Harmony Pediatrics

Being young increases the risk for this contagious skin condition. Children, ages 2-5 years old, are most commonly affected. Risk increases by being in close community with other children, such as in daycare or elementary school.

As a parent, few things can tug at your heartstrings like knowing your child is sick or in pain. Strep throat gives a good dose of both sickness and pain.

A child is most likely to experience vertigo when they have an infection in the inner part of the ear. Such an infection may affect the child’s balance.

Statistics show ear infections are the number one reason parents take their children to the doctor.

Almost everyone has experienced ringing in the ears at some point in their lives. For the most part, people ignore it because it tends to go away on its own.

According to The National Institute on Hearing and Other Communication Disorders, about 2 to 3 out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born with a detectable level of hearing loss in one or both ears.