A good pediatrician - its weight in gold for young parents. After all, he trusted the most valuable - the health of the baby. How to identify a good pediatrician and what signs indicate that it is better not to come to him?
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Prescribe medication for immunity
And proudly calls them "immunomodulators". This is the first bell weak competence doctor. The fact that Echinacea extract and other drugs that are discharged for immunity are not immunomodulators. Immunomodulators - are strong medications that are prescribed for serious illnesses such as cancer. A miksturki to maintain immunity does not actually have a proven effectiveness.Writes cough syrup for children up to 2 years
Expectorant drugs should not be administered to children younger than 2 years. Also, evidence-based medicine is not recommended to prescribe decongestants and antihistamines when you cough in children. Just the power of cough in a child is very weak, and he can not cough up sputum after mucolytic. In addition, a small child, they can cause complications such as tachycardia and seizures.
Advises against vaccination
If your doctor does not advise to vaccinate a child, frightening different "Horror stories" about vaccines, Then it is better to run away from him. I wonder if he knows about the complications of diseases that can be prevented by vaccination?
Invents medotvody vaccination
Bad doctor comes up with all sorts of weird medotvody vaccination, ranging from cerebral palsy, finishing with atopic dermatitis in children.
In severe cases, it relies only on himself
Medicine meets completely different cases and there are situations where it is desirable that the small patient visited several doctors. If your doctor outfit you from additional consultations, it increases the risk of errors in diagnosis.
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Antibiotics for the prevention of
The main rule of a good doctor, "Do not prescribe an antibiotic if it can be avoided." no preventive antibiotic prescriptions should not be. They are appointed strictly on the testimony.Writes probiotics together with antibiotics
Antibiotics can cause intestinal disorders. But this does not mean that with them it is necessary to appoint probiotics. Evidence-based medicine says that the intestinal microflora is able to recover itself after a certain time after the end of the reception of antibacterial drugs.
Blames all diseases herpes viruses
Some doctors before the diagnosis send a child to be tested for herpes viruses, such as cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus. According to statistics, almost 67% of the world population are infected by them, but they rarely make themselves felt in the form of the disease.
Puts nonexistent diagnoses
For example, at the slightest colic in infants he put lactase deficiency, although this is a rare inherited disease and it is confirmed after tests. Bad doctor frightens mothers of newborns hypertonic baby, although it is - normal for a newborn. If any ailments diagnoses dystonia - a global community of such a diagnosis is simply not there, chances are your doctor lazy to learn the true cause of illness.
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Your child's doctor should possess remarkable patience and love for their young patients, if whenever your child refuses to go to him, the doctor you is rude and rude - maybe better to change it to a more adequate?
Assigns diet without tests
The slightest rash in infants - and her mother write out a strict diet, and did not understand what caused the rash. This story and the children who eat regular food. No one understands the cause of the rash, but just limit the child's eating habits. Allergies can cause a variety of products and it is important to find the one that caused it, and not to sit down every time a child on a diet without analyzes.
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