parents
Diseases & Conditions
Looking for information about a condition or disease? Read about asthma, allergies, cancer, diabetes, heart murmurs, learning problems, sleep disorders, and much more.
- 5 Ways to Prepare for an Allergy Emergency
- Allergies (Topic Center)
- Allergy Shots
- Alopecia Areata (Hair Loss)
- Asthma Trigger: Air Pollution
- COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
- Celiac Disease
- Dealing With Triggers: Cockroaches
- Dealing With Triggers: Dust Mites
- Dealing With Triggers: Irritants
- Dealing With Triggers: Mold
- Dealing With Triggers: Pets
- Dealing With Triggers: Pollen
- Do Allergies Cause Asthma?
- Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis)
- Egg Allergy
- Fish Allergy
- Food Allergies
- Food Allergies (Topic Center)
- Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES)
- Going to School With Food Allergies
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
- Hives (Urticaria)
- How to Handle an Allergic Reaction
- Immune Thrombocytopenia
- Inflammation
- Insect Sting Allergy
- Kids and Allergies
- Milk Allergy
- Milk Allergy in Infants
- Peanut Allergy
- Poison Ivy
- Pollen-Food Allergy Syndrome
- Psoriasis
- Red Meat Allergy
- Seasonal Allergies (Hay Fever)
- Serious Allergic Reactions (Anaphylaxis)
- Sesame Allergy
- Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
- Shellfish Allergy
- Soy Allergy
- Stem Cell Transplants
- Tests for Food Allergies
- Thrombocytopenia
- Tree Nut Allergy
- What Is Skin Testing for Allergies?
- What Should I Look for on Food Labels if My Child Has Food Allergies?
- What's the Difference Between a Food Allergy and a Food Intolerance?
- Wheat Allergy
- Arthrogram
- COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
- Enthesitis-Related Juvenile Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
- Inflammation
- Jumper's Knee
- Juvenile Dermatomyositis
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
- Lupus
- Oligoarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- Asthma (Topic Center)
- Allergy Shots
- Asthma
- Asthma & Smoking
- Asthma Factsheet (for Schools)
- Asthma Flare-Ups
- Asthma Glossary
- Asthma Medicines
- Asthma Trigger: Air Pollution
- Asthma Triggers
- Asthma and Sports Factsheet (for Schools)
- Asthma: Parents Talk (Video)
- Can Kids and Teens With Asthma Play Sports?
- Can the Weather Affect My Child's Asthma?
- Dealing With Triggers: Cockroaches
- Dealing With Triggers: Dust Mites
- Dealing With Triggers: Irritants
- Dealing With Triggers: Mold
- Dealing With Triggers: Pets
- Dealing With Triggers: Pollen
- Definition: Exercise-Induced Asthma
- Do Allergies Cause Asthma?
- Exercise-Induced Asthma
- How Can I Help My Child Use a Nebulizer?
- How to Handle Asthma Flare-Ups
- If My Baby Is Wheezing, Could it Be Asthma?
- Inflammation
- Managing Asthma
- Protecting Your Family From Wildfire Smoke Air Pollution
- School and Asthma
- Traveling With Asthma
- What Are Nebulizers and Inhalers?
- What if Kids Don't Take Their Asthma Medicine?
- What is Asthma? (Video)
- What's an Asthma Action Plan?
- When to Go to the ER if Your Child Has Asthma
- 3 Ways to Build Strong Bones
- Achondroplasia
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tears
- Arthrogryposis (AMC)
- Basilar Invagination
- Becker Muscular Dystrophy
- Blount Disease
- Bone Health After Cancer Treatment
- Bow Legs (Genu Varum)
- Broken Bones
- Broken Collarbone (Clavicle Fracture)
- Buckle Fractures
- CLOVES Syndrome
- Campomelic Dysplasia
- Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia
- Casts
- Cerebral Palsy: Parents Talk (Video)
- Cervical Kyphosis
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)
- Chest Pain in Kids and Teens
- Chest Wall Disorder: Pectus Carinatum
- Chest Wall Disorder: Pectus Excavatum
- Chest Wall Disorder: Poland Syndrome
- Clubfoot
- Clubfoot (Topic Center)
- Clubfoot: Moving the Legs in a Ponseti Brace (Video)
- Comminuted Fractures
- Common Childhood Orthopedic Conditions
- Compression Fracture of the Spine
- Congenital Kyphosis
- Congenital Scoliosis
- Costochondritis
- Craniosynostosis
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
- Diastrophic Dysplasia
- Dislocated Kneecap (Dislocated Patella)
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Dwarfism
- Elbow X-Ray Exam
- Ellis-Van Creveld Dysplasia
- External Fixator: Pin Care
- Femur X-Ray Exam
- Fibromyalgia
- Fibular Hemimelia
- Flat Feet
- Forearm X-Ray Exam
- Ganglion Cysts
- Getting an X-Ray
- Goldenhar Syndrome
- Greenstick Fractures
- Growth Plate Fractures
- Growth Plates
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Halo Brace
- Halo-Gravity Traction
- How Broken Bones Heal
- How Do the Joints Work? (Video)
- How Does a Leg Length X-Ray Work?
- How to Handle a Broken Bone
- Hypochondroplasia
- Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Iliotibial Band Syndrome
- Incentive Spirometer
- Intoeing
- Jumper's Knee
- Knee Injuries
- Kniest Dysplasia
- Knock Knees (Genu Valgum)
- Kyphosis
- Leg Length Discrepancy
- Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
- Limb Differences
- Limb Lengthening Surgery: External Fixator
- Limb Lengthening Surgery: Internal Lengthening Device
- Little League Elbow
- Low Calcium in Babies (Hypocalcemia)
- Marfan Syndrome
- Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) Injuries
- Meningocele
- Morquio A Syndrome
- Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia
- Muscle Cramps
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myelomeningocele
- Nursemaid's Elbow
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease
- Osteochondritis Dissecans
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bone Disease)
- Osteomyelitis
- Osteosarcoma
- Out-Toeing
- Panner's Disease
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Runner's Knee)
- Pectus Carinatum: Bracing
- Pectus Excavatum: The Nuss Procedure
- Pectus Excavatum: Vacuum Bell Device
- Pelvic X-Ray Exam
- Pierre Robin Sequence (PRS)
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Polydactyly
- Pompe Disease
- Postural Kyphosis
- Primordial Dwarfism
- Pseudoachondroplasia
- Radial Dysplasia
- Repetitive Stress Injuries in Sports
- Rickets
- Rigo Cheneau Brace
- Rotator Cuff Tendonitis
- Scheuermann's Kyphosis
- Scoliosis
- Scoliosis: Bracing
- Sever's Disease
- Shin Splints
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
- Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida Occulta
- Spinal Fusion Surgery
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA): Steven's Story (Video)
- Splints
- Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Congenita (SEDc)
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Strains and Sprains
- Stress Fractures
- Symbrachydactyly
- Syndactyly
- The Ponseti Clubfoot Brace: Tips for Parents
- The Ponseti Method: Bracing Phase
- The Ponseti Method: Casting Phase
- The Ravitch Procedure
- The WREX Orthosis (Assistive Device)
- Thumb Duplication
- Thumb Hypoplasia
- Toe Walking
- Torticollis
- Torticollis in Infants
- Ulnar Dysplasia
- Vitamin D
- What Is Collagen?
- What to Do About a Dislocation
- Wrist X-Ray Exam
- X-Ray Exam: Ankle
- X-Ray Exam: Bone Age Study
- X-Ray Exam: Cervical Spine
- X-Ray Exam: Chest
- X-Ray Exam: Finger
- X-Ray Exam: Foot
- X-Ray Exam: Hand
- X-Ray Exam: Hip
- X-Ray Exam: Knee
- X-Ray Exam: Lower Leg (Tibia and Fibula)
- X-Ray Exam: Upper Arm (Humerus)
- X-Ray Exams
- A to Z: Bell's Palsy
- Absence Seizures
- Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome)
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
- Astrocytomas
- Ataxia-Telangiectasia
- Ataxic Cerebral Palsy
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
- Brain and Nervous System Cancers
- Burner (Stinger)
- Cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy (CP)
- Cerebral Palsy (CP) (Topic Center)
- Cerebral Palsy: A Parent's Guide (Video)
- Cerebral Palsy: Ira's Story (Video)
- Cerebral Palsy: Parents Talk (Video)
- Cerebral Palsy: Shannon's Story (Video)
- Chiari I Malformation
- Concussions
- Costello Syndrome
- Craniopharyngioma
- Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy
- Ependymomas
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Fainting
- Febrile Seizures
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
- Focal Aware Seizures
- Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures
- Gliomas
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Headaches
- How to Handle a Seizure
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypotonic Cerebral Palsy
- Infantile Spasms
- Intractable Epilepsy
- Is There a Connection Between Vaccines and Autism?
- Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
- Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy
- Lead Poisoning
- Legius Syndrome
- Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
- Lyme Disease
- Medulloblastoma
- Migraine Headaches
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Neurocutaneous Syndromes
- Neurofibromatosis Type 1
- Newborn Brachial Plexus Injuries
- Pompe Disease
- RASopathies
- Sanfilippo Syndrome
- Seizures
- Spastic Cerebral Palsy
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
- Strokes
- Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- Tourette Syndrome in Children
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
- VP Shunts
- Vagus Nerve Stimulator Therapy for Epilepsy
- What if My Child Was Exposed to Lead at School or Daycare?
- When Can Kids Go Back to School After a Concussion?
- When Can Kids Return to Sports After a Concussion?
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
- Astrocytomas
- Bone Health After Cancer Treatment
- Brain and Nervous System Cancers
- Cancer (Topic Center)
- Cancer Treatment & Fertility
- Cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) Syndrome
- Chemotherapy
- Childhood Cancer
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
- Costello Syndrome
- Craniopharyngioma
- Ependymomas
- Ewing Sarcoma
- Germ Cell Tumors
- Gliomas
- Hepatoblastoma
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
- Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
- Late Effects of Cancer and Cancer Treatment
- Legius Syndrome
- Leukemia
- Liver Tumors
- Lymphoma
- MIBG Treatment for Neuroblastoma
- Medulloblastoma
- Melanoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Neurocutaneous Syndromes
- Neurofibromatosis Type 1
- Neutropenia
- Osteosarcoma
- Proton Therapy for Cancer
- RASopathies
- Radiation Therapy
- Radioembolization (TARE-Y90) for Liver Tumors
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdoid Tumor of the Liver
- Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS)
- Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation
- Sinonasal Tumors
- Skull Base Surgery
- Stem Cell Transplants
- Testicular Cancer
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thyroid Cancer
- Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver (UESL)
- Use Finn's Story to Talk About Cancer
- What Is a Hematologist-Oncologist?
- What Is an Oncologist?
- Wilms Tumor
- Abdominal Migraine
- Antegrade Continence Enema (ACE)
- Appendectomy
- Biliary Atresia
- Celiac Disease
- Chylous Ascites
- Chyluria
- Constipation
- Crohn's Disease
- Diarrhea
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
- Epigastric Hernias
- Fetal Abdominal Cyst
- Functional Abdominal Pain
- Functional Dyspepsia
- Galactosemia
- Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) in Babies
- Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) in Kids and Teens
- Gastroschisis
- Hernias
- Hirschsprung Disease
- How Can I Tell if My Baby Is Constipated?
- Imperforate Anus
- Indigestion
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Inguinal Hernias
- Intestinal Malrotation
- Intussusception
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Lactose Intolerance
- Laryngomalacia
- Liver Transplant
- Nasogastric Tube (NG Tube)
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis
- Nutrition Therapy and Crohn's Disease
- Ostomies
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic Ulcers
- Protein-Losing Enteropathy
- Pyloric Stenosis
- Rumination Syndrome
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Soiling (Encopresis)
- Stomachaches
- Tapeworm
- Transition of Care: Crohn's Disease
- Transition of Care: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Transition of Care: Ulcerative Colitis
- Treating Gastroschisis - Gastroschisis Silo (Video)
- Treating Indirect Inguinal Hernia (Video)
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Umbilical Hernias
- Vaccines and IBD
- What's a Double Barrel Ostomy? (Video)
- What's a Laparoscopic Appendectomy? (Video)
- What's a Loop Ostomy? (Video)
- What's an End Ostomy? (Video)
- X-Ray Exam: Upper Gastrointestinal Tract (Upper GI)
- A to Z: Bullous Myringitis
- Adenoids and Adenoidectomy
- Anotia
- Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Test
- Auditory Processing Disorder
- Aural Atresia
- Balance Disorders
- Cholesteatoma
- Cochlear Implants
- Constricted Ears
- Cryptotia
- Ear Anomalies
- Ear Canal Stenosis
- Ear Injuries
- Ear Pits (Preauricular Pits)
- Ear Tags
- Ear Tube Surgery
- Eardrum Injuries
- Ears
- Flying and Your Child's Ears
- Hearing Aids
- Hearing Loss
- Hearing Loss Factsheet (for Schools)
- Hearing Tests
- Hoarseness
- How to Give Your Child Ear Drops
- Hyperacusis
- Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
- Laryngomalacia
- Microtia
- Misophonia
- Morquio A Syndrome
- Nasopharyngoscopy
- Ototoxicity (Ear Poisoning)
- Peritonsillar Abscess
- Protruding Ears
- Sinonasal Tumors
- Speech-Language Therapy
- Speech-Language Therapy for Children With Cleft Palate
- Stuttering
- Tonsillectomy
- Tympanoplasty
- Vaccines and Cochlear Implants
- Velopharyngeal Dysfunction (VPD)
- Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD)
- What's Ear Tube Surgery (Myringotomy)? (Video)
- What's a Cochlear Implant? (Video)
- What's a Nasopharyngoscopy? (Video)
- A to Z: Failure to Thrive
- Acanthosis Nigricans
- Adrenal Insufficiency
- Carbohydrates and Diabetes
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Congenital Hypothyroidism
- Craniopharyngioma
- Cushing Syndrome
- Delayed Puberty
- Diabetes (Topic Center)
- Diabetes Glossary
- Diabetes To-Go Kit
- Diabetes: Getting Comfortable With a New Babysitter
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Eating Smart When Your Child Has Diabetes
- Failure to Thrive
- Gestational Diabetes
- Glucagon and Diabetes
- Goiters and Thyroid Nodules
- Growth Hormone Deficiency
- Helping Your Child Adjust to Diabetes
- Helping Your Young Athlete With Type 1 Diabetes
- How Being Active Helps Kids With Type 1 Diabetes
- How to Give an Insulin Injection
- Hyperglycemia and Diabetes
- Hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease
- Hypoglycemia and Diabetes
- Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
- Insulin Injections
- Insulin Resistance
- Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
- Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
- Keeping Track of Your Child’s Blood Sugar
- Kids and Diabetes: Healthy Eating at Restaurants
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Making Fingersticks and Insulin Shots Easier for Kids With Diabetes
- Managing Blood Sugars When Your Child Has Type 1 Diabetes
- Medicines for Diabetes
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Pancreatitis
- Preparing Teens With Diabetes for Adult Care
- Taking Insulin for Diabetes
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Disease
- Thyroid Tests
- Treating Type 1 Diabetes
- Treating Type 2 Diabetes
- Understanding Diabetes (Video)
- What Is Type 1 Diabetes?
- What Is Type 2 Diabetes?
- What Is an Insulin Pump?
- Williams Syndrome
- Amblyopia
- Astigmatism
- Black Eyes
- Congenital Cataracts
- Conjunctivitis (Pinkeye) In Kids
- Eyes
- Farsightedness (Hyperopia)
- Glaucoma
- How Can My Child Watch a Solar Eclipse Safely?
- How to Handle Pinkeye
- How to Handle an Eye Injury
- Morquio A Syndrome
- Nearsightedness (Myopia)
- Preventing Eye Injuries
- Ptosis
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Retinoblastoma
- Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
- Strabismus
- Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
- Tear-Duct Blockage
- What's Tear Duct Massage (Treating Tear-Duct Blockage)? (Video)
- What's a Tear Duct Probe (Treating Tear-Duct Blockage)? (Video)
- Your Child's Vision
- 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (DiGeorge Syndrome)
- Achondroplasia
- Albinism
- Alpha Thalassemia
- Ataxia-Telangiectasia
- Beta Thalassemia
- Birth Defects
- CLOVES Syndrome
- Campomelic Dysplasia
- Cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) Syndrome
- Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Congenital Hypothyroidism
- Costello Syndrome
- Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
- Diastrophic Dysplasia
- Down Syndrome
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Dwarfism
- Ellis-Van Creveld Dysplasia
- Epigenetics
- Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)
- Fanconi Anemia
- G6PD Deficiency
- Galactosemia
- Gene Changes (Mutations)
- Genetic Conditions: How Do They Run in Families?
- Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Testing
- Genetics
- Goiters and Thyroid Nodules
- Hemophilia
- Hemophilia: Handling Bleeds
- Hereditary Hemochromatosis
- Hydroxyurea for People With Sickle Cell Disease
- Hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease
- Hypochondroplasia
- Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
- If Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Kniest Dysplasia
- Legius Syndrome
- Maple Syrup Urine Disease
- Marfan Syndrome
- Morquio A Syndrome
- Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Neurocutaneous Syndromes
- Neurofibromatosis Type 1
- Newborn Screening Tests
- Noonan Syndrome
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)
- Pierre Robin Sequence (PRS)
- Primordial Dwarfism
- Pseudoachondroplasia
- Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency
- RASopathies
- Sanfilippo Syndrome
- Sickle Cell Disease (Topic Center)
- Sickle Cell Trait
- Sickle Cell Trait (Topic Center)
- Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Congenita (SEDc)
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- Thyroid Disease
- Thyroid Tests
- Treacher Collins Syndrome
- Triple X Syndrome
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
- Turner Syndrome
- Williams Syndrome
- XYY Syndrome
- A to Z: Beta Thalassemia
- Anemia
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aplastic Anemia
- Arrhythmia (Abnormal Heartbeat)
- Arteriovenous Malformations
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
- Atrioventricular Canal Defect
- Beta Thalassemia
- Blood Types
- Body Basics: The Heart (Slideshow)
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Stents
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chest Pain in Kids and Teens
- Chylous Ascites
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Congenital Heart Defects
- Congenital Hemangiomas
- Congestive Heart Failure
- DASH Diet for High Blood Pressure
- Dictionary: Aorta
- Dictionary: Blalock-Taussig-Thomas (BTT) shunt
- Dictionary: Blood Pressure
- Dictionary: Heart Transplant
- Dictionary: Inferior Vena Cava
- Dictionary: Interstage Period
- Dictionary: Left Atrium
- Dictionary: Left Ventricle
- Dictionary: Open-Heart Surgery
- Dictionary: Right Atrium
- Dictionary: Right Ventricle
- Dictionary: Sano shunt
- Dictionary: Single Ventricle Defect
- Dictionary: Superior Vena Cava
- Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV)
- Ebstein Anomaly
- Echocardiogram
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
- Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)
- Fetal Echocardiogram
- G6PD Deficiency
- Heart Health (Topic Center)
- Heart Murmurs
- Heart Palpitations
- Heart Transplant
- Heart and Circulatory System
- Hemoglobin SC (HbSC) Disease: A Type of Sickle Cell Disease
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Hemophilia
- Hemophilia: Handling Bleeds
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
- Hereditary Spherocytosis
- Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
- Infantile Hemangiomas
- Interrupted Aortic Arch (IAA)
- Iron-Deficiency Anemia
- Kawasaki Disease
- Levo-Transposition of the Great Arteries
- Long QT Syndrome
- Lymphatic Malformations
- Marfan Syndrome
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Morquio A Syndrome
- Myocarditis
- Noonan Syndrome
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
- Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
- Port-Wine Stains
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Pulmonary Stenosis
- Pulse Oximetry (Pulse Ox)
- Raynauds Syndrome
- Sclerotherapy
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Sickle Cell Disease (Topic Center)
- Single Ventricle Defects
- Splenic Sequestration
- Stem Cell Transplants
- Strokes
- Sturge-Weber Syndrome
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
- The Fontan Procedure
- The Glenn Procedure
- The Lymphatic System and Lymphatic Conditions (Topic Center)
- The Norwood Procedure
- Thrombocytopenia
- Tricuspid Atresia
- Truncus Arteriosus
- Understanding Sickle Cell Disease
- Venous Malformations
- Ventricular Assist Device
- Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
- Von Willebrand Disease
- What Is a Cardiac Catheterization? (Video)
- What Is an AED (Automated External Defibrillator)?
- What's Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)? (Video)
- What's an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)? (Video)
- Williams Syndrome
- Words to Know (Heart Glossary)
- X-Ray Exam: Chest
- Acute Kidney Failure
- Blood in the Urine (Hematuria)
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease: Caring for Your Child
- Chyluria
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Dialysis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Hemodialysis
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
- Hydrocele
- Hypospadias
- Kidney Problems in Childhood
- Kidney Stones
- Kidney Transplant
- Kidneys and Urinary Tract
- Meatal Stenosis
- Meatoplasty
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) and Related Conditions
- Renal Tubular Acidosis
- Testicular Torsion
- Ureteral Stent
- Urine Dipstick Test (Dipstick Urinalysis)
- Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR)
- What's a Hydrocele? (Video)
- Wilms Tumor
- ADHD Medicines
- ADHD in Kids & Teens
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- I Think My Child Might Have Autism. What Should I Do?
- Neurocutaneous Syndromes
- Therapy for ADHD
- Understanding Dyslexia
- Apnea of Prematurity
- Asthma
- Asthma & Smoking
- Bronchitis
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
- Chylothorax
- Coughing
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis and Nutrition
- Dietary Tips for Kids With Cystic Fibrosis
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
- Fetal Lung Mass
- If My Baby Is Wheezing, Could it Be Asthma?
- Incentive Spirometer
- Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Newborns
- Laryngomalacia
- Lungs and Respiratory System
- Managing Asthma
- Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS)
- Plastic Bronchitis
- Protecting Your Family From Wildfire Smoke Air Pollution
- Pulse Oximetry (Pulse Ox)
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
- Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD)
- What is Asthma? (Video)
- X-Ray Exam: Chest
- A to Z: Yeast Infection
- Hydrocele
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- PMS, Cramps, and Irregular Periods
- Penile Torsion
- Precocious Puberty
- Talking to Your Kids About STDs
- Testicular Torsion
- Turner Syndrome
- Vaginal Yeast Infections
- Vaginitis in Children
- What's a Hydrocele? (Video)
- Your Daughter's First Gynecology Visit
Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice,
diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.
© 1995- The Nemours Foundation. KidsHealth® is a registered trademark of The Nemours Foundation. All rights reserved.
Images sourced by The Nemours Foundation and Getty Images.