Blister: Understanding Prevention and Treatment

blisters on the back of heels

To Treat and ultimately Prevent Blisters we first have to understand what causes them and then use this information to head them off at the pass.(yes Grammarly raised the digital eyebrows at that analogy too!) Blisters are defined as: a small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning, or other damage. […]

Is Growing Pains a clinical diagnosis? or just evidence of a lazy clinician.

lazy or disinterested Doctor

 This is another one of those pet peeves of mine, and yes I know, enough of the eye-rolling.  The “Growing Pains” diagnosis is delivered daily to concerned parents and affected child with the advice that “this too shall pass”. Just like acne, temper tantrums, nose bleeds and all the other myriad of interesting afflictions associated […]