Even kids can have health problems. Some problems are serious - and some are not so serious. You can get all the info you need about health problems like cancer, asthma, muscular dystrophy, and more.

Allergies and Immune System

• Celiac Disease
• Do Allergies Cause Asthma?
• Egg Allergy
• Food Allergies
• Help With Hives
• Lactose Intolerance
• Learning About Allergies
• Nut and Peanut Allergy

Asthma

• Asthma
• Asthma Movie
• Can Kids With Asthma Play Sports?
• Can the Weather Affect My Asthma?
• Dealing With Asthma Triggers
• Do Allergies Cause Asthma?
• Handling an Asthma Flare-Up
• How Do Asthma Medicines Work?
• If I Have Asthma, Can I Keep My Pet?
• Kat's Asthma Story
• Kids' Asthma Center
• Ozone, Air Quality, and Asthma
• School and Asthma
• Smoking and Asthma
• Traveling and Asthma
• What's a Peak Flow Meter?
• What's an Asthma Action Plan?
• What's an Asthma Flare-Up?
• What's the Difference Between a Nebulizer and an Inhaler?
• Who Can Use an Inhaler?
• Your House: How to Make It Asthma-Safe

Birth Defects & Genetic Problems

• Albinism
• Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
• Down Syndrome
• Marfan Syndrome
• Spina Bifida
• What "Mental Retardation" Means
• What Is a Gene?

Bladder, Kidneys & Urinary Tract

• Bedwetting
• Chronic Kidney Diseases
• Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
• What's the Deal With Dialysis?

Blood

• About Anemia
• Do You Know About Sickle Cell Anemia?
• How to Deal With Hemophilia
• The Truth About Transfusions
• What's Blood?

Bones, Muscles & Joints

• Guillain-Barré Syndrome
• Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Life With Lupus
• Problems With Legs and Feet
• Scoliosis
• Spina Bifida
• The Meaning of Muscular Dystrophy

Brain & Nervous System

• Autism
• Bell's Palsy
• Cerebral Palsy
• Concussions
• Epilepsy
• Guillain-Barré Syndrome
• Memory Matters
• Meningitis
• Spina Bifida
• Tourette Syndrome
• What Is a Coma?

Cancer

• Amanda's Hodgkin's Story
• Cancer Center
• Chemotherapy
• Help! It's Hair Loss!
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Some Kinds of Cancer Kids Get
• Then and Now: Shanon's Cancer Story
• What Is Cancer?
• When Cancer Keeps You Home
• When a Friend Has Cancer

Diabetes

• Can Diabetes Be Prevented?
• Kids' Diabetes Center
• Nick Jonas & Diabetes: Call Me Mr. Positive
• Type 1 Diabetes: How Is It Treated?
• Type 1 Diabetes: What Is It?
• Type 2 Diabetes: How Is It Treated?
• Type 2 Diabetes: What Is It?

Glands and Hormones

• Growth Disorders
• Thyroid Disorders

Heart & Lungs

• Atrial Septal Defect
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Cystic Fibrosis: Diet and Nutrition
• Heart Murmurs
• Mitral Valve Prolapse
• The Woes of Whooping Cough

Infections

• Appendicitis
• Athlete's Foot
• Bell's Palsy
• Bird Flu (Avian Flu)
• Botulism
• Cellulitis
• Chickenpox
• Coping With Cold Sores
• E. Coli
• Fungal Infections
• H1N1 (Swine) Flu
• HIV and AIDS
• Hepatitis
• Impetigo
• Lyme Disease
• Meningitis
• Pinkeye
• Pinworms
• Pneumonia
• Rabies
• Scabies
• The Scoop on Strep Throat
• The Woes of Whooping Cough
• What Is Anthrax?
• What Is Smallpox?
• What Is an Ear Infection?
• What Makes Chickenpox Itch?
• What's Mono?
• What's West Nile Virus?

Learning & Emotional Problems

• ADHD Medicines
• Being Afraid
• Bipolar Disorder
• Dyslexia
• Kids and Eating Disorders
• Learning Problems
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Stealing
• What Is Hyperactivity?

Sight, Speech & Hearing

• Blindness
• Can Loud Music Hurt My Ears?
• Going to the Audiologist
• Hearing Impairment: Advice From Kristin
• Laryngitis
• Seeing Your Way Through Strabismus
• Stuttering
• What's Hearing Loss?

Skin

• A Boy and A Birthmark: Evan's Story
• Acne
• Acne Myths
• Albinism
• Athlete's Foot
• Blisters, Calluses, and Corns
• Cellulitis
• Eek! It's Eczema!
• Fungal Infections
• Help With Hives
• Help! It's Hair Loss!
• Impetigo
• Poison Ivy
• Rashes: The Itchy Truth
• Scabies
• The Story on Scars

Stomach, Intestines & Liver

• "Stomach Flu"
• Appendicitis
• Botulism
• Celiac Disease
• Constipation
• E. Coli
• Food Poisoning
• Have You Heard of GERD?
• Indigestion
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Salmonellosis
• Ugh! Ulcers

Teeth & Mouth

• Affording Braces
• All About Adenoids
• Bad Breath
• Braces
• Canker Sores
• Coping With Cold Sores
• Going to the Orthodontist
• Snoring
• Taking the Bite Out of Bruxism
• The Reality of Retainers
• Tonsillitis
• What's a Cavity?