program. This enables a pediatrician to train for a career in a pediatric subspecialty, which can include:
Adolescent Health Specialist
Adolescents between the ages of 11 and 21 years can be taken care of by an adolescent health specialist. These pediatricians are specifically trained to help teens and young adults with emotional, behavioural, and physical care needs, including life-threatening illnesses. Certain health care issues related to reproductive and mental health can be treated confidentially.
Today's adolescents face many social and academic pressures, and can be treated for a variety of problems and conditions, such as: growth and development issues; school, learning, and attention problems; drug, alcohol, and tobacco use; nutrition, obesity, and eating disorders; acne and skin conditions; physical exams required for driver’s permits; orthopedic problems such as scoliosis; acute or chronic illnesses, from strep throat to asthma, diabetes, or cerebral palsy; headaches; chest pain; depression; stress; anxiety; self-esteem; sleep problems; and gynecologic and reproductive health/sexuality issues.
Pediatric Allergist/Immunologist
Children can often suffer from allergies or other health issues associated with their immune system. If a child has allergies, it means that their immune system is incorrectly reacting to things that are usually harmless (such as dust, pollen, pet dander, food, insect bites, and mold spores). This reaction can cause health issues such as hives, asthma, rashes, eczema, hay fever, diarrhea, anaphylaxis, sinusitis, pneumonia, thrush, or abscesses.
A pediatric allergist/immunologist's primary goal is to offer relief to the child. This is done by using specialized testing for diagnosing the condition and then deciding on the appropriate treatment. Treatment may involve pinpointing and avoiding things that cause the allergic symptom(s), administering allergy shots (immunotherapy), or prescribing medication.
Pediatric Cardiologist
A pediatric cardiologist is a specialist in diagnosing and treating children with heart conditions and heart diseases. They work closely with other specialists (such as heart surgeons, heart rhythm specialists (electrophysiologists), medical geneticists, anesthesiologists, nurses, dieticians, and therapists) in order to assess and arrive at an accurate diagnosis. Each child's specific condition needs a comprehensive and individualized treatment plan.
Pediatric cardiologists are able to work with patients before they are even born, throughout their childhood, and into adulthood. There are a variety of conditions that can be treated, such as: arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat); congenital heart disease; circulatory disturbances; chest pain or fainting; cardiac transplantation; supraventricular tachycardia; inherited long QT syndrome; heart murmurs; cardiovascular collapse; cardiac failure; cardiovascular abnormalities in neonatal intensive care; fetal cardiac abnormalities; transposition of the great arteries; and the management of critically ill children with cardiac problems.
Pediatric Emergency Physician
A pediatric emergency physician cares for infants, children and adolescents who require urgent and immediate medical attention and assistance due to being injured or acutely ill (these injuries or illnesses can often be serious or life-threatening).
Pediatric emergency physicians usually treat the following types of emergencies: high or persistent fever; severe infections; difficulty breathing; severe pain; dehydration; seizures; severe allergic reactions; fractures; head injuries; burns, poisoning; overdoses; asthma; diabetes; sickle cell disease; and animal bites.
These types of medical emergencies often require special procedures, equipment, and techniques that pediatric emergency physicians are educated in using. Pediatric emergency physicians work in emergency departments of children’s hospitals, teaching hospitals, community hospitals, and pediatric urgent care centres.
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Endocrinology is the science that studies hormones (chemicals that affect how other parts of the body work) and glands (organs that release hormones into the bloodstream). A pediatric endocrinologist deals with problems or disorders related to children's hormones and the glands that produce them.
Hormones determine how a child will grow and mature, therefore problems seen by pediatric endocrinologists are quite different from those seen by endocrinologists who care for adults. Issues related to growth and development can cause issues for a child's sexual development, which can then have significant effects on their physical and emotional well-being.
Examples of hormonal disorders that pediatric endocrinologists can treat: low blood sugar (hypoglycemia); enlarged thyroid gland (goiter); ovarian and testicular dysfunction; obesity; diabetes; early or delayed puberty; underactive or overactive thyroid gland; rickets; hypocalcemia; pituitary gland hypo/hyper function; growth problems; and adrenal gland hypo/hyper function.
Neonatologist
Neonatologists are trained to handle the most complicated and high-risk situations relating to newborns. They work mainly in the newborn intensive care units or special care nurseries of hospitals. If there is a problem identified before the birth of the baby, a neonatologist can team up with an obstetrician and assist in the baby's care during pregnancy. For babies that are born premature, or have serious illnesses, injuries, or birth defects, a neonatologist can be there at the time of delivery and in the ensuing care of the newborn.
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