Southside Spectrum Pediatrics

Pediatrics

Southside Spectrum Pediatrics is a Pediatrics practice in Virginia Beach, VA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing, preventing, and treating childhood illnesses. Pediatricians at Southside Spectrum Pediatrics perform medical diagnosis and treatment of diseases and conditions affecting young people from infants to teenagers. Pediatrics is a medical specialty focusing on children's health. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Pediatrics practices include ear, sinus, and throat infections, food allergies and intolerances, urinary tract infections, skin infections, bronchitis, diarrhea, vomiting, pinkeye, and skin rashes. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatrics practices include physical examinations, diagnosing childhood illnesses, administering vaccines, prescribing medication, providing education about childhood health, safety, and nutrition, and referring your child to specialists if necessary.

A pediatrician is concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Care encompasses a broad spectrum of health services ranging from preventive healthcare to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases. A pediatrician deals with biological, social and environmental influences on the developing child, and with the impact of disease and dysfunction on development.

• Anthem HealthKeepers Plus [HealthKeepers, Inc.]

• Cigna Healthcare [Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company]

• Medicaid

• Optima Health [Optima Health Plan]

• UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley, Inc.