pediatric housecalls Robert R. Jarrett M.D. M.B.A. FAAP

I’m posting this as a “refresher” for what we’ve already discussed about Rheumatic Fever in previous articles. It’s basic and doesn’t really deliver an understanding of what this disease has done to children in years past or present. It’s full of mnemonic’s, diagnostic criteria, treatment and explanations (perhaps on a nursing student level) but doesn’t convey the heart-break and life-long handicaps inflicted upon its victims.

Good pediatricians and pediatric nurses don’t in any way take “strep throats” lightly and neither should you. Remember take all your medicine for the entire length of time even though the symptoms will clear within a few days!

This post is for no other reason than a good dose of stress reduction. Almost weekly I receive emails from friends and patients advising me that their phone number receives so many spam calls that they’ve decided to bail on the phone company and go strictly to internet phones like Skype with a different number.

I’ve personally had to completely abandon perfectly good email addresses simply because one of my contacts unthinkingly “copied” my address to a bulk mailing of dubious nature. The adolescents behind the check-in counter at major hotel chains swear up and down “we never sell your email addresses.” Yea, right! What do they know about their corporate culture?

Comedian James Veitch has it all figured out – here’s how to unsubscribe …