To welcome your baby, one of the many things you must do is to choose a doctor to supervise your medical care. A pediatrician is a doctor who manages the physical, behavioral, and psychological care of children from birth to 18 years old. Pediatricians are well-trained to treat various diseases from minor diseases to serious ones. They are very familiar with diseases that usually affect young people and are committed to diagnosing and treating common childhood diseases and injuries. Some pediatricians are also researching new treatments and drugs and their effects on children. At Arogyam Health Clinic & Vaccination Center, Dr. Pranjali Deshpande is a Consultant Pediatrician who has overall 10 years of experience in this field.
What does a pediatrician do?
By providing patients with physical, psychological, and emotional care, pediatricians care about the health of babies, children, and adolescents. They perform diagnostic tests to obtain information about the patient’s medical condition and administer treatments, therapies, drugs, and vaccines to treat diseases, disorders, or injuries. Proper guidance and consultation are given by the pediatrician to children, parents, and guardians on a diet and hygiene.
Pediatrics is an exciting and challenging field. It is also a very broad field that can provide clinicians with multiple options. After completing the three-year pediatric residency program, about one-third of pediatricians decided to receive another three years of training in the scholarship program.
Why do you need a pediatrician?
The family doctor can also provide daily care for your child. The choice between a general practitioner and a pediatrician may be a personal preference. Following are the reasons to choose a pediatrician,
• Pediatricians are trained and specialized in behavioral, emotional, and physical needs.
• Pediatricians only look at children, so they often have more experience in identifying and treating childhood diseases.
• If a newborn baby has a health condition that requires diagnosis, a pediatrician can look into it and treat the baby with professional care.
What is pediatric subspecialty?
• Adolescent Health Specialist - Adolescents between the ages of 11 and 21 can be looked after by a youth health specialist. Pediatricians are trained and specialized in understanding the behavioral, emotional, and physical needs and to help teenagers and young people including life-threatening diseases. Certain reproductive and mental health issues can be handled confidentially. Pediatricians are trained and specialized in understanding the behavioral, emotional, and physical needs and to help teenagers and young people including life-threatening diseases.
• Pediatric Allergy Specialist/Immunologist - Children often suffer from allergies or other health problems related to their immune system. If a child has allergies, it means that their immune system is responding incorrectly to things that are usually harmless (such as dust, pollen, pet dander, food, insect bites, and mold spores). This reaction can cause health problems such as hives, asthma, rash, eczema, hay fever, diarrhea, allergic reactions, sinusitis, pneumonia, mouth ulcers, or abscesses.
• Pediatric cardiologists - Pediatric cardiologists are experts in diagnosing and treating children with heart disease and heart disease. They work closely with other experts (such as cardiac surgeons, heart rhythm specialists (electrophysiologists), medical geneticists, anesthesiologists, nurses, nutritionists, and therapists) to evaluate and arrive at an accurate diagnosis. Each child’s specific situation requires a comprehensive and personalized treatment plan.
• Pediatric emergency physicians - Pediatric emergency physicians are responsible for the care of infants, children, and adolescents who need immediate and urgent medical care and assistance due to acute illnesses or injuries (these injuries or illnesses are usually serious or life-threatening).
• Pediatric endocrinologist - Endocrinology is the science of hormones (chemicals that affect how other parts of the bodywork) and glands (organs that release hormones into the blood). Pediatric endocrinologists deal with problems or disorders related to children’s hormones and hormone-producing glands.
• Neonatologists - Neonatologists are trained to handle the most complex and high-risk situations involving newborns. They mainly work in the neonatal intensive care unit or special care nursery in a hospital. For babies born prematurely or suffering from serious illnesses, injuries, or birth defects, a neonatologist may be present during delivery and during newborn care.
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