Coastal Pediatric Group

10/25/2025

🎃 It’s Halloween week! We would love to see your littles dressed up in their costumes, and you may see us in costume too! If you come see us this week, we’ll have Halloween candy and other goodies available 🧡

10/23/2025

**Reminder, this Saturday is our Flu Shot Clinic! Call for an appointment or drop in between 8:30-11:30!

10/21/2025

We have these formulas that expire soon if anyone would like to stop in and grab! First come first serve. We are here until 5pm!

10/20/2025

Our Spruce Health secure messaging app is currently experiencing intermittent technical difficulties. If you need to get in contact with us, please give us a call, or you can send messages via the portal or email. Thank you.

10/16/2025

We are having another Saturday Flu Shot Clinic! We have Flu Mist back in stock. Walk ins welcome but appointment preferred.

09/22/2025

Reminder that this Saturday is our Flu Clinic! We will be here 8:30-11:30 administering flu shots and flu mist to our patients and parents. Cost for parents is $40. Appointment preferred but walk-ins are welcome. This clinic is only for flu shot/flu mist with a nurse.

09/16/2025

Stay healthy this season, schedule your flu shot today!

09/08/2025

✨ Flu Shots & Flu Mist Now Available! ✨
Flu season is here, and we want to help keep your little ones protected! 📞 Give us a call today to schedule your child’s appointment and help keep your family healthy this season.

08/29/2025

08/05/2025

As kids head back to school, exposure to germs naturally increases. With more time spent in close contact with others — sharing supplies, touching common surfaces, and being in crowded spaces — the chances of getting sick go up.

Regular handwashing is one of the most effective ways to reduce the spread of illnesses like colds, flu, and stomach bugs. It’s important to wash hands thoroughly for at least 20 seconds with soap and water.

Remind your kids (and yourself) to wash hands:
• Before eating
• After using the bathroom
• After coughing, sneezing, or blowing their nose
• When coming home from school

Clean hands = fewer sick days. Let’s stay healthy this school year!

07/22/2025

Lets talk about Swimmer's Ear! Swimmer's ear (or otitis externa) is common in kids who spend a lot of time in the water. Too much moisture in the ear can irritate the skin in the canal, letting bacteria or fungi get in. It happens most often in summertime, when swimming is common.

But you don't have to swim to get swimmer's ear. Anything that injures the skin of the ear canal can lead to an infection. Dry skin or eczema, scratching the ear canal, ear cleaning with cotton swabs, or putting things like bobby pins or paper clips into the ear can all increase the risk of otitis externa.

Ear pain is the main sign of swimmer's ear. It can be severe and gets worse when the outer part of the ear is pulled or pressed on. It also may be painful to chew. Sometimes the ear canal itches before the pain begins.

Swelling of the ear canal might make a child complain of a full or uncomfortable feeling in the ear. The outer ear may look red or swollen, and lymph nodes around the ear can get enlarged and tender. Sometimes, there's discharge from the ear canal — this might be clear at first and then turn cloudy, yellowish, and pus-like.

Hearing might be temporarily affected if pus or swelling blocks the ear canal. Most kids with swimmer’s ear don’t have a fever.

Using over-the-counter drops of a dilute solution of acetic acid or alcohol in the ears after swimming can help prevent swimmer's ear, especially in kids who get it a lot. These drops are available without a prescription, but should not be used in kids who have ear tubes or a hole in the eardrum.

Treatment depends on how severe the infection is and how painful it is. A health care provider might prescribe ear drops that contain antibiotics to fight the infection, possibly mixed with a medicine to reduce swelling of the ear canal. Ear drops are usually given several times a day for 7–10 days.

Ear infections should be treated by a doctor. If not, the ear pain will get worse and the infection may spread. At home, acetaminophen or ibuprofen may help ease pain.

07/08/2025

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