After Hours Pediatrics Of Tennessee, PC

Pediatrics

After Hours Pediatrics Of Tennessee, PC is a Pediatrics practice in Knoxville, TN with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing, preventing, and treating childhood illnesses. Pediatricians at After Hours Pediatrics Of Tennessee, PC 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.

Ambulatory Care Nursing (Registered Nurse)

Adolescent Family Medicine

After Hours Pediatrics Of Tennessee, PC is an Adolescent Family Medicine practice in Knoxville, TN with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in providing healthcare for adolescents. Adolescent Medicine Family Doctors at After Hours Pediatrics Of Tennessee, PC perform services within a family context. Adolescent Family Medicine is medical care of patients in their late teens to early twenties. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Adolescent Family Medicine practices include injuries, physical and mental developmental delays, menstrual disorders, and sexually transmitted diseases. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Adolescent Family Medicine practices include annual physicals, injury treatment, medicine prescriptions, and pregnancy and STD testing.

A family medicine physician with multidisciplinary training in the unique physical, psychological and social characteristics of adolescents and their health care problems and needs.