Rochester General Medical Group
Pediatrics
Welcome to the Child Health page of the Rochester General Medical Group, where you will find important access information on each of our pediatric practices.
We are proud of our physicians and nurses, who along with our caring access associates, perform as a team in providing excellent care to your family. We strive to treat your children as we would want our children treated. Our providers follow the preventive care guidelines published by the Monroe County Medical Society and the practice guidelines and policy statements of the American Academy of Pediatrics. We value our long standing clinical and training affiliation with the Department of Pediatrics at Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong and many of our pediatricians hold academic appointments at the University of Rochester.
Our clinical staff is led by board-certified pediatricians with offices in urban, suburban and rural settings, from Alexander Street in Rochester NY to Wolcott in Eastern Wayne County. We provide comprehensive preventive and illness care in more than 120,000 patient visits per year. We know our families have busy lifestyles and we offer extended weekend and evening hours to meet that need.
Pediatric News for our RGMG Families
May 2011
Mosquito borne illness
After this excessive rain of April we should expect great flowers this May, but we can also expect swarms of mosquitoes. This year could be much worse than previous seasons for these pesky annoying insects for two important reasons:
- The daily rains have caused numerous small pools of standing water in every conceivable place around the yards and neighborhoods of Rochester. These small pools form perfect breeding grounds for the mosquito larvae.
- The natural predator of the Mosquito, Little Brown Bat, has all but disappeared. Tragically, a disease called white nose syndrome (http://www.dec.ny.gov/environmentdec/70125.html) is responsible for a 90% reduction in the population of the creature that would have consumed millions of mosquitoes. It is estimated that one Brown Bat weighing in at 7 grams can consume 3.5 grams of insects per night, which can be as much as 1000 insects! Imagine a teenage boy of 150 lbs consuming 300 Cheeseburgers in one night.
With out this natural little insectivore and with all this rain we have new and important Pediatric Medical risks this spring and summer.
West Nile Virus became a concern in New York about 10 years ago, as of 2010 this disease, which can cause severe Encephalitis, has an estimated incidence of 1 case per 200,000 people, still rare but of increasing concern especially with this years’ insect load.
There are important things you can do now to help reduce the risk for your children; use insect repellent when outdoors and wear long sleeves and pants during dusk and dawn. Families should also remove standing water in flower pots, buckets and toys, drill holes in tire swings so the water will drain, keep the small pools empty and all bird baths fresh.
I carry some Picaridin spray in my fishing vest, it seems to be just as effective as DEET without eating through my gear, not as much odor and has good toxicology ratings the EPA.
For more information on prevention I suggest the following Web Sites:
For Parents:
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm
- http://equipped.outdoors.org/2009/06/picaridin-vs-deet-face-off-of-buzzer.html
For Children and Teens:
Don’t let this risk keep you indoors!
Michael R. Jordan, MD, FAAP
Medical Director, Rochester General Medical Group
michael.jordan@rochestergeneral.org
(585) 278-3368
