The Importance of Well Visits

How well visits from your pediatricians in Pleasanton, and San Ramon, CA, can keep your child healthy.

When you are a parent, you can’t take care of everything. That’s why well visits with your pediatrician are one of the most important ways you can safeguard your child’s health. Well visits can also save you time, money, and stress.

The pediatricians at TRI-Valley Pediatrics, INC offer comprehensive medical care for children, including well visits. They have two convenient office locations in Pleasanton, and San Ramon, CA, to help you and your child.

Well visits are proactive. That means they are designed to help prevent serious illnesses and diseases. They are an important opportunity for your pediatrician to diagnose and treat issues before they can grow into serious health problems.

One of the major ways well visits can help prevent illness is because they provide an excellent time to catch your child up on immunizations. Vaccines are the easiest and best way to prevent illnesses and diseases like these:

• Influenza
• Meningitis
• Hepatitis
• Tetanus
• Mumps
• Measles

To view or print the CDC list of recommended immunizations from birth to age 18, please click here.

Remember that immunizations are required before your child can attend daycare or school. Your pediatrician can make sure your child stays current.

During a well visit, your child’s pediatrician will:

• Perform a comprehensive physical examination
• Record your child’s weight and height
• Listen for heart sounds and heart rate
• Check pulse, respiration, and temperature

These measurements provide a record of initial findings which is used as a baseline for later visits. The information is used to track your child’s growth and development over time. These are key indicators of normal child development.

The well visit is also an excellent opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have about your child’s:

• Growth
• Development
• Behavior
• Sleeping patterns
• Eating and diet
• Overall health

Later, your child will also need a school physical before enrolling in school. These should be done at least once each year.

If your child decides to play a sport, he or she will need a sports physical. These should be done with each new sport, and at least once each year.

Well visits can help keep your child healthy and give you peace of mind. To learn more about the benefits of well visits for your child, call the pediatricians at TRI-Valley Pediatrics, INC. You can reach them in the Pleasanton office at (925) 460-8444, or in San Ramon, CA, by calling (925) 380-6230, so call now.