A pediatrician is a child's physician who provides:
- preventive health maintenance for healthy children.
- medical care for children who are acutely or chronically ill.
Pediatricians manage the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of their patients, in every stage of development - in good health or in illness.
Generally, pediatricians focus on babies, children, adolescents, and young adults from birth to age 16 years to:
- reduce infant and child mortality.
- control infectious disease.
- foster healthy lifestyles.
- ease the difficulties of children and adolescents with chronic conditions.
Pediatricians diagnose and treat the following:
- infections
- injuries
- genetic defects
- malignancies
- organic diseases and dysfunctions