Diseases & Conditions
Looking for information about a chronic childhood condition or disease? Read about asthma, allergies, cancer, diabetes, heart murmurs, sleep disorders, and much more.
- 5 Ways to Prepare for an Allergy Emergency
- A Cold or Allergies: Which Is It?
- Air Pollution and Asthma
- All About Allergies
- Allergies
- Allergy Shots
- Can Kids Get Allergies All Year?
- Celiac Disease
- Do Allergies Cause Asthma?
- Eczema
- Egg Allergy
- Fish Allergy
- Food Allergies
- Food Allergies and Food Sensitivities
- Going to School With Food Allergies
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
- Hives (Urticaria)
- If My Child Has Food Allergies, What Should I Look for When Reading Food Labels?
- Insect Sting Allergy
- Kawasaki Disease
- Milk Allergy
- Milk Allergy in Infants
- Nut and Peanut Allergy
- Poison Ivy
- Psoriasis
- Seasonal Allergies (Hay Fever)
- Serious Allergic Reactions (Anaphylaxis)
- Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
- Shellfish Allergy
- Soy Allergy
- Stem Cell Transplants
- What Is Oral Allergy Syndrome?
- What Is Skin Testing for Allergies?
- What's the Difference Between a Food Allergy and a Food Intolerance?
- Wheat Allergy
- Words to Know: Transplants
- Fibromyalgia
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
- Jumper's Knee (Patellar Tendonitis)
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- Living With Lupus
- Asthma
- Asthma Center
- Asthma Flare-Ups
- Asthma Medicines
- Asthma Triggers
- Can Kids and Teens With Asthma Play Sports?
- Can the Weather Affect My Child's Asthma?
- Dealing With Triggers: Pets
- Definition: Exercise-Induced Asthma
- Exercise-Induced Asthma
- Managing Asthma
- My Baby Is Wheezing. Is it Asthma?
- School and Asthma
- Traveling and Asthma
- What Are Nebulizers and Inhalers?
- What's an Asthma Action Plan?
- When to Go to the ER if Your Child Has Asthma
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries
- Arthrogryposis
- Becker Muscular Dystrophy
- Blount Disease
- Broken Bones
- Broken Collarbone (Clavicle Fracture)
- Buckle Fractures
- CLOVES Syndrome
- Casts
- Cervical Kyphosis
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
- Chest Wall Disorder: Pectus Carinatum
- Chest Wall Disorder: Pectus Excavatum
- Chest Wall Disorder: Poland Syndrome
- Clubfoot
- Comminuted Fractures
- Common Childhood Orthopedic Conditions
- Compression Fracture of the Spine
- Costochondritis
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Dwarfism
- External Fixator: Pin Care
- Fibromyalgia
- Fibular Hemimelia
- Ganglion Cysts
- Greenstick Fractures
- Growth Plate Fractures
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- How Broken Bones Heal
- Idiopathic Scoliosis
- In-toeing & Out-toeing in Toddlers
- Incentive Spirometer
- Infant Torticollis
- Jumper's Knee (Patellar Tendonitis)
- Knee Injuries
- Kyphosis
- Leg Length Discrepancy
- Limb Deformities
- Limb Lengthening Surgery: External Fixator
- Limb Lengthening Surgery: Internal Lengthening Device
- Marfan Syndrome
- Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) Injuries
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Nursemaid's Elbow
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bone Disease)
- Osteomyelitis
- Panner's Disease
- Pectus Carinatum: Bracing
- Pectus Excavatum: The Nuss Procedure
- Pectus Excavatum: Vacuum Bell Device
- Polydactyly
- Pompe Disease
- Radial Dysplasia
- Scoliosis
- Scoliosis: Bracing
- Sever's Disease
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
- Spinal Fusion Surgery
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Steven's Story (Video)
- Splints
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Stress Fractures
- Symbrachydactyly
- Syndactyly
- The Ponseti Clubfoot Brace: Tips for Parents
- The Ponseti Method: Bracing Phase
- The Ponseti Method: Casting Phase
- The Ravitch Procedure
- Thumb Duplication
- Thumb Hypoplasia
- Torticollis
- Ulnar Dysplasia
- What Is Collagen?
- What's a Halo?
- A to Z: Bell's Palsy
- Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome)
- Ataxic Cerebral Palsy
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
- Brain Tumors
- Brain and Nervous System Cancers
- Burners and Stingers
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chiari Malformation
- Childhood Absence Epilepsy (CAE)
- Concussions
- Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Febrile Seizures
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Headaches
- Hydrocephalus
- Infantile Spasms
- Intractable Epilepsy
- Is There a Connection Between Vaccines and Autism?
- Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
- Ketogenic Diet
- Lead Poisoning
- Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
- Lyme Disease
- Medulloblastoma
- Neurocutaneous Syndromes
- Neurofibromatosis
- Newborn Brachial Plexus Injuries
- Pompe Disease
- Spastic Cerebral Palsy
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
- Strokes
- Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- Tourette Syndrome
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- What Is Acute Flaccid Myelitis?
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
- Brain Tumors
- Brain and Nervous System Cancers
- Cancer Center
- Chemotherapy
- Childhood Cancer
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
- Effects of Cancer Treatment on Fertility
- Ewing Sarcoma
- Germ Cell Tumors
- Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
- Leukemia
- Liver Tumors
- Lymphoma
- Medulloblastoma
- Melanoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Neurocutaneous Syndromes
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neutropenia
- Osteosarcoma
- Proton Therapy for Cancer
- Radiation Therapy
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS)
- Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation
- Skull Base Surgery
- Stem Cell Transplants
- Words to Know: Transplants
- Celiac Disease
- Constipation
- Crohn's Disease
- Diarrhea
- Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Hirschsprung Disease
- Immunizations and IBD
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Intestinal Malrotation
- Intussusception
- Lactose Intolerance
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis
- Nutrition Therapy and Crohn's Disease
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic Ulcers
- Pyloric Stenosis
- Soiling (Encopresis)
- Tapeworm
- Transition of Care: Crohn's Disease
- Transition of Care: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Transition of Care: Ulcerative Colitis
- Ulcerative Colitis
- When Your Child Needs a Liver Transplant
- A to Z: Bullous Myringitis
- Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Test
- Auditory Processing Disorder
- Balance Disorders
- Chronic Hoarseness
- Cleft Lip and Palate
- Cochlear Implants
- Ear Injuries
- Eardrum Injuries
- Ears
- Enlarged Adenoids
- How Can Parents Help Kids Handle Teasing?
- Middle Ear Infections and Ear Tube Surgery
- Ototoxicity (Ear Poisoning)
- Peritonsillar Abscess
- Speech-Language Therapy
- Stuttering
- Tonsils and Tonsillectomies
- A to Z: Failure to Thrive
- Acanthosis Nigricans
- Can Diabetes Be Prevented?
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Congenital Hypothyroidism
- Diabetes Center
- Failure to Thrive
- Goiters and Thyroid Nodules
- Hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease
- Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
- Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Pancreatitis
- Thyroid Disease
- Thyroid Tests
- Transition of Care: Diabetes
- Treating Type 1 Diabetes
- Treating Type 2 Diabetes
- Type 1 Diabetes: What Is It?
- Type 2 Diabetes: What Is It?
- What Is Gestational Diabetes?
- What Is a Growth Disorder?
- Birth Defects
- CLOVES Syndrome
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Congenital Hypothyroidism
- Down Syndrome
- Dwarfism
- G6PD Deficiency
- Goiters and Thyroid Nodules
- Hemophilia
- Hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease
- Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
- Kids and Diabetes: Wendy's Story
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Marfan Syndrome
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Neurocutaneous Syndromes
- Neurofibromatosis
- Newborn Screening Tests
- Noonan Syndrome
- Prenatal Genetic Counseling
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- Thyroid Disease
- Thyroid Tests
- Treacher Collins Syndrome
- Triple X Syndrome
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- Turner Syndrome
- What Is Epigenetics?
- XYY Syndrome
- A to Z: Beta Thalassemia
- Alpha Thalassemia
- Anemia
- Aortic Stenosis
- Arrhythmias
- Arteriovenous Malformations
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
- Beta Thalassemia
- Blood Types
- Body Basics: The Heart (Slideshow)
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Stents
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cholesterol
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Congenital Heart Defects
- Congenital Hemangiomas
- Dictionary: Aorta
- Dictionary: Blalock-Taussig (BT) 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: Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
- Dictionary: Right Atrium
- Dictionary: Sano shunt
- Dictionary: Single Ventricle Defect
- Dictionary: Superior Vena Cava
- Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV)
- Ebstein Anomaly
- Echocardiogram
- Fetal Echocardiogram
- G6PD Deficiency
- Heart Health
- Heart Murmurs
- Hemangiomas
- Hemophilia
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
- Hereditary Hemochromatosis
- Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Surgery: The Fontan Procedure
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Surgery: The Glenn Procedure
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Surgery: The Norwood Procedure
- Infantile Hemangiomas
- Interrupted Aortic Arch (IAA)
- Iron-Deficiency Anemia
- Kawasaki Disease
- Long QT Syndrome
- Lymphatic Malformations
- Marfan Syndrome
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Noonan Syndrome
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
- Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
- Port-Wine Stains
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
- Pulmonary Stenosis
- Pulse Oximetry (Pulse Ox)
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Single Ventricle Defects
- Stem Cell Transplants
- Strokes
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
- Tricuspid Atresia
- Truncus Arteriosus
- Venous Malformations
- Ventricular Septal Defect
- When Your Child Needs a Heart Transplant
- Words to Know (Heart Glossary)
- von Willebrand Disease
- Blood in the Urine (Hematuria)
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Glomerulonephritis
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
- Kidney Diseases in Childhood
- Kidney Stones
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections and Related Conditions
- Renal Tubular Acidosis
- Testicular Torsion
- Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR)
- When Your Child Has a Chronic Kidney Disease
- When Your Child Needs a Kidney Transplant
- Wilms Tumor
- ADHD
- ADHD Medicines
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Neurocutaneous Syndromes
- Therapy for ADHD
- Understanding Dyslexia
- Apnea of Prematurity
- Asthma
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis and Nutrition
- Incentive Spirometer
- Managing Asthma
- Meconium Aspiration
- Pulse Oximetry (Pulse Ox)
- Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
- A to Z: Yeast Infection
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Miscarriages
- PMS, Cramps, and Irregular Periods
- Precocious Puberty
- Talking to Your Kids About STDs
- Testicular Torsion
- Turner Syndrome
- Vaginal Yeast Infections
- Your Daughter's First Gynecology Visit
- About Body Basics
- Blood
- Bones, Muscles, and Joints
- Brain and Nervous System
- Digestive System
- Endocrine System
- Eyes
- Female Reproductive System
- Heart and Circulatory System
- Immune System
- Kidneys and Urinary Tract
- Lungs and Respiratory System
- Male Reproductive System
- Metabolism
- Mouth and Teeth
- Skin, Hair, and Nails
- Spleen and Lymphatic System
Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.
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