Pediatrician visit ### Common diseases of children and their treatment **sore throat** Sore throats are very common in children... Sore throats caused by viruses do not require antibiotics... No special medicine is required and the child recovers after 7 to 10 days... In other cases, sore throats may be caused by an infection called streptococcus... Streptococcal infection cannot be diagnosed by examining the throat... To diagnose streptococcus, a laboratory test is needed or the doctor must perform a rapid throat test in the office. **Children** Antibiotics are prescribed....It is very important that the child continues the course of antibiotic treatment, even if symptoms improve....Steroid drugs (such as prednisolone) are not suitable for many types of sore throat....**Infants and children** Toddlers rarely get strep throat, but children in intensive care Children who have or are suffering from this disease are most at risk.... Through coughing and sneezing, a child can get sick by touching a toy that an infected child has played with... #### Read more: **see the best pediatrician** The most important symptom of this disease in children and infants is a sore throat, which may be so severe that it prevents the child from speaking or causes difficulty in swallowing. The symptoms of this disease are swelling of the lymph nodes, sore throat, fever, and abdominal pain. Congestion is relieved. Urinary tract infection can occur from infancy to adolescence and even youth... **UTI symptoms** Pain or burning during urination Urgent need to urinate or need to urinate frequently Bedwetting by a child who can go to the bathroom Abdominal pain or back or side pain #### Read more: **Visit of the best pediatrician in Tehran** To diagnose urinary tract infection, before determining the type of treatment, after conducting a urine test, the doctor determines the treatment method according to the type of bacteria in the child's urine. Urinary tract infection affects about 3 to 5% of girls and 1% of boys. Two diseases caused by urinary tract infection in children and infants are rhytis infection or kidney cyst infection.. The microbes that **children and infants** suffer from urinary tract infections are the microbes of the digestive tract.... For this reason, especially in the case of infants, their diapers should be changed early so that the infant's urinary tract does not come into contact with feces... #### Causes of urinary tract infections in children and infants Excessive contact of the child's urinary system with feces, especially in children under 4 years old Genetic factors Urinary insufficiency Not circumcising boys constipation Excessive retention of urine The symptoms of this disease in **babies** mostly include jaundice, decrease in urine volume, diarrhea, lethargy and loss of appetite... But in children over one year of age, bedwetting, urinary incontinence, bad smelling urine, diarrhea, pain in the sides, pain in the abdomen during urination or restlessness. Tract infection... and in severe cases, hospitalization of the child **child** Recommends.... #### Read more: **See the best pediatrician** To prevent urinary tract infections, pay attention to the following points: Consuming a lot of water in order to continuously empty the bladder Treatment of children's constipation Treatment of urinary reflux and nervous bladder Worm treatment if available Correct washing (from front to back) of the genitals Use of cotton and loose underwear Changing diapers early Circumcision in boys **earache** ** Causes of earache ** Middle ear infection (otitis media) Swimmer's ear (skin infection in the ear canal) Pressure from a cold or sinus infection Toothache that rings in the ear To diagnose the type of disease, the pediatrician should examine the child's ear... If the child's earache is accompanied by a high fever, involves both ears, or has other symptoms, the pediatrician may prescribe antibiotics. He has a sore throat, most likely the child has a cold, a viral sore throat, or his tonsils are swollen... #### Read more: **See the best pediatrician in Tehran** Earache with hearing loss When the ear has a physical problem, earache is associated with hearing loss... Factors such as a foreign object stuck in the ear, accumulation of mass in the eardrum or perforation of the eardrum due to loud noise, impact or accident cause the child or baby to suffer from hearing loss to some extent in addition to earache... earache is accompanied by this type of earache. It is tooth extraction... If the child has a toothache along with earache, he is probably pulling a new tooth, which makes the baby impatient or keeps putting his hand to his ear... Earache with fever One of the most common diseases of children and babies is earache with fever, which is a sign of ear infection in children and babies. Of course, these two symptoms together can be a sign of a cold or flu, but an ear infection is often accompanied by a fever and does not have other cold symptoms such as wheezing, runny nose, sneezing, and coughing. Of course, it is necessary to see a **doctor** for specialized treatment if the eardrum is transformed, or the mass accumulates in the ear... but things like a sore throat, cold or ear infection can be treated with antibiotics.. As long as the antibiotic treatment works on the ear and it, your child or baby can reduce the pain. You can also use a cold compress... Place a cold wet towel on the outer ear of the child or **child** for 20 minutes to help reduce the earache...