Doctors Notes:

Ingrown nails

Hello HPA families.   This month’s topic is a common issue in preadolescent children and teens.   Ingrown nails most commonly affect the great toenail.  This problem may affect other toes and fingers but less often. Ingrown toenails affect males twice as often as females.  Ingrown nails have different subtypes.

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Screen Time Safety Tips

Hello Holland Pediatric families! This blog will help you discuss internet safety with your family and friends. Plus, help you become more sensitive to methods people use to exploit children on the internet. A few questions to focus the facts: 1.) Who should care about internet safety? -Anyone with a

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Stuttering

  This month we’re taking a moment to discuss a common issue called stuttering. Stuttering is an issue labeled as a communication disorder. Communication disorders can be described as an impairment in the ability to receive, send, process and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic symbol information. Stuttering falls

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Swimmer's Ear

Hello and welcome back! This month’s topic is Otitis Externa,  also known as Swimmer’s Ear. Swimmer’s ear is irritation to the ear canal. This irritation may be caused by infection, allergy or skin problems. This month we will focus on irritation caused by infection. Infection of the canal starts with

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