Quoth Seshat
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Damn.
If you can, find a nice local pharmacy with a regular, trustworthy pharmacist or two, who can get to know you and your family. We have one, and he's worth his weight in gold.
As for nurses; do you have a midwife, early childcare nurse, or other medically trained child-wellness assistant for bubs?
If you can, find a nice local pharmacy with a regular, trustworthy pharmacist or two, who can get to know you and your family. We have one, and he's worth his weight in gold.
As for nurses; do you have a midwife, early childcare nurse, or other medically trained child-wellness assistant for bubs?
No midwife, nurse, or assistant. I had an OB-GYN delivery, and our pediatrician is at the same hospital he was born. They're good about answering questions over the phone, but being out of the hospital means long waits sometimes.
Excellent.
By the time you've read this, you should know what it is; or at least whether or not to be worried. So I'll go ahead and tell you some of the reasoning behind my personal decision not to say 'it's probably nothing to worry about'.
it probably IS nothing to worry about. But it also might be. Measles and chicken pox are characterised by rashes, for example. So are some very nasty (but thankfully very rare) diseases.
So .. yeah. I would always advise that someone medically trained see an unknown rash in an infant or in someone immune compromised. He's going to get diaper rash far too many times, don't bother chasing the doctor for that every time. But an unknown rash is different.
By the time you've read this, you should know what it is; or at least whether or not to be worried. So I'll go ahead and tell you some of the reasoning behind my personal decision not to say 'it's probably nothing to worry about'.
it probably IS nothing to worry about. But it also might be. Measles and chicken pox are characterised by rashes, for example. So are some very nasty (but thankfully very rare) diseases.
So .. yeah. I would always advise that someone medically trained see an unknown rash in an infant or in someone immune compromised. He's going to get diaper rash far too many times, don't bother chasing the doctor for that every time. But an unknown rash is different.
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