McKinleyville Community Health Center Pediatrics

Infant, Child and Adolescent Health Care

 

(used to be 
Ted Humphry, M.D. Inc.)

 

 

1644 Central Avenue, Suite A

McKinleyville, CA 95519

 

 

Part of the Open Door Community Health Centers

Humboldt County, California

 

 

This page contains many of the handouts available at our office and information about our practice. This material is intended for families in our practice, but others are welcome to browse. Keep in mind information herein is not a substitute for phone or face to face conversation about a given topic. Specifics about your situation might elicit additional suggestions or change our advice. If you or your children are not patients with us, your health care provider might have a different slant.

As web sites go, this one is pretty dull. No glitz, no banner ads, no sound, and nothing moves, but pages load in a flash. We just present some written information.

 

Table of Contents:

 

 

Driving Directions to Ted Humphry/MCHC Pediatrics

 

Child Development:

Newborns

The Settled Infant - 6 weeks to 3 months

A Happy Time - 3 1/2 months to 5 months

Calm Before the Storm - 5 to 8 months

Great Advances and Frustrations - 8 to 14 months

The Challenge - 14 months to Two Years

Learning and Challenges - Two to Three Years

 

 

Health Issues

Ear Infections

Diarrhea and Vomiting

Fever and Pain Treatment

AIDS

Ipecac - to Induce Vomiting

Smoking Around Kids

Firearm Safety

Day Care & Universal Precautions

Newborn Care

Circumcision

Common Cold

Lice

Television and Children

Scabies

Diaper Rash

Colic

Home Birth

MRSA

 

 

Immunizations

Doubts about the Whole Idea of Immunizations?

The Diptheria, Tetanus & Acellular Pertussis vaccine

Polio Vaccine Choice

Hepatitis B Vaccine

The HIB Shot(s)

The Chicken Pox Shot(s)

Hepatitis A Vaccine(s)

Pneumococcal (Pneumonia) Vaccine(s)

Rotavirus Vaccine(s)

The MMR Vaccine

Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Vaccine for Adolescents and Parents - 2005

 

 

Office Information and Personnel

Office Information

Office Personnel

 

Resources

Finding a New Doctor

Further Information Resources

Evaluating Medical Information

 

Historical Documents

 

Why We Moved, Big Changes

 

Updates on Our Move

 

 

For comments or suggestions about this page, please send e-mail to someone at our office. For questions from families in our practice, we can be e-mailed also. You'll get an answer from one of us in a few days. If you have an urgent medical problem please call us at (707) 839-2677. For folks outside our practice, you are welcome to send us e-mail comments or questions, but we probably will not be able to answer.

 

This page and some others originally posted 2/96. This page and some others last updated 01/2009