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Protect Your Kids From Lyme Disease

As school days wind down and summer vacation gets underway, parents hope their children will spend more time out in nature soaking up the sun. While Alzein Pediatrics reminds you to slather your kids in sunscreen to protect them from…
Cone head baby

Is this head shape a serious concern?

Our providers at Alzein Pediatrics have seen thousands of newly born babies before they go home from the hospital. We know that even before Instagram was a thing, pictures of newborn babies were often carefully staged to show babies’ “best…
Pulmonologist Measuring Lung Capacity and Force Expiratory Volume to a Boy with Spirometer

Learning About Spirometry

The American Lung Association estimates that over 4.2 million U.S. children have some form of chronic respiratory issue, which asthma being by far the most common. Respiratory illnesses affect your child’s lungs, and their ability to breathe freely. When your…
Little child being sick and holding her hand on forehead

Understanding Pediatric Migraines

The healthcare providers at Alzein Pediatrics understand the intense pain of pediatric migraines. About 8% of kids experience migraine. Before puberty, both boys and girls are similarly affected; after puberty it is predominantly girls who suffer. As many as 2%…
In the winter months, children’s ears become more inflamed, middle ear inflammation in infants and doctors treatment

When Plastic Surgery May Be Right For Kids

The human ear is a miracle of evolution. Delicate tubes, whirling canals and the smallest of bones all work together to capture stereo, or binaural, sound helping us better detect the location and distance of sound. To achieve stereo optimization,…
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Answering Questions About The HPV Vaccine

One of the most successful vaccines in recent history is the HPV vaccine, protecting children from the human papillomavirus, which causes a variety of cancers. Since the advent of the vaccine, HPV infections that cause most HPV cancers have dropped…
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Puberty – It’s about the science!

Many grown adults still cringe when they remember going through puberty; the cracking voice, the hair in unexpected places, the way our bodies are no longer the familiar places we’ve always lived.  At Alzein Pediatrics, we see kids going through…
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