Laguna Beach Pediatrics - Dr. Manpreet Sarna, MD

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!
As we step into a new year, we remain committed to personalized comprehensive care with compassion and a holistic approach for our patients. Here’s to a healthy year ahead.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year! The New Year invites us to reflect, recharge, and look ahead with hope. May the coming year bring happiness, purpose, and wellness to you and those you love.

12/05/2025

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12/02/2025

It’s the time of year when more people start feeling run-down, a cough that won’t quit, body aches that come out of nowhere or fatigue that hits harder than expected. Many of these symptoms can be signs of the flu.
The flu often starts suddenly and can make even healthy people feel miserable. Common symptoms include fever, chills, headache, cough, muscle aches and extreme tiredness. Children may also have stomach symptoms or seem more irritable than usual.
Simple steps like washing hands, cleaning surfaces and improving airflow can help reduce the spread in your home and community. If you or someone you love isn’t feeling well, you’re not alone.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving!
Here are some turkey eye facts. 🦃
-Turkeys have flattened corneas, but no corrective lenses are needed here.
-Turkeys have excellent peripheral vision and can see up to 360 degrees with just a slight turn of the head.
-Turkeys have telescopic vision.
-They have superb daytime vision in color.
-In general, turkeys see about 3 times better than humans during the day.

11/18/2025

Colorful fruits and vegetables are packed with phytonutrients that help calm inflammation — a natural process that, when chronic, can contribute to heart disease, atopic dermatitis, arthritis and diabetes.

Try adding one colorful fruit or vegetable to your plate each day — like tomatoes, oranges, arugula, blueberries or broccoli — to help support your body’s natural defenses

10/29/2025

10/29/2025

Scoliosis is a common spine condition often found in adolescents. Roughly 3 million new cases of the condition are diagnosed in the United States each year, with a majority of them identified as idiopathic scoliosis — a type of scoliosis that presents in children in their teenage years.
It is important for parents to make sure their children are receiving regular checkups so that conditions like scoliosis can be diagnosed and managed early.
If scoliosis can be diagnosed before the child has a growth spurt, interventions such as bracing to keep the curve from getting worse.
Common signs of scoliosis include uneven shoulders or hips, but it is generally a painless condition that may go unnoticed until a routine exam or physical. The curve gets worse around the time of growth spurt and is more noticeable.
Good news is that only a small percentage (about 20%) need bracing, and an even smaller percentage (about 10%) of patients with scoliosis need surgery.
For children who are still growing, an external torso brace can be used to prevent further worsening of scoliosis while the child grows. Even when wearing a brace, most children live normal lives and participate in the same activities as their peers.

07/12/2025

Stay Hydrated, and Watch for Signs of Heat Exhaustion

Summer is the time for hot temperatures and outdoor play. When added together, it could also mean dehydration and heat exhaustion or heat stroke. This is especially true for children because their bodies don’t cool down as fast as adults.
Make sure children always have a filled water bottle with them.
Allow your child to choose a fun water bottle and/or straw, and stick to water — not soda or juice.

The following amounts of water each day (depending on exact age, medical conditions, activity levels and the weather):

6 months and older: 0.5–1 cup a day
Toddlers: up to 4 cups a day
School-aged children: up to 8 cups a day
Teens: 8–12 cups a day
No matter if you are in the backyard, at the beach or taking a walk outside, you need water to avoid dehydration. When out in the heat, your body loses fluids and electrolytes through sweat, and if you lose too much fluid and salt, you can become dehydrated.”