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Dr. Tara Harvey
What is a well child physical?
Well child physicals and check up exams are designed to check the progress of children toward many benchmarks in their physical, emotional, and mental development. There are two experts at the well child visits, the parent and the doctor. The doctor is an expert in the developmental milestones of healthy children and the parent is an expert about their child and their family and their habits.
Sleep Patterns
How much sleep and if that sleep is interrupted is a topic of discussion at a well child exam. Babies and children need much more sleep than adults.
Eating Patterns
Nutrition is another important topic. As children develop they have nutrition needs for body and brain development.
Learning Patterns
Developmental benchmarks are important to review regarding mental and physical targets. Any time a child is not on target the doctor will discuss interventions like therapy.
Hepatitis
Hep A is a disease that is preventable with immunizations. There are at least 5 types of hepatitis. Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver and it presents like the flu, there is not a know cure for the acute form of the virus.
Source: Recommended Immunization Schedules
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/abdominal/Pages/Hepatitis.aspx
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