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Sunburn on the Scalp

Before you spent the day in the sun, you lathered on sunblock with a high SPF to protect your skin. Unfortunately, at the end of the day, you may have found that you forgot about an important area — your head. Forgetting about the sensitive skin on your head is easy, and it can lead to a sunburn on your scalp, usually in the area where you’ve parted your hair.

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All Natural Sunburn Relief

A sunburn can begin to spread across your skin as soon as one hour after sun exposure. Along with pain, redness and the occasional smattering of blisters, a sunburn can cause headache, fever and a feeling of being run down. Unless your sunburn is extremely severe, you can treat it at home the natural way.

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How to Prevent Swimmer’s Ear

Pediatricians love the summer. Overall, our offices are much less chaotic as we are not dealing with the flu and other illnesses that winter brings. There are some illnesses, though, that are linked with warmer weather: sunburn, heat stroke, and certain bug bites, to name a few. A very common summer related illness is swimmers ear, and right now we are seeing at least three a day in my office.