Orlando Health, Inc

Pediatrics

Orlando Health, Inc is a Pediatrics practice in Orlando, FL with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing, preventing, and treating childhood illnesses. Pediatricians at Orlando Health, Inc 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.

Pediatric Nephrology

A pediatrician who deals with the normal and abnormal development and maturation of the kidney and urinary tract, the mechanisms by which the kidney can be damaged, the evaluation and treatment of renal diseases, fluid and electrolyte abnormalities, hypertension and renal replacement therapy.

Pediatric Pulmonology

A pediatrician dedicated to the prevention and treatment of all respiratory diseases affecting infants, children and young adults. This specialist is knowledgeable about the growth and development of the lung, assessment of respiratory function in infants and children, and experienced in a variety of invasive and noninvasive diagnostic techniques.

Pediatric Endocrinology

Orlando Health, Inc is a Pediatric Endocrinology practice in Orlando, FL with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in treating childhood endocrine, metabolism, and hormonal disorders. Pediatric Endocrinologists at Orlando Health, Inc perform medical diagnosis, prevention, assessment, and treatment of glandular disorders in children. Pediatric Endocrinology is a specialty of medicine that deals with preventing, diagnosing, and treating children's conditions affecting the adrenals, thyroid, pancreas, and other glands. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Pediatric Endocrinology practices include hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, adrenal insufficiency, childhood obesity, parathyroidism, developmental disorders, diabetes, and glandular cancers. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Endocrinology practices include hormone and thyroid level testing, urine and blood testing, childhood nutrition education, diabetes treatment, bariatric surgery assessment, radioactive iodine treatment, adrenal and thyroid surgery, and intensive insulin therapy.

A pediatrician who provides expert care to infants, children and adolescents who have diseases that result from an abnormality in the endocrine glands (glands which secrete hormones). These diseases include diabetes mellitus, growth failure, unusual size for age, early or late pubertal development, birth defects, the genital region and disorders of the thyroid, the adrenal and pituitary glands.