Category Archives: Pediatrics

Who gets oral yeast infections? How to treat them?

Posted on March 22, 2023 by drlesliegreenberg

Who gets oral yeast infections?  How to treat them? Most healthy people’s mouths are colonized with yeast, Candida albicans.  When the yeast count is at a routine level, this should have no symptoms. Who is at risk for symptomatic oral … Continue reading →

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Canker sores. What are they? How to treat them?

Posted on March 15, 2023 by drlesliegreenberg

Canker sores.  What are they? How to treat them? Ugh.  Canker sores are the most common ulcerative condition in the mouth. Most ulcers are considered mild with lesions less than 1 cm in diameter.  These lesions are usually present for … Continue reading →

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Pertussis. Whooping cough. What you should know…

Posted on March 29, 2022 by drlesliegreenberg

Pertussis.  Whooping cough.  What you should know… Pertussis is also called whooping cough.  It continues to be a public health concern (with nearly 20 million infections worldwide yearly) despite there being an effective vaccine.  My husband got whooping cough years … Continue reading →

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Acne treatment for teens

Posted on September 9, 2021 by drlesliegreenberg

Being a teenager is difficult enough… even without acne. Acne treatments for teens are available over the counter and from the pharmacy. Here is my overall treatment plan with ingredients that can all be bought over the counter. I want … Continue reading →

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Saline irrigation. It’s worth your time.

Posted on December 23, 2019 by drlesliegreenberg

Saline irrigation. It’s worth your time. Saline irrigation of your nose decreases the severity of allergy symptoms. You buy the nasal irrigation (like a Neti Pot) once and then it washes away allergens in your sinuses. Allergic rhinitis is the … Continue reading →

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Exercise Induced Bronchospasm

Posted on April 22, 2019 by drlesliegreenberg

Exercise-induced bronchospasm, non-physicians may call this exercise-induced asthma. What is this? It is respiratory distress or wheezing that starts within 15 minutes of exercise onset. Usually it resolves within 15-60 minutes after exercise stops. This can occur in endurance athletes, … Continue reading →

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Intravenous magnesium sulfate helps with asthma exacerbations!

Posted on March 25, 2019 by drlesliegreenberg

Intravenous magnesium sulfate helps with asthma exacerbations!  I was the attending physician on the hospital service recently and had many children with respiratory distress present to the emergency room.  Many of them had RSV or influenza infections resulting in respiratory … Continue reading →

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Tales from the hospital newborn rounds with the medical students. What is a good latch?

Posted on October 22, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

Tales from the hospital newborn rounds with the medical students.  What is a good latch?  As a follow-up to my breastfeeding blog, I was asked how to make sure the infant has a good latch onto the breast. This is … Continue reading →

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Tales from the hospital newborn rounds… how to educate about breastfeeding?

Posted on October 15, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

Tales from the hospital newborn rounds… how to educate about breastfeeding? I love breastfeeding questions.  I helped educate both medical students and new mothers this week about breastfeeding while on newborn hospital rounds.  Here are some of the questions (and … Continue reading →

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Tales from the hospital newborn rounds with medical students…What do we screen for?

Posted on October 9, 2018 by drlesliegreenberg

Tales from the hospital newborn rounds with medical students… What do we screen for? Oh, my life as a physician and medical educator.  I have a new crop of green third-year medical students.  They have just spent two years studying … Continue reading →

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