Infectious diseases

Infectious diseases add significant volume in pediatrics. Bacteria, viruses and other pathogens are primarily responsible many diseases.
Thus, the purpose of this section in the site is to shed light and help parents with useful information on these common topics.
Also, soon in this area are two non-infectious subjects but from the field of rheumatology. Two inflammatory diseases – Kawasaki disease probably caused by an infectious trigger and PFAPA syndrome that mimics bacterial tonsillitis.

Hope you find this important chapter useful as well as interesting.

Infectious pediatric diseases

Report of local side effects following meningococcal B vaccine (Bexsero)

Herpetic skin infection (herpes gladiatorum)

Strep throat or tonsillitis

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know (and dared to ask) about the tetanus vaccine (in children and adults)

Bexsero – the new type-B meningococcal bacteria vaccine

Parapertussis – a relative of pertussis?

Delaying and separating vaccines – what’s the point?

Prevention of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy

Fever in infants younger than 1 month (4 weeks)

Infectious Mononucleosis (the kissing disease) caused by EBV

Kawasaki disease

The vaccine for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) – Gardasil 9

Is Strep throat infection on the rise?

Diarrhea (acute gastroenteritis) in children

Herpes labialis (cold sore or fever blister)

Should I get the flu vaccine? And if so, which one? The Influenza vaccine, winter 2023-2024 edition

Who are you Adenovirus?

Pneumonia vaccines for adults (Pneumovax and Prevnar 13)

PFAPA Syndrome in children and adults – recurrent episodes of throat inflammation

Recurrent skin infections

Enterovirus – hand, foot and mouth disease

Parvovirus Infection in Children (Fifth disease or Erythema Infectiosum)

The RSV Vaccine for adults – Arexvy

Animal bites in children – what to do

Everything you need to know about shingles (varicella zoster) in children and adults

Chickenpox (Varicella)

RSV in children and infants

Breast inflammation due to breastfeeding (mastitis)

Pinworms (enterobiasis) in children

Everything you need to know about vaccines and pregnancy

What is Monkeypox and what’s its connection to Smallpox?

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

Herpes infection in children (mainly primary herpetic gingivostomatitis)

Pertussis – everything you need to know about whooping cough

Shingles vaccination in adults (Shingrix and Zostavax)

Herpetic infection after circumcision with direct suction

West Nile Fever

Everything you need to know about the flu (influenza) – a very important read for the entire family

Rhinosinusitis in children

How to avoid Toxoplasma infection during pregnancy?

Roseola infantum or Sixth disease

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Salmonella infection in children

Botulism

Everything you need to know about Dengue Fever in children and adults

Beyfortus (Nirsevimab) – a new vaccine for RSV for infants

10 rules for childhood winter illnesess

Impetigo

Cryptosporidium

Bacterial skin infections

Pneumonia in children