KidMed-ical Journal
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Flu Symptoms in Children: Treatment and When to Seek Care
READ MORE: Flu Symptoms in Children: Treatment and When to Seek CareLearn common flu symptoms in children, treatment options, and when to seek pediatric urgent care from KidMed’s Central Virginia care team.
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Measles
READ MORE: MeaslesSo what’s all this about measles? There have been multiple measles outbreaks across the country since the start of 2025. These outbreaks have primarily been in communities with low vaccination rates against measles. Fortunately, 95% of Virginian kindergarteners are fully…
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Can My Child Get Stitches at an Urgent Care?
READ MORE: Can My Child Get Stitches at an Urgent Care?The short answer is “Yes, your child can get stitches at an urgent care clinic.” Several aspects of a laceration justify stitches or other methods of closing a wound, like adhesives or surgical tape.
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All KidMed Locations Designated “Autism Friendly Communities”
READ MORE: All KidMed Locations Designated “Autism Friendly Communities”According to the CDC, autism is the fastest-growing developmental disability in the United States. One in 36 children currently receives an autism diagnosis. As the only pediatric urgent healthcare center in Richmond and Stafford, KidMed sought to make urgent healthcare…
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KidMed Named on Richmond Times-Dispatch Top Workplaces 2023 List
READ MORE: KidMed Named on Richmond Times-Dispatch Top Workplaces 2023 ListKidMed has been named on the Top Workplaces 2023 by Richmond Times-Dispatch in the small business category. It is the fourth straight year KidMed is listed and the seventh time since 2014.
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Strep Throat: What Do Parents Need to Know?
READ MORE: Strep Throat: What Do Parents Need to Know?While most everyone thinks of strep throat as fever and bad sore throat with huge tonsils covered with white patches, that only occurs in some kids.
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How Families Can Navigate the High Respiratory Virus Season With KidMed (Video)
READ MORE: How Families Can Navigate the High Respiratory Virus Season With KidMed (Video)Mark Flanzenbaum, M.D. met with Jessica Noll of Virginia This Morning on CBS 6 (WTVR) and discussed the 2022 fall and winter seasons and the high rate of upper respiratory viruses affecting kids and families, like flu and RSV. Dr.…
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Fever: Treat the Kid Not the Number
READ MORE: Fever: Treat the Kid Not the NumberFever phobia is one of the most challenging “medical misunderstandings” we encounter. A seminal paper published in 1980 found that parents thought fever could harm their children. Parents believed fever caused brain damage, convulsions (which, we assume, means seizures…), hearing…
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Is It the Flu? Here’s What to Do
READ MORE: Is It the Flu? Here’s What to DoInfluenza, or flu, is a virus that we see primarily in the winter months. It’s classified as either A or B. Within those classifications, we see more specific strains; think H1N1…