HOUSTON – While the illness tracking site, Sickweather.com is reporting that flu cases are on the decline for the season, Dr. Phong Van Liaw of Kelsey-Seybold's Fort Bend Medical and Diagnostic Center is still busy administering flu vaccines to the children of parents who put it off until now.
Van Liaw is also hearing from concerned parents who want to make sure their kids have been properly vaccinated for measles.
She's also seeing cases of strep throat, viral sore throat, bacterial pneumonia, sinusitis, and viral stomach flu.
In Pearland, Dr. Suma Manjunath at the Kelsey-Seybold Pearland Clinic is reporting flu A and B cases as well as strep throat, pneumonia, allergies, asthma, croup, bronchiolitis and bronchitis.
Fifth's disease and coxsackie viruses are also affecting children.
Dr. Karthym Espana of Texas Children's Pediatrics Fannin says that over the past week, she's seen numerous cases of stomach flu at her practice.
Espana says most often, the virus that causes stomach flu is not serious, but it is contagious. She says its important to stay home if you are sick from it.
