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Call 911 if you experience: Tightness in your throat; Shortness of breath; Tongue or face swelling; Fainting; Wheezing. Call your health care provider if the hives are severe, uncomfortable, and do not respond to self-care.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 12, 2007
A doctor or other healthcare professional should be called when hives do not spontaneously clear within a day of their appearance or when they include swelling of the throat. If the reactions are severe, as in anaphylactic reaction or shock, immed...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
The health care professional (R.N., L.P.N.) completing the history of a person presenting with hives should focus on specific information to determine the patient's allergen. Important information to include: Broad aspects about urticaria (when it...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
The American Board of Allergy and Immunology offers board certification to doctors who specialize in diagnosis and management of disorders involving the immune system. No subspecialty certifications are offered in this field..
Source:HealthLine
Date:February 20, 2008
The American Board of Emergency Medicine awards board certification to doctors who pursue three or more years of additional training in Emergency Medicine. Doctors who specialize in Emergency Medicine must make life and death decisions and take actions to prevent disability in the pre-hospital setting and in the hospital.
Source:HealthLine
Date:February 20, 2008
The American Board of Medical Specialties recognizes Family Medicine as a distinct discipline requiring an additional three years of training for doctors who wish to become Board Certified in this field. Family Medicine doctors are usually primary care providers (PCPs) [formerly general practitioners, or GPs] for the entire family.
Source:HealthLine
Date:February 20, 2008
After a doctor completes medical school and is licensed to practice medicine, the physician may pursue a rigorous 3 year training program in Internal Medicine. After passing an examination and completing the requirements, the doctor is eligible to become Board Certified in Internal Medicine.
Source:HealthLine
Date:February 20, 2008
Harvard Medical School doctor addresses the question of whether a woman should see a gynecologist or an internist beyond her childbearing years.
Source:StayWell
A physician who specializes in the treatment of children from birth through adolescence. A pediatrician is a physician who has taken extra training in the development and diseases of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults through age 21.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Detailed information on pediatricians and what formal education is required
Source:StayWell
Detailed information on choosing a pediatrician
Source:StayWell
American pediatrician 1870-1960 A portrait of Owen Wilson. In the preface of " The Care and Feeding of Southern Babies, " Wilson said that other similar works focused on childrearing in cooler climates, and therefore were inapplicable to infants in the southern United States.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Well Being
Detailed information on questions to ask your child's physician about cancer
Source:StayWell
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