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By Roger Knapp MD


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Please do not replace your doctor's advice with this information.
(This site is growing as more is added.)

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*** Also Dr. Knapp is out on Vacation until Oct 10, 2007.
 


"An essential quality of the clinician is interest in humanity,
for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient."

**** The material provided on this website is for informative purposes only.  If you need specific medical advice, please contact our office for an appointment if you are one of our patients, or contact your personal physician's office if you are not one of our patients.  ***
  1. Newborn Booklet for new parents.
  2. Newborn Supplies that you need to buy ... and not buy.
  3. Well check up advice by Dr. Knapp:
    Three Week Visit
    Two Month Visit
    Four Month Visit
    Six Month Visit
    One Year Visit
    Eighteen Month Visit
    Two Year Visit
    Three Year Visit
    Four Year Visit
    Six Year Visit
  4. Growth Charts:
    Girls' Weight Growth Chart graph for 0-3 yr.
    Girl's Height Growth Chart graph for 0-3 yr.
    Girl's Weight Growth Chart graph for 2-20 yr.
    Girl's Height Growth Chart graph for 2-20 yr.
    Boys' Weight Growth Chart graph for 0-3 yr.
    Boy's Height Growth Chart graph for 0-3yr.
    Boy's Weight Growth Chart graph for 2-20 yr.
    Boy's Height Growth Chart graph for 2-20 yr.
    Girl's Head Circumference graph for 0-3 yr.
    Boy's Head Circumference graph for 0-3 yr.
  5. Attention Deficit Disorder Articles:
    ADD1;
    Overview
    ADD2;
    Understanding the problem
    ADD3;
    Cause?
    ADD4;
    Getting help
    ADD5;
    Educational options
    ADD6;
    Treatments
    ADD7;
    Keep hope
    Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder over view and treatment
  6. ADD/School Problem Teacher Questionnaire Fill out and bring in for evaluation of school trouble.
  7. Acid Stomach.  Stomach acid and ulcer disease.
  8. Acne & Accutane Therapy of acne with accutane.
  9. Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency condition causes Emphysema early and affects kids future.
  10. Angry Child Article
  11. Asthma Summer Camps for kids with moderate to severe asthma. USA list.
  12. Autism delay in communication development
  13. Baseball Elbow injuries and recommended pitches for age groups.
  14. Bed Wetting discussion of problem and treatment.
  15. Behavior We behave worse for the ones we love the most.
  16. Birthmark hemangioma (red strawberry birthmark)
  17. Biting     Child is biting others
  18. Bottles and Pacifiers use and misuse, when to take away
  19. Bowed legs and Knocked knee and the treatment
  20. Breasts in 1-2 yr olds Premature Thelarche
  21. Breath Holding Spells looks like seizure.
  22. Bug Repellents use in children
  23. Calcium requirements.
  24. Car Child Restraints chart on size of child and type of restraint.
  25. Celiac Disease what it is about ... plus good recipe of pasta.
  26. Child Care facility Search
  27. Cholesterol when to test, and when to treat.
  28. Circumcision Circumcision#2   how, why, complications.
  29. Circumcision looks not complete and it sinks in!
  30. Colds & Allergies what, when and how to treat
  31. Colic baby crying alot.
  32. Constipation how to treat it in infants and children.
  33. Contraception emergency pills to prevent pregnancy after unprotected exposure.
  34. Cord Blood Bank ... AAP Opinion
  35. Croup Cough what and how to treat.
  36. Crossed Eyes.  They may not be crossed.
  37. Daycare Inspection, Retirement inspection, and Doctor's probation state lists.
  38. Delayed Development and ECI when your child is not progressing like others.
  39. Diaper Rash different kinds and treatment.
  40. Differences in husband and wife ... money to discipline.
  41. Discipline recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics?
  42. Divorce Letter to parents and advice for helping children.
  43. Downs Syndrome health evaluation and growth curves and evaluation.
  44. Drug abuse what to do with the teen.
  45. Ear Infection Inner ear ache information
  46. Ear Infection Swimmer's ear
  47. Ear Wax how to remove.
  48. Eye Vision Chart to screen your child's vision
  49. Elbow injuries from pitching baseball.  How to prevent.
  50. Encopresis Bowel Movement soiling of the underwear.
  51. Family Traditions and Crafts my ideas for yearly fun things to give harmony
  52. Fever and Dosage Chart for Medications; Tylenol and Motrin
  53. Fifth Disease What? All about it.
  54. Flat Feet what it is and treatment
  55. Fluid in Ears information.
  56. Games play board games
  57. Giving Medications to Children hints.
  58. Habits like thumb sucking and the like.
  59. Halloween Safety tips on safe holiday activity.
  60. Head Lice How to treat
  61. Head Molded from lying on it.  How to avoid and fix it.
  62. Hearing what noise does to our hearing and damage to it.
  63. Heel Pain Sever's Disease teenager with heel pain.
  64. Immunizations Schedule for Children.
  65. Internet Safety for children
  66. Jaundice common problem in infancy (also see yellow skin .. 9-12 month olds)
  67. Keratosis Pilaris small bumps on outer arms and legs
  68. Knee Pain short info on it.
  69. Larva Migrans (Visceral & Cutaneous) Caused from dog poo !
  70. Learning Disabilities information
  71. Letter to your child on their 21st birthday.
  72. Lying about your past should you tell your children about your escapades of your rebellious years?
  73. Moles and Melanoma article about moles and their changes.
  74. Money teaching kids to handle money.
  75. MRSA methicillin resistant staph aureus.
  76. Multiplication how to learn the multiplication tables.
  77. Nasty behavior with other child.  Show and touch or playing doctor.
  78. Newborn Supplies what you need and not need for the baby.
  79. Newborn Supplemental Screening for 30 other inborn metabolic disorders.
  80. Night mares and night terrors what is the difference and what to do.
  81. Noise loud noise and damage to hearing
  82. Obesity.  A novel idea and plan
  83. Parenting ten good things to do.
  84. Permission Form a permission form to leave with others when leaving your child.
  85. Pink Eye is it pink eye or not?
  86. Poison Control where to look for poison control.
  87. Potty Training - My Advice; Article on difficult cases for those refusing.
  88. Rash from sunlight on sun exposed areas. Rash small bumps on upper arms and legs.
  89. Reader slow or even dyslexic ... my personal thoughts
  90. Reflux of the stomach.   What it is and how to treat it.
  91. Rodent pests and pets.  (No they don't have rabies ... they have LCMV!)
  92. Runny nose what, when to call, what to do.
  93. SARS my personal opinion of this chest infection scare.
  94. School Problem Form PDF  Form Doc File to evaluate your child's school difficulties.
  95. Scoliosis and Scoliosis#2  information in two articles about scoliosis
  96. Sibling Rivalry suggestions when new baby comes or 1 yr. old with older sibling
  97. SIDS Sudden Infant Death prevention recommendations
  98. Sign Language for infants... opinion
  99. Sinus information
  100. Speech development first 2 years.
  101. Stomach Aches in school age, what to look for and how to treat.
  102. Strabismus  True or false crossed eyes.
  103. Stuttering in the child. Long article on causes and treatment.
  104. Sunscreen recommendations
  105. Swimming Advice on programs for infants and children.
  106. Sweat if your feet or hands sweat too much... see Iontophoresis for treatment.
  107. Talking Back what do you do.
  108. Tear Duct Obstruction causes infant's eyes to mat up each morning
  109. Teeth when, what, why, care,
  110. Teeth knocked out tooth care.
  111. Thrush information (the white stuff in babies mouth)
  112. Thumb sucking and other habits.
  113. Time Out and beyond  for discipline
  114. Toe in (Pigeon toed) and toe out
  115. Toe turn blue hair tourniquet around toe
  116. Tonsillectomy when do we take out tonsils.
  117. Traditions Family traditions.... why and suggestions
  118. Trampolines safety information about use
  119. Traveling to Countries when to get vaccinated to Hepatitis A and get Malaria Medicine.
  120. Ulcers what really causes them and how we permanently cure them.
  121. Umbilical cord infection? what to look for if infected.
  122. Vaccinations to vaccinate or not. Risks/benefits.   Mercury/Thymersol Controversy
  123. Vaccine new ones.  Roto Virus and HPV.
  124. Vaccine Schedule for children;  
    DPT; HIB; MMR; HepB; Chickenpox; Pneumococcal Vaccine Handouts by CDC
  125. Vitamins, RDA and nutrition and minerals
  126. Vomiting & Diarrhea information
  127. Waking at Night what to do when they wake up at night as a toddler
  128. Wart Treatment different than the doctor freezing it.
  129. Yellow Skin skin turns yellow around 9-12 months old.

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Good pediatric site: Ask Dr. Sears

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Last updated: January 25, 2008