David Moore III, MD

Dad to Rosalie & Cam | Pediatrician at McFarland Clinic | Loyal. Forever. True.

[David Moore III, MD @DmooreIII]

"Is this just a cold… or something more?" 🤧

Here's how I think about it as a pediatrician. 👇

First, the reassuring truth: Most colds are supposed to look kind of rough — and most get better on their own at home. In fact, most respiratory infections can be managed at home with zero medicine from me.

What a "normal" cold usually looks like:
✅ Runny/stuffy nose (yes, even green or yellow mucus)
✅ Cough
✅ Sore throat
✅ Low-grade fever for the first few days
✅ A cranky kid who still perks up, plays, drinks, and smiles between the misery
Unfortunately, they last longer than you'd think. Colds commonly run about 10–14 days, and a cough can hang around for up to 3 weeks. A lingering cough alone, in a happy, breathing-comfortably kid, usually just needs more time.

Now — the stuff that makes me say "call me" or "go get seen." 🚨
Pick up the phone (or head in) for:
🔴 Trouble breathing — fast breathing, ribs sucking in with each breath, flaring nostrils, grunting, or you can see they're working hard to breathe
🔴 Blue or dusky lips or skin
🔴 A fever in a baby under 3 months
🔴 Very high fever, or fever that keeps climbing back after several days of improvement
🔴 Signs of dehydration — no wet diapers/peeing, no tears, dry mouth, won't drink
🔴 Extreme sleepiness, hard to wake, floppy, or not responding like usual
🔴 A rash of little purple/red spots that don't fade when you press on them
🔴 Ear pain, or symptoms that drag past 10 days with NO improvement or that suddenly get worse

Trust your gut. "Something just isn't right with my child" is one of the strongest warning signs there is, and I take it seriously every single time. You know your kid better than anyone.
When in doubt, that's literally what we're here for.

#Pediatrician #ParentingTips #KidsHealth #ColdAndFluSeason #WhenToWorry

This is general educational information, not medical advice, and does not create a doctor-patient relationship. When in doubt about your own child, call your pediatrician or seek emergency care.

[David Moore III, MD @DmooreIII]

@JuliusChapiro @YounisJoseph @DGlaucomflecken "Thin skin", but you're the one who blocked him and continues to talk trash. Very brave of you Doc.

[David Moore III, MD @DmooreIII]

@ZachLahn Pediatrician here. I'll include multiple studies that you might want to look at before posting anti-vax rhetoric in the future.

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[David Moore III, MD @DmooreIII]

@Americanlife178 @af_iowa So wait you work in a hospital or no? That was a very tangential response to a very simple question.

[David Moore III, MD @DmooreIII]

@Jughead655321 @af_iowa Check out the definition of slavery and try again please

[David Moore III, MD @DmooreIII]

@Americanlife178 @af_iowa I'm sure you work in a hospital so you can back up this statement.

[David Moore III, MD @DmooreIII]

@LangmanVince Vasovagal syncope 🤦

[David Moore III, MD @DmooreIII]

@NicHulscher As a MPH I’d expect you’d be able to identify the major concerns from many of these studies including surveillance bias, internal inconsistencies, multiple comparisons within studies leading to significant findings that can occur by chance, etc. 🤷

[David Moore III, MD @DmooreIII]

@ChrisMWilliams he stated that he really only believed one dorm had a spirit. Then he proceeded to tell an identical story of seeing a girl sitting in the parlor and not seeing anything when he went to say hello. Been a believer since. 3/3

[David Moore III, MD @DmooreIII]

@ChrisMWilliams I shrugged it off and didn’t think much of it until I was talking to a maintenance worker later that summer. We were talking about the dorms and all the weird stuff that happens when you are alone in them. Before I even had told him about what I had seen in Freeman, 2/3

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@RealCandaceO “Dr.” Candace Owens says vaccines are poison, but real doctors overwhelmingly support and recommend vaccinations. Please trust experts, not media personalities.

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