Summer-Related Illnesses on the Rise in Houston

Across Houston, Texas, summer-related ailments are on the rise and making kids feel sick as they prepare to head back to school. William Chu, M.D., pediatrician and medical director at Pediatrix® Urgent Care of Texas, shared what his clinics are seeing across Houston. “Over the past couple of weeks, COVID, vomiting and diarrhea, fall-related injuries, swimmer’s ear and hand, foot and mouth disease have been on the rise,” said Dr. Chu. “COVID cases are surging nationally, and we’ve seen that here on the local level as well. The stomach bugs and hand, foot and mouth disease are likely a result of exposure in camps and during summer travels (the same is true for COVID). Fall-related injuries have been due to accidents on play equipment as children have been spending more time on playgrounds during the summer months, and swimmer’s ear is a common summertime infection of the outer ear canal due to more time spent in the water.”

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