Germ Proof Your Kids: The Complete Guide to Protecting Without Overprotecting Your Family from Infections

Parents feel incredible anxiety about their children contracting nasty germs and untreatable diseases. In a world that seems full of microscopic danger, where can concerned parents turn to protect their kids? Finally, a respected pediatrician and infectious diseases expert brings common sense and real science to answer parents' most pressing questions about the warfare that germs are waging on their children.

In Germ Proof Your Kids: The Complete Guide to Protecting (without Overprotecting) Your Family from Infections, internationally respected pediatrician and infectious diseases specialist Harley Rotbart offers an accessible, comprehensive handbook for parents and physicians. By combining the latest scientific findings on diseases and treatments with the value of home remedies and Grandma's wisdom, Dr. Rotbart demystifies childhood infections.

This easy-to-read book brings together in one place most everything parents need to know about kids' infections. While written for parents, this volume also serves as a perfect office manual for physicians. By providing up-to-date, concise information on the most prevalent infections and infectious diseases, this book will help doctors educate parents about germs and the best treatment options available to them.

"Whether you are a new or seasoned parent, invisible threats to your child's welfare can leave you feeling anxious and powerless. Let Germ Proof Your Kids be your trusted ally when your child is in the throes of an illness or another disease outbreak makes headline news. Dr. Harley Rotbart--a knowledgeable pediatrician, distinguished professor, internationally recognized infectious disease specialist, and experienced parent--knows first-hand the havoc germs can wreak on our children, families, and society. This clear and comprehensive resource will dispel your germ phobias, bring clarity to today's alphabet-soup of infectious disease threats, and arm you with empowering perspective, prudence, and common sense."

Marianne Neifert, M.D. (Dr. Mom®), pediatrician, author, speaker and mother of five

Dr. Rotbart brings 25 years of experience as a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases to this subject. One of the world's leading authorities on childhood infections and their treatments, Dr. Rotbart is Professor and Vice Chairman of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital of Denver. He has been named one of the Best Doctors in America every year since 1996, has won numerous awards for his research and teaching, and has published over 175 medical and scientific treatises in the field.