A Chiari malformation is when the lower part of the brain sits too low in your child's neck. Read about symptoms, causes, diagnosis and surgical treatment.
Learn how your baby's spina bifida is repaired with surgery either before or after they are born. Also learn what happens after surgery and how to take care of your baby at home.
Find out how to ease the symptoms of anorectal malformation with a high-fibre, low-sugar diet.
June is Spina Bifida Awareness Month. Learn about the four different types of spina bifida, their causes and how it is diagnosed.
Learn what treatment is available if your child is diagnosed with anorectal malformation.
An arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a complex tangle of abnormal blood vessels that can affect the brain and central nervous system. Learn about the signs and symptoms, how an AVM is diagnosed, and the different treatment options.
Read about various types of congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
Read about the causes, symptoms, and treatments for Landau-Kleffner syndrome epilepsy, a rare condition in which children have difficulty with speech.
Learn about sclerotherapy and how it is used to treat vascular malformations. Also find information about what will happen to your child before, during and after the procedure.
Learn about interrupted aortic arch in children. This is a defect of the aorta not developing properly, and causes congestive heart failure.
Learn about the many different causes of epilepsy in children, which are classified into six categories: structural, genetic, infectious, metabolic, immune and unknown.
Clubfoot is a malformation of the foot present at birth that causes the foot to be turned inward and downward. Learn about how it is treated with the boots and bar orthosis, and how to take care of your child.
Learn how bleomycin is used in sclerotherapy to treat vascular malformations. Find information about the advantages of using bleomycin as well as any risks involved and precautions to be considered.
Find out how a bowel management program can help keep your child clean if they have problems controlling their bowel movements.
Read about the causes and features of temporal lobe epilepsies as well as how they are treated and the long-term outlook.
Read about the causes and symptoms of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome epilepsy and how the condition is treated.
Read about the symptoms and causes of focal aware seizures (previously known as simple partial seizure) and how they are treated.
The prognosis of an illness is a forecast of how it will develop and the outcome after treatment. Read about the factors that affect the prognosis of a child with epilepsy.
Learn about the definition of and the causes and medical conditions associated with prematurity.
Learn about how complex medical conditions and admissions to the hospital can impact speech and language development in children.
Find out how an antegrade continence enema can help your child and how to give an antegrade continence enema at home.
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