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Don't Let Flu Season Get the Best of You and Yours As the seasons shift and flu season approaches, there are steps you can take to keep your clan healthy and avoid the miserable symptoms that accompany the influenza virus. It’s no secret how rampant the flu is, in fact, according to the CDC, influenza has affected between 9.3 and 49 million people annually since 2010, resulting in 140,000 and 960,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 and 79,000 deaths annually. So to keep yourself and your family in the clear, there are some preventative steps you can take to avoid the flu’s extreme discomfo......

Ragweed Means Fall Allergies for Chattanooga: How to Treat Allergy Symptoms in Kids Most folks in the southeast eagerly await the summer/fall season change, and all the fun things that come along with it. Long sleeves! Color-changing trees! Pumpkin everything! But the coming of fall also ushers in many new pollen types as various seasonal plants begin to bloom. Ugh. Ragweed. If you live in Chattanooga, you cringe when you hear this evil little word: ragweed. Ragweeds are flowering plants in the aster family that grow in the tropical and subtropical regions, primarily across North America. The......

  How to Keep Your Child Healthy in School Here at NiteOwl Pediatrics in Chattanooga, we make it our mission to make sure that children of all ages remain happy and healthy. With the school year just beginning, children around the area are once again going to file into classrooms and, unfortunately, be exposed to a host of germs. In today’s blog post, we wanted to go over some tips that we have to help you make sure that your child stays as healthy as possible during the school year. With a little work, you and your child can greatly reduce the chances of sickness. How Can I Keep My Child Hea......

Parents often worry when their child gets a fever—and understandably so. You never want to see your child feel badly as this could be a sign of illness starting to take hold. However, research has shown that many parents may overreact to their kids' fevers. This happens often enough, in fact, that there's a term for it: fever phobia. One 2016 study finds that it is very common among parents of all backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses. At NiteOwl Pediatrics, we understand that it can be concerning when your child has a fever, so we want to go over some of the things you can do if your child h......

Advice From a Chattanooga Pediatric Urgent Care Center Being sick is, honestly, one of the worst feelings. Feeling healthy is something almost all of us takes for granted which is why when we don’t feel great, it’s such a bad experience. As an adult, when you feel sick it’s pretty easy to understand what needs to be done. You rest, you drink plenty of water, you sleep as much as possible, and you take any medicines that will help you knock out whatever illness you may have. Years of experience as adults has given us the tools we need to effectively recognize when we feel under the weather and......

Tips From Our Chattanooga Pediatric Urgent Care Facility As an after-hours urgent care clinic in Chattanooga, we want to make sure that all of our patients, past, present, and future, are as healthy as possible at all times. It’s easy to remember to take precautions against illnesses such as the common cold or seasonal allergies, but one preventative care measure that needs to be adhered to during this time of year is just as important — avoiding sunburns. While a sunburn can just seem like a small annoyance, sunburns can actually be quite detrimental to the health of an individual, especially......

Parents may struggle to determine whether their child's reactions are the common cold or the result of seasonal allergies. ...

As a service to the families we serve in the Chattanooga area, NiteOwl Pediatrics compiles a monthly list of events in the community that appeals to children. ...

A look at Chattanooga area options for the Quintessential Summer Experience for Kids: Summer Camp! ...

Spring is just around the corner. That means more fun outdoor activities in the Scenic City for families to enjoy....