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

Fever in infants younger than 1 month (4 weeks)

Roseola infantum or Sixth disease

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

Recurrent skin infections

Chickenpox (Varicella)

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

Animal bites in children – what to do

Herpes infection in children (mainly primary herpetic gingivostomatitis)

Botulism

Everything you need to know about vaccines and pregnancy

Herpetic skin infection (herpes gladiatorum)

Pneumonia vaccines for adults (Pneumovax and Prevnar 13)

Enterovirus – hand, foot and mouth disease

Herpes labialis (cold sore or fever blister)

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

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

Pneumonia in children

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

Rhinosinusitis in children

Diarrhea (acute gastroenteritis) in children

Salmonella infection in children

Kawasaki disease

West Nile Fever

Everything you need to know about the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumonia in children and adults

Impetigo

Prevention of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy

Pertussis – everything you need to know about whooping cough

Pinworms (enterobiasis) in children

Parvovirus Infection in Children (Fifth disease or Erythema Infectiosum)

RSV in children and infants

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

10 rules for childhood winter illnesess

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

Herpetic infection after circumcision with direct suction

Strep throat or tonsillitis

Is Strep throat infection on the rise?

Breast inflammation due to breastfeeding (mastitis)

Cryptosporidium

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

The RSV Vaccine for adults – Arexvy

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

Shingles vaccination in adults (Shingrix and Zostavax)

Bexsero – the new type-B meningococcal bacteria vaccine

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Infectious Mononucleosis (the kissing disease) caused by EBV

Bacterial skin infections

Parapertussis – a relative of pertussis?

How to avoid Toxoplasma infection during pregnancy?

Delaying and separating vaccines – what’s the point?

Who are you Adenovirus?

The vaccine for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) – Gardasil 9

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