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Meet the Pediatrician
Alan Greene, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer of adam.com and the cofounder of DrGreene.com. He is on the clinical faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine where he sees patients and teaches residents. He is a founding member of Hi-Ethics (Health Internet Ethics).
Alan Greene earned a bachelor's degree in the history and philosophy of science from Princeton University. He graduated from medical school at University of California at San Francisco. Upon completion of his pediatric residency program at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Northern California, he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Greene entered primary care pediatrics in January 1993.
In November 1995, he created Dr. Greene's HouseCalls, the first pediatric Web site, where he answers pediatric questions submitted by readers from all over the world. DrGreene.com now receives more than two million hits per month from parents, students, and medical professionals.
Dr. Greene is also an author, medical expert, and a media personality. He is especially interested in developmental issues that surround child rearing. Dr. Greene is married and is the father of four wonderful children.
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Dear Dr.Greene My daught is 3 and sents the age of 1 she has show signs of beng angry and not being able to follow orders from any adults of sitters.It's hard to fine someone who once to spend time with her of watch her.she also say really adult things when am not around; I don't kown were its coming from and her father don't always tell me everything so what do I do?
5/14/2011 07:50:04 PM Report AbuseDr.Greene my daughter is 20 months old she has very few words in her vocabulary she knows what everything means she knows where her mouth nose and everything is i try to get her to say things and she just wont the doctor says its because she has a pacifier but i know thats not holding her back she has about 6 words that she says all the time is there anything i could do to help her? wardina14@yahoo.com
5/10/2011 10:18:55 PM Report AbuseGood afternoon. My 11 year old has Autoimmune kidney disease. For the past 4 months he has been taking steroids to reverse inflammation which also cause increased blood pressure and he takes a pill in the evening to help lower. He is gainging weight and his cheeks look puffy. My question is : is there anything else that he could be taking to avoid all the side effects from the steroids?anything natural? thank you for your time.
3/30/2011 11:55:26 AM Report AbuseHello Dr. Greene, My 10yr old daughter wets the bed. She has wet the bed since toddler age. Is there anything I can do? Please help...
3/14/2011 01:18:23 PM Report AbuseHi Dr Green my 7 months ld daughter would not sleep at night on her bed. she wants to sleep with me all the time and she wants me to hold her.she was not like that a few months ago. she just started this for aout a week now.once i put her on the bed, she cries her lungs out. she wants to sleep in my arms throughout the night.What can i do.help please
2/13/2011 10:07:52 AM Report AbuseDr. Greene, I am very concerned for my daughter. She is 2 years old now, but has had around 4 ct scans when she was under 18 months. I would take her to the ER after falls that she would have. Well the Drs. would order ct scans & I would take their word for it. It wasn't until the last time I went (about 9 months ago) that I was made aware of the dangers. Do you think my baby will be okay? My daughter has been saying her head hurts for the past 3 days.
10/4/2010 08:06:26 PM Report AbuseDr. Greene, My son is 5 1/2. He wets the bed on and off. I have not prob with accidents, but it appears that my son is wetting the bed in the morning rather than getting up to go to the bathroom. He does urinate frequently during the day. We restrict his liquid intake at night and he goes 2x before he actually lays in his bed. Any suggestions? I am implementing a chart again to give him incentive to get out of bed to go potty. Any other suggestions? thanks jbsmith40@verizon.net
9/28/2010 11:10:19 AM Report AbuseDr. Greene, My son is 3 years old and has leg cramps 4 out of 7 nights and this morning he woke up with his knee swollen. He won't walk on it at all and keeps saying it hurts. It looks swollen and is red. I know he hasn't injured it in the last few days. Motrin and Tylenol haven't touched the inflamation, or the pain. What should I do I am very concerned it might be childhood arthritis. My uncles had it as did I. I would be very greatful for you advice. jerrajoe@wildblue.net
8/29/2010 07:14:54 PM Report AbuseDr Greene, my daughter is 9months old and she is struggling with her stool, they are so hard,im still breastfeeding her and during the day she drinks Nan(H-A). what could be causing this? please help.tsholofelo.mevane@gauteng.gov.za
8/11/2010 02:03:21 AM Report AbuseI introduced my 16 week old son to baby rice cereal and pear baby food and he has had diarrhea quite frequently but he is also teething. I read that it is normal for him to have diarrhea because of both the new foods and his teething but is it ok for me to continue to feed him solid foods? As of now I have stopped feeding him solids but his diarrhea continues.
7/27/2010 12:13:20 AM Report AbuseWhat can I do for immediate relief for constipation for my 1 month old baby?
7/17/2010 01:03:28 PM Report AbuseAt what age should a boy not sleep with his mother! No dad.
7/6/2010 01:05:07 PM Report AbuseDr. Greene I have a 2 month old and he has started to get a rash on his face, neck, and kinda on his chest and shoulder blade area. I have not changed anything that I use in the house. Everything is the same. It does seem to get worse when he's hot and having one of his mad moments. You can fill the rash with touch. It's not pimples. It's just little reddish dots. What do I do to correct it?
5/19/2010 09:56:52 AM Report AbuseHi. Dr. Greene My son is 28 months, he is a very picky eater, if he doesn't like the texture of of the food he won't eat it. What I do so that he can eat some veggies and fruits I give him baby food. I feel so guilty bec I know that I should've given him different types of foods when he started eating solids, that way he could have learn about the different textures. Now I don't know how to fix the problem. Laura
3/12/2010 10:47:09 PM Report Abusehidoc greee my twin son is 4 years ans 4 months and says only two words in a sentence , i am really word he was born premature and was in an incubators for 20 days sharmila
3/8/2010 12:50:17 PM Report Abusemy son has a heriditary disease canidias and an igg deff hes home with a pick line itake medication for yeast in the blood but the differance is my 10th month is resistant to the medication hes home with an pickline jadonkalp2009@yahoo.com
2/10/2010 03:09:22 PM Report Abusemy baby is 1 years old and she is only 18 pounds she was born at 5 lbs and 15 ounces but she just doesn't seem to be gaining any weight. She eats a lot but just doesn't gain. Is it because her father is petite??
2/9/2010 11:17:14 AM Report Abusesorry did not mean to put report abouse...sorry never been on here before.. all my kids were born little too..forgot to put that in there... thanks danielle
2/2/2010 08:27:36 PM Report Abusemy children are all under weight...on is 5yrs old(girl) and weights 36lbs...and the other one is 3 (girl) and weights 22 lbs...and my baby boy is 11 month old and weights 14 ibs.. do u have good tips on how to get thnem to weigh mor3e... thanks danielle
2/2/2010 08:25:56 PM Report AbuseHi Dr. Greene, my name is Angel. My son is about to be 1 in two weeks. He does not have any teeth. You said that children in this situation should be seen by a dentist. But, I would like to know, is it more of a possibility that he will have dental problems later in life?
1/20/2010 01:08:20 PM Report AbuseDr. Greene my name is erika and yanelly is my first child and iam very concern to what her doctor told me after her physical she told me that her muscles werent well developed and i want know what can happen? what can be the effects or the problems? what can i do??
1/15/2010 04:27:04 PM Report AbuseDr. Greene, My two month old grandson has a cold. His head is congested and he can't hardly eat from his bottle becasue he can't breath. I have been running a vaporzer in the room, but it seems it is not gettng any better, His pediatrician says there is nothing else we can do, to just let it run it's course. I'm afraid he will become dehydrated since he can't eat.
1/15/2010 08:48:42 AM Report AbuseHi Dr. Green, My 10 mo. old daughter has always been a very good eater. Recently she refuses to eat from a spoon and now she throws all her food off her highchair tray. I try to give her finger foods that she can eat by herself, she's very independent these days, but she still won't eat. Is this a phase or should I be more concerned?
1/13/2010 08:45:16 PM Report AbuseHi Dr.Greene my name is christabelle and i have a 52 wk old baby girl she has been in the 5th percentile for a while now her height and every thing else is fine but her weight is 17 lbs at her visit 2 wks ago.She has had numerous test done and things are fine she is a very very fussy eater and it can be quite stressful because i make her good and healthy stuff dont know what to do again, the doctors are thinking about giving her medicine to make her eat i dont know if it is a good idea?
12/26/2009 11:35:53 PM Report Abusehi Dr. Greene my name is Sandi i have a four month old son and i had noticed that he seems to have a indent on the top of his head is that his soft spot? it seems to go in and its hard, if its not his soft spot is it a medical condition he has to go back to the dr's in 2 wks and i was wondering if i should mention it. thanks alot Sandi
12/15/2009 08:35:54 PM Report AbuseHi Dr. Greene,my husband and I took our 6wk old son to the ER due to a squishy swelling on his scalp.After a CT scan turned out normal,the ER doc concluded that the swelling was due to the birthing process.I had a difficult delivery with 5 hours of pushing eventually leading to a C-section. Forceps/vacuum were not used.Ethan's head was perfect after delivery.Is it possible for a cephalohematoma to show up several weeks after delivery?
12/13/2009 11:43:02 AM Report AbuseDr. Greene, my grandson is 22 months and has hardly ever had a solid bm. More days than not he has diarrhea and several bm's a day. He has had watery bm's many days. His pediatrician ran a stool sample that came out normal. His mom is very good about feeding him very healthy. Could this be the cause? They would be very grateful if you could help. jill.roth@ymail.com
12/8/2009 11:19:57 AM Report Abuse