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

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

Posted on 09/02/2024

Kawasaki disease

Posted on 12/30/2023

Enterovirus – hand, foot and mouth disease

Posted on 12/30/2023

Rhinosinusitis in children

Posted on 12/30/2023

Salmonella infection in children

Posted on 12/30/2023

How to avoid Toxoplasma infection during pregnancy?

Posted on 05/21/2024

Can antibiotics be stopped halfway through a course?

Posted on 06/10/2024

Botulism

Posted on 10/02/2024

Breast inflammation due to breastfeeding (mastitis)

Posted on 12/30/2023

Herpes labialis (cold sore or fever blister)

Posted on 12/30/2023

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

Posted on 12/30/2023

10 rules for childhood winter illnesess

Posted on 09/21/2024

Roseola infantum or Sixth disease

Posted on 12/30/2023

Pertussis – everything you need to know about whooping cough

Posted on 07/13/2024

Fever after vaccines given at the age of 1 year (and generally after all vaccines) – what not to miss

Posted on 09/22/2024

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

Posted on 12/30/2023

Pneumonia in children

Posted on 03/22/2024

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

Posted on 05/20/2024

Bexsero – the new type-B meningococcal bacteria vaccine

Posted on 12/30/2023

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

Posted on 12/31/2023

Fever in infants younger than 1 month (4 weeks)

Posted on 12/30/2023

Molluscum contagiosum (viral warts)

Posted on 12/30/2023

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

Posted on 02/11/2024

The RSV Vaccine for adults – Arexvy

Posted on 01/24/2024

Who are you Adenovirus?

Posted on 12/30/2023

Herpetic skin infection (herpes gladiatorum)

Posted on 12/30/2023

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

Posted on 12/30/2023

Delaying and separating vaccines – what’s the point?

Posted on 12/30/2023

Naegleria Fowleri the brain-eating Amoeba or primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)

Posted on 08/05/2024

The baby with the stuffy nose

Posted on 09/20/2024

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

Posted on 12/30/2023

Pneumonia vaccines for adults (Pneumovax and Prevnar 13)

Posted on 12/30/2023

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

Posted on 03/22/2024

Going back to school or daycare after an illness – when should my child attend daycare or school after an illness?

Posted on 07/14/2024

Shingles vaccination in adults (Shingrix and Zostavax)

Posted on 09/02/2024

Impetigo

Posted on 12/30/2023

Diarrhea (acute gastroenteritis) in children

Posted on 05/06/2024

Prevention of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy

Posted on 12/31/2023

Necrotizing tonsillitis

Posted on 07/31/2024

Strep throat or tonsillitis

Posted on 03/09/2024

Is Strep throat infection on the rise?

Posted on 12/30/2023

Animal bites in children – what to do

Posted on 12/30/2023

Herpetic infection after circumcision with direct suction

Posted on 12/30/2023

Herpes infection in children (mainly primary herpetic gingivostomatitis)

Posted on 12/30/2023

The vaccine for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) – Gardasil 9

Posted on 12/30/2023

Do antibiotics cause weakness?

Posted on 07/13/2024

Bacterial skin infections

Posted on 12/30/2023

Parvovirus Infection in Children (Fifth disease or Erythema Infectiosum)

Posted on 08/15/2024

Cryptosporidium

Posted on 12/30/2023

Everything you need to know about vaccines and pregnancy

Posted on 12/31/2023

Parapertussis – a relative of pertussis?

Posted on 12/30/2023

Should I get the flu vaccine? And if so, which one? The Influenza vaccine, winter 2024-2025 edition

Posted on 08/21/2024

Recurrent skin infections

Posted on 12/30/2023

Chickenpox (Varicella)

Posted on 03/06/2024

Pinworms (enterobiasis) in children

Posted on 12/30/2023

RSV in children and infants

Posted on 05/23/2024

Infectious Mononucleosis (the kissing disease) caused by EBV

Posted on 07/31/2024

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

Posted on 03/17/2024

West Nile Fever

Posted on 06/24/2024

Everything you wanted to know about Rotavirus and its vaccine

Posted on 05/06/2024