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 Pediacast.

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 is episode 413 for September 5th, 2018.

We're calling this one West Nile virus and fertility preservation.

I want to welcome all of you to the program.

No, the two topics do not relate to one another.

We have sort of a information segment for you on West Nile virus, kind of a public safety

announcement, so to speak.

And then we're going to talk about fertility preservation, which is a pretty interesting thing.

You know, children and teenagers often have diseases or treatments that can affect future fertility.

So kids with cancer, for instance, who are going to have radiation or chemotherapy, the treatment may actually affect future fertility.

Or there could be diseases that do that.

So the question is, what can be done now before damage is done to preserve fertility and increase the odds of pregnancy and the childbirth down the road.

We'll consider the options for girls and boys, really interesting stuff, especially as we

consider the science of pediatric medicine.

And this is an area where, you know, it's kind of new.

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