Welcome to Alpine Pediatrics.   Our Pediatricians provide excellent healthcare to children from birth through adolescence.  We serve Northern Utah County with offices in Lehi, Saratoga Springs, and Pleasant Grove.  Come Grow With Us! Also serving American Fork, Eagle Mountain, Highland, Alpine, Riverton, Draper, and Lindon.

Flu Update

VFC Flu is available in limited quantities. Please call before coming in if you would like a VFC vaccine.

Alpine Pediatrics will begin flu clinics for patients beginning the first week in October. We will offer clinics at all 3 locations. Please call to make your appointment. Our staff will be proactively calling our high risk patients to make appointments. We may not have success reaching you, so if you don't receive a call soon, please call for your appointment.

If you have a regular visit scheduled with us after Sept 15th, you may opt to have your flu shot during that visit. Starting October 1, we will accommodate as many nurse visits as possible for flu shots, but we strongly encourage you to schedule for one of our flu clinics.

Generally, school-aged children are the first group to contract flu.  They take it home and to places where they interact with other kids. The flu virus usually hits heavily between December and March..

Influenza is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses. The influenza virus usually enters the body through mucus membranes in the mouth, nose or eyes. The flu is transmitted by respiratory droplets that often become airborne through sneezing or coughing.

Some people, such as older adults, young children, and people with specific health conditions, are at high risk for serious flu complications. In extreme cases, complications can lead to death. On average in the United States each year: 5% to 20% of the population gets the flu; more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu complications; and about 36,000 people die from the flu.

Symptoms of influenza include fever, muscle aches, headache, congestion, runny nose, cough, sore throat, and general weakness.  These symptoms usually appear 1 to 3 days after a person has been exposed to the virus.