Pediatrician Poll: Illnesses
Most prevalent illness? The common cold.
by Babble Staff
June 15, 2007
"URIs (upper respiratory infections) are the most common, and I think in the total picture, gastrointestinal problems. Ear infections have really been cut back since the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine." — Charles I. Shubin, MD, FAAP. Baltimore, MD.
"We see a lot of upper respiratory infections, variations on the common cold." — Kenneth Saul, MD, FAAP. Thousand Oaks, CA.
"The illnesses I see most often are: the common cold, stomach viruses, ear infections, sinus infections and strep throat. Also we see a lot of allergies, asthma and eczema." — John W. Waidner, MD, FAAP. Jacksonville, FL.
To obtain these results, we randomly called 300 AAP-approved pediatricians in 50 states, then tallied the answers of the 20 who called back.
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