MADISON, Wis. — While it’s still important to limit your trips out of the house, doctors want to make sure parents know bringing your kid in for a visit *is safe… And it’s important, especially during the pandemic.
Pediatricians at ssm health say they’re getting a lot of calls from parents wondering if it’s safe to bring their kids in for routine doctors visits. They say yes, it is.
“We’ve been getting a lot of calls from parents saying ‘Am I supposed to be bringing my kid in? Should I wait? And we say, ‘Yes, bring your child in. We want to see them.’
They want to see your child in person. Dr. Sara kreckman says one of the main reasons why is because of what they look for in those routine exams. One of the big things is measuring a child’s growth.
“During this time, this pandemic time, our activity level and our eating habits have been (markedly) changed. And I can’t tell you how many families I’ve seen over the last couple of months where when I show them the growth chart and their 8 year old gained 30 lbs in the last 6 and a half months,” said Kreckman.
Dr. Kreckman says it’s important to identify those children early and come up with a plan for healthier habits. She says doctors are also seeing more behavioral issues, anxiety, depression, eating disorders and sleeping issues probably than ever before… Because of the social isolation. She says many of *those issues can be addressed through tele-health visits.
“We’re seeing more anxiety, depression, eating disorders and sleeping issues probably than ever before as a result of the social isolation that these kids are experiencing. It’s really hard”
Still some things just can’t be done virtually — like immunizations. It’s important to keep up with those to make sure kids aren’t getting preventable diseases like measles.
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