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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, get her to a doctor who treats 12 year olds, whether a ped or a family care doctor.

She is on the cusp of needing three HPV shots instead of 2 (if you wait too long you buy her an extra shot). She is missing scoliosis checks and hearing checks and growth checks and routine blood work. It is past time. Get her in. [/quote]

She is not on the cusp. If you get the first one before age 15, you only need two. And routine bloodwork? My kids have never gotten routine bloodwork at well visits. For what?[/quote]

AAP Periodicity Table https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/periodicity_schedule.pdf?_ga=2.257133707.1209690093.1673523610-1142110371.1670471249
US Preventive Task Force https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/topic_search_results?topic_status=P

Anemia screening when young, dyslipidemia when older, others as indicated[/quote]

Those things are both marked with a star in the first link, which means they only perform bloodwork after a risk assessment. That doesn’t sound routine to me.[/quote]

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