Tag: bacterial

Little Spurs Pediatric Urgent Care
    • Illness
    Antibiotic Awareness Updated 2022
    Happy Antibiotic Awareness Month! Every November the CDC and other healthcare organizations take the time to remind caregivers about the dangers of antibiotics and why overusing them can be detrimental to your child’s health. According to the CDC, when antibiotics aren’t needed, they won’t help.  Antibiotics have the ability to save lives Antibiotics aren’t always...
    • Illness
    Antibiotic Awareness
    Happy Antibiotic Awareness Month! Every November the CDC and other healthcare organizations take time to remind caregivers about the dangers of antibiotics and why overusing them can be detrimental to your child’s health. So this is the perfect time to talk about antibiotics, including common conditions in children that require antibiotics, the side effects of...
    • Ear Infections
    What is Antibiotic Stewardship?
    You might have heard of the “Superbug Crisis”. If not, here is a brief explanation: Antibiotics are prescribed to fight bacteria (not viruses!) and the use of them has increased exponentially since the emergence of penicillin in the 1940s. Now antibiotics are prescribed left and right, a lot of the times for illnesses that do...
    • News
    Back to School – Pink Eye in Children
    Kids are back in school! As parents we know what that means- contagious illnesses are ready and waiting.Pink Eye We all know about “pink eye.” It’s when your child’s eye becomes inflamed and red and you are pretty sure if you tried to take them to school, they would be sent right back home! Pink...
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