This is Pedicast.

Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.

And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.

Hello, everyone, and welcome.

Once again to PDACast.

It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike, coming to you from the campus of nationwide children's hospital.

We're in Columbus, Ohio.

It's episode 555.

We're calling this one sports nutrition for student athletes.

I want to welcome all of you to the program.

So I hope you all have had a good week here in Central Ohio, and I would imagine in many parts of the United States, a viral season has really ramped up as it usually does this time of year, except, you know, in pandemic years and when social distancing makes everything go haywire.

But in your typical year, which thankfully this is becoming a typical year, viral illnesses are

really, really in high prevalence this time a year. And part of that is wintertime, but why in the

winter? Like, why do we see all of these viruses? And we don't exactly understand all of the reasons why, but one big thing is school. So you get, you know, 20 kids in a classroom and they share their viruses with each other. And then they take those homes, share them with their parents and their siblings who then take them to their class or their work.

And so because all of these kids are in close contact in a classroom, these things get spread so easily.

And so if you find yourself with a runny nose congestion, cough, maybe a fever with it, you are in good company.

There is a lot of that going around right now.

We do worry, you know, for the young kids, if you have a baby at home who has a high fever, you definitely want to have them have them seen and checked out.

For older kids, you know, it's okay to let your body have a fever for a couple of days,

especially if you're drinking well and going to the bathroom, you know, several times during

the day, so you're well hydrated, you know, and then just taking ibuprofen and acedaminophen

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