Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents.

Childhood is the period of maximum growth, progress and maturation of the many organ systems in the body. Years of training and experience in pediatrics go into identifying the difference between normal and abnormal variants.

The smaller body of an infant is considerably different physiologically from that of an adult. Aside from this obvious disparity, other issues such as genetic variance, congenital defects, oncology, and immunology are unique to the domain of pediatrics. Diseases like cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, infectious diseases and immunizations, congenital heart defects, and leukemia in children are now more frequently treated by pediatricians.

In the U.S., pediatricians are deemed to be primary care doctors, alongside those who are into internal medicine, family practice, and obstetrics. The rest of the world views them as specialists.
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