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Child & Adolescent Care

Your teen needs routine and preventative care against diseases, just like they did during childhood. We make sure you get the best care for your child in the growing up years.

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Your teenager continues to grow, experience puberty, and develop throughout teen years. When they have a relationship with a pediatrician, your teen has someone they can trust to help with medical questions or concerns. Beginning at age 12 or 13 we routinely set aside some time for the doctor to speak with the teenager alone at the well visits.

If your adolescent is healthy, plan on bringing them in for a checkup about once a year. Of course, you’re more than welcome to come in more often if needed.

During those visits, your teen’s pediatrician starts looking for any red flags that may become health concerns later on in life and works to prevent any medical issues. Preventative care can include:

  • Obesity screening
  • Nutrition counseling
  • Immunization updates
  • Behavioral counseling
  • Sexually transmitted disease (STD) screening
  • Birth control discussions
  • Blood or urine lab work

It depends on their age, as well as whether or not your teen is up to date on immunizations. By age 13, your adolescent should have the following vaccines and vaccinations:

  • Hepatitis A and B
  • Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)
  • Chickenpox
  • Meningococcal vaccine
  • Diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis booster (Tdap)
  • Human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV)
  • Flu shot
  • Pneumococcus
  • Polio
  • Hemophilus Influenzae

As your teen gets older, they need fewer immunizations.