Medical Information
By Roger Knapp MD

January 2021

It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing my retirement from pediatric practice.  I had planned to keep up for several more years but the damage done by my recent Covid-19 infection caused too much damage.  I apologize to my current patients and I am so sorry to have to leave you.  I have had a long career and have considered it an honor to give your children the best medical care I can.  I love you all.

 

There are many good clinics with Cooks and Baylor Scott and White

 

Some suggestions on other pediatricians:

Erica Johnson Zwernemann, MD

Baylor Scott & White Southlake Family Medicine
925 E Southlake Blvd, Ste 100
Southlake, TX 76092
(817) 912-8800

 

Dr. Katherine Klein

Alliance Pediatrics
9445 N BEACH ST
FORT WORTH, TX 76244
 (817) 741-5437

 
     

Medical Articles
(This site is growing as more is added.)


"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."

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  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. ACL ligament injuries and how to prevent it
  9. Acne & Accutane Therapy of acne with accutane.
  10. Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency condition causes Emphysema early and affects kids future.
  11. Allergic
  12. Amoeba the brain eating germ
  13. Anemia why give vitamins with iron.
  14. Angry Child Article
  15. Anxiety issues in children.  What to do.
  16. Arsenic in food.
  17. Asthma Summer Camps for kids with moderate to severe asthma. USA list.
  18. Autism delay in communication development
  19. Baseball Elbow injuries and recommended pitches for age groups.
  20. Bed Wetting discussion of problem and treatment.
  21. Behavior We behave worse for the ones we love the most.
  22. Behavior working with school age children that are giving you a lot of trouble
  23. Birthmark hemangioma (red strawberry birthmark)
  24. Biting     Child is biting others
  25. Body Building facts about products sold to make more muscle.
  26. Bottles and Pacifiers use and misuse, when to take away
  27. Bowed legs and Knocked knee and the treatment
  28. Breasts in 1-2 yr olds Premature Thelarche
  29. Breast Cancer BRCA
  30. Breath Holding Spells looks like seizure.
  31. Bug Repellents use in children
  32. Calcium requirements.
  33. Car Child Restraints chart on size of child and type of restraint.
  34. Celiac Disease what it is about ... plus good recipe of pasta.
  35. Child Care facility Search
  36. Cholesterol when to test, and when to treat.
  37. Circumcision Circumcision#2   how, why, complications.
  38. Circumcision looks not complete and it sinks in!
  39. Coffee and Caffeine.  Health benefits and amounts in different drinks.
  40. Colds & Coughs what, when and how to treat
  41. Colic baby crying alot.
  42. Constipation how to treat it in infants and children.
  43. Contraception emergency pills to prevent pregnancy after unprotected exposure.
  44. Cord Blood Bank ... AAP Opinion
  45. Crib Safety 2011 new changes in law
  46. Croup Cough what and how to treat.
  47. Crossed Eyes.  They may not be crossed.
  48. Daycare Inspection, Retirement inspection, and Doctor's probation state lists.
  49. Delayed Development and ECI when your child is not progressing like others.
  50. Diaper Rash different kinds and treatment.                    See: Diaper Baseball by Pres. Reagan
  51. Differences in husband and wife ... money to discipline.
  52. Discipline recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics?
  53. Divorce Letter to parents and advice for helping children.
  54. Downs Syndrome health evaluation and growth curves and evaluation.
  55. Drug abuse what to do with the teen.
  56. Dysuria Painful urination and what to do.
  57. Ear Infection Inner ear ache information
  58. Ear Infection Swimmer's ear
  59. Ear Wax how to remove.
  60. Ebola  personal view on it Aug2014
  61. Enterovirus 68 Sept 2014 article
  62. Eye Vision Chart to screen your child's vision
  63. Eyes crossed.   Probably not.  See article.
  64. Elbow injuries from pitching baseball.  How to prevent.
  65. Encopresis Bowel Movement soiling of the underwear.
  66. Failure.  should you let your kids fail?
  67. Family Traditions and Crafts my ideas for yearly fun things to give harmony
  68. Fever and Dosage Chart for Medications; Tylenol and Motrin
  69. Fifth Disease What? All about it.
  70. Flat Feet what it is and treatment
  71. Flu incidence and types
  72. Fluid in Ears information.
  73. Games play board games
  74. Giving Medications to Children hints.
  75. Goose egg on head.  How to treat.
  76. Habits like thumb sucking and the like.
  77. Halloween Safety tips on safe holiday activity.
  78. Head Injury the four misconceptions on symptoms of injury.
  79. Head Lice How to treat
  80. Head Molded from lying on it.  How to avoid and fix it.
  81. Hearing what noise does to our hearing and damage to it.
  82. Hand Foot Mouth Disease info
  83. Heel Pain Sever's Disease teenager with heel pain.
  84. Hives.  Causes and treatments.
  85. Homework  Should you make them do it?
  86. Hyperhydrosis sweaty feet and hands.
  87. Immunizations Schedule for Children.
  88. Ingrown toenail.  cause and treatment
  89. Injuries how to treat trauma like sprained ankles, jammed finger, goose egg on head.
  90. Internet Safety for children
  91. Itchy Bottoms Causes and treatments.
  92. Jaundice common problem in infancy (also see yellow skin .. 9-12 month olds)
  93. Keratosis Pilaris small bumps on outer arms and legs
  94. Knee Pain short info on it.
  95. Larva Migrans (Visceral & Cutaneous) Caused from dog poo !
  96. Learning Disabilities information
  97. Letter to your child on their 21st birthday.
  98. Lying about your past should you tell your children about your escapades of your rebellious years?

  99. Moles and Melanoma article about moles and their changes.
  100. Molluscum type of wart.  Treatment
  101. Money teaching kids to handle money.
  102. MRSA methicillin resistant staph aureus.
  103. Multiplication how to learn the multiplication tables.
  104. Nasty behavior with other child.  Show and touch or playing doctor.
  105. Newborn Supplies what you need and not need for the baby.
  106. Newborn Supplemental Screening for 30 other inborn metabolic disorders.
  107. Night mares and night terrors what is the difference and what to do.
  108. Noise loud noise and damage to hearing
  109. Obesity.  A novel idea and plan
  110. ObamaCare coments
  111. Painful Urination What causes it and when to bring them in.
  112. Parenting ten good things to do.
  113. Pacifiers Do you use and when to start and stop
  114. Permission Form a permission form to leave with others when leaving your child.
  115. Picky Eater.  How to help your kids when they are fussy about what they eat.
  116. Pinworms.   what is it and how to treat it.
  117. Pink Eye is it pink eye or not?
  118. Pneumonia Does the X-ray really tell us?
  119. Poison Control where to look for poison control.
  120. Poison Ivy what and how to prevent and treat.
  121. Potty Training - My Advice; Article on difficult cases for those refusing.
  122. ProbioticsWhich are good
  123. Protein supplements for athletes.   NO.
  124. Rabies information
  125. Rash from sunlight on sun exposed areas. Rash small bumps on upper arms and legs.
  126. Reader slow or even dyslexic ... my personal thoughts
  127. Reflux of the stomach.   What it is and how to treat it.
  128. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever  Diagnosis and treatment.
  129. Rodent pests and pets.  (No they don't have rabies ... they have LCMV!)
  130. Runny nose what, when to call, what to do.
  131. Salt and iodine.  What should be in our diet.
  132. School what should be the emphasis and proportions of special classes.
  133. School Problem Form PDF  Form Doc File to evaluate your child's school difficulties.
  134. Scoliosis, Scoliosis#2 , Scoliosis Success story information about scoliosis
  135. Self Esteem.  How to build it up
  136. Sibling Rivalry suggestions when new baby comes or 1 yr. old with older sibling
  137. SIDS Sudden Infant Death prevention recommendations
  138. Sinus information
  139. Sling carrier for baby.   DON'T USE.
  140. Snake Bite information.
  141. Soiling underwear
  142. Sore Throat Is it strep or not.
  143. Speech development first 2 years.
  144. Sprained ankle.  treatment
  145. Stomach Aches in school age, what to look for and how to treat.
  146. Strabismus  True or false crossed eyes.
  147. Stuttering in the child. Long article on causes and treatment.
  148. Sudden Cardiac Death in athletes
  149. Sugars Different kinds
  150. Sunscreen recommendations
  151. Swimmer's Ear Treatment and prevention
  152. Swimming Advice on programs for infants and children.
  153. Sweat if your feet or hands sweat too much... see Iontophoresis for treatment.
  154. Talking Back what do you do.
  155. Tear Duct Obstruction causes infant's eyes to mat up each morning
  156. Teeth when, what, why, care,
  157. Teeth knocked out tooth care.
  158. Teenhealth
  159. Thrush information (the white stuff in babies mouth)
  160. Thumb sucking and other habits.
  161. Time Out and beyond  for discipline
  162. Toe in (Pigeon toed) and toe out
  163. Toe turn blue hair tourniquet around toe
  164. Tonsillectomy when do we take out tonsils.
  165. Traditions Family traditions.... why and suggestions
  166. Trampolines safety information about use
  167. Traveling to Countries when to get vaccinated to Hepatitis A and get Malaria Medicine.
  168. Ulcers what really causes them and how we permanently cure them.
  169. Umbilical cord infection? what to look for if infected.
  170. Vaccinations to vaccinate or not. Risks/benefits.   Mercury/Thymersol Controversy
  171. Vaccine Handouts by CDC   Vaccine Handouts by CDC
  172. Vaccine Schedule for children;  
  173. Vitamins, RDA and nutrition and minerals
  174. Vomiting & Diarrhea information
  175. Waking at Night what to do when they wake up at night as a toddler
  176. Wart Treatment different than the doctor freezing it.
  177. West Nile .... incidence
  178. Why Study.   what to say when your teenagers say "Why am I learning this".... and "I don't need to know this."
  179. Yellow Skin skin turns yellow around 9-12 months old.
  180. Zika Feb2016 update

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