Ask the Family Doctor: Practical Answers for Medical Situations Every Parent Faces

by Robert D. Lesslie, Robert M. Alexander

Overview

Get the Medical Info Your Family Needs When You Need It Most
 
What do you do when you have a medical question regarding your children? Searching for answers online can be hit or miss. And can you trust the information you’re reading?
 
With over 80 combined years of experience, doctors Robert Lesslie and Robert Alexander have been helping parents take good care of their kids for decades. Now, they want to share their expertise with your family.       
 
From common or controversial health issues to potential urgencies or emergencies, get practical and accurate advice at your fingertips to questions like these:
 
Is my baby developing normally?
 
What qualifies as a fever and what should I do about it?
 
My one-year old isn’t walking yet. When should I worry and what should I do?
 
What should I look for if I think my teenager has an eating disorder?
 
Do immunizations pose a danger to my children?
 
Perfect for new parents or as an additional resource for a growing family, this go-to guide will provide you with peace of mind when medical situations arise.       
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736977876
Publisher:	Harvest House Publishers
Publication date:	10/01/2019
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

A physician with more than 30 years of ER experience, Dr. Robert Lesslie (1951 – 2021) most recently served as the medical director of a local hospice program. A bestselling author, he has several books to his name (including Angels in the ER—over 250,000 copies sold), as well as human interest stories and columns for magazines and newspapers. A fixture in his community, Dr. Lesslie developed two urgent care facilities in South Carolina, a state he and his wife, Barbara, called home for many years.


Robert Alexander has been a full-time practicing pediatrician since 1982 and has served as Chief of the medical staff at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He has also served on the Bioethics Committee of the South Carolina Medical Association and speaks regularly on the subject. Robert and his wife, Jeanie, have three adult sons and eight grandchildren.
 

Table of Contents

Help! 9

1 Love Languages 10

2 Helicopter Moms and Aerial-Drone Dads 13

3 Vaccinations 18

4 Bullying 23

5 When to Go to the ER 30

6 Fever 35

7 Febrile Seizures 43

8 Gastroenteritis and Dehydration 50

9 Sleep 59

10 Behavioral Insomnia 63

11 Night Terrors and Nightmares 69

12 Bed-Wetting 72

13 Sticks and Stones…and Collarbones 79

14 ADHD-Diagnosis 83

15 ADHD-Treatment 89

16 ADHD-Medications 95

17 Hearing Loss 101

18 Seat Belts and Car Seats 107

19 Lumps and Bumps 110

20 Lacerations 113

21 Limps 116

22 SIDS 121

23 Palpitations 126

24 Tics 129

25 Foreign Bodies in Noses 134

26 Swimmer's Ear 137

27 Cat and Dog Bites 141

28 Slapped Cheek Disease 144

29 Weight Gain 147

30 Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease 149

31 Ticks 152

32 Growing Pains 156

33 Ingrown Toenails 160

34 Eating Disorders 163

35 Anorexia and Bulimia 166

36 The Strange Things We Eat 173

37 Circumcision 175

38 Sorting Out Medical Literature 180

39 Fractured Medical Terms 183

40 Questions and Answers 187

Closing Thoughts 199

Index 204

Notes 206