New parents often have a lot of questions about parenting, and one of the questions might relate to well-visits for their child. When you have a new baby, you should be prepared to visit your pediatrician many times for well-visits, and these visits are designed for many purposes, including the following three:
Monitoring growth and development
Well visits occur more frequently before the age of two, and after that they generally occur only once each year.
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Good vision is vital for your child's growth and development. After all, it is how your child sees and learns about the world around them. In order to ensure your child is seeing properly, you must take your child to an optometrist starting at age three.
If you haven't had your child's eyes examined yet—and you are scared about the visit—use these three tips to help keep your child calm, cool, and collected during the appointment:
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In the year 2012, about 6.5 million pairs of eyeglasses were sold to patients under the age of 14. Poor vision can have a significant impact on the quality of life for a young child. Being unable to see clearly can make learning in school much more difficult, which could negatively impact a child's occupational opportunities in the future.
If you find that eyeglasses just aren't cutting it when it comes to improving your child's vision, you might want to ask your optometrist about vision therapy.
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If you are the caregiver for an elderly parent, you have a great responsibility. It can be a challenge to care for your parent and continue living your own life. You may have thought about professional in-home care, but you aren't sure if that is something your parent needs. How do you know when your parent needs that professional care? Here are some signs that you can look out for.
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The top of your foot is hurting and you don't know why. You don't want to rush to the doctor's office if it's nothing that a little ice won't fix. You don't want to ignore it, either, if you should be making that doctor's appointment. How do you tell? Learn more about the signs that may mean that you've broken your foot.
Your Foot Pain Came On Slowly
The human foot has 26 bones in it, and a whole lot of cartilage, tendons, muscles, and nerves connect all of those bones together, so trying to figure out why part of that bundle is hurting isn't easy.
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