Important Announcement re: After Hours Advice Line


As you know medical costs continue to climb and we are currently confronted with the need to change, and pay significantly more for, our after hours advice calls.  We are committed to providing thorough and timely medical advice for your family, including after hours. 

After an extensive search and review process, we are pleased to announce that starting on 2/1/24 we, along with all UBCP-affiliated practices, will be offering after hours advice through a new group, Anytime Pediatrics.  

When our office is closed, including on holidays, you may call Anytime Pediatrics for advice at (623) 663-1707. As before, if your child needs an after-hours appointment, appointments can be made at GoHealth in Oakland. One important change to note is that we will bill your insurance for these calls, and that these calls may be subject to a co-pay, co-insurance, or deductible, if not covered by your insurance. 

 

Prior to making an after-hour call, the providers at Berkeley Pediatrics recommend that you look up your child’s symptoms on the AAP website healthychildren.org symptom checker: 

https://www.healthychildren.or...

 


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  • Baby Bottle Tooth Decay - Prevention

    Baby bottle tooth decay (BBTD) is the main type of tooth decay in toddlers. It’s caused by excessive exposure to milk or juice. That happens with crib bottles or tote bottles.

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  • Back Pain - Muscle Strain

    Back muscle pain from carrying or lifting heavy things

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  • Back Pain - Symptom

    Pain or discomfort in the upper, mid or lower back. Includes minor muscle strain from back overuse

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  • Bed Bug Bite

    Bites from bed bugs.

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  • Bedwetting

    Wetting the bed at night while asleep. The medical name is nocturnal enuresis

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  • Bee or Yellow Jacket Sting

    Stung by a honeybee, bumblebee, hornet, wasp, or yellow jacket. Over 95 percent of stings are from honey bees or yellow jackets. The main symptoms are pain and redness.

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  • Behavior Training - Consequences

    Consequences are what happens after a child breaks a rule. All children need universal rules and limits about what is good and bad behavior. They need consequences to help them learn the right choice. If the consequence is unpleasant (negative feedback or a punishment), the child is less likely to repeat

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  • Behavior Training - Rules and Discipline Basics

    Children come into this world impulsive and undisciplined. When they start to walk, they begin to get into trouble. They do not develop much self-control until 3 years of age. They need to be taught safe and socially acceptable behavior.

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  • Biting

    The bad habit of biting people. One of the most unacceptable of aggressive behaviors.

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  • Blisters - Friction

    Raised pocket of clear fluid, covered by skin. Friction blisters usually occur on the palms, fingers, heels or toes.

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  • Boil

    Staph skin infection causing a painful red lump in the skin

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  • Bottle-Feeding (Formula) Questions

    Common questions asked about formula and feeding from a bottle.

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  • Breast Buds

    A small disc-shaped lump felt under the nipple (areola). Indicates the start of puberty

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  • Breast Pain Before Periods

    Breast pain and swelling during the week before menstrual periods. Normal in 10% of teens and 50% of adult women.

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  • Breastfeeding - Baby Questions

    Breastfeeding questions about your baby

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  • Breastfeeding - Milk and Feeding Questions

    Breastfeeding questions about feeding, milk and supply

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