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Subcutaneous injections: Injecting at home

Step-by-step instructions for parents on giving injections into the fatty layer below the skin (subcutaneous) at home, as well as tips to make injections less painful for your child.

Intramuscular injections: Injecting at home

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Learn how to give your child injections into the muscle (intramuscular) at home and tips to make the injections less painful for your child.

Tinzaparin: Injecting at home

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A guide on giving your child tinzaparin injections at home. Also learn when to call your thrombosis team.

Enoxaparin: Injecting at home

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A guide on how to give your child enoxaparin injections.

Tinzaparin

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Your child needs to take the medicine called tinzaparin. This information sheet explains what tinzaparin does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when he takes this medicine.

Enoxaparin

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Your child needs to take the medicine called enoxaparin. This information sheet explains what enoxaparin does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Botox: Injecting into the bladder

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A guide for parents about Botox bladder injections. Learn what they are, what happens during the procedure, and follow-up tests.

Connected Care

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This learning hub is intended for community health-care providers and the Connected Care Paediatric Education Program. You will be able to access handouts on tracheostomy care, feeding tubes, vascular access devices, and subcutaneous injections.

Taking juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) medications

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Find out about the different ways that arthritis medications can be taken. Some are taken orally as a liquid or tablet. Others are injected either under the skin (subcutaneously), into a vein (intravenously), or directly into a swollen joint.

Joint and tendon injections: Caring for your child at home after the procedure

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Learn how to care for your child at home after joint and/or tendon injections.

The insulin regimen

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Patients with type 1 diabetes and some with type 2 must receive insulin manually. Learn what an insulin regimen is and the different routines.

Other devices for insulin injections

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Several other devices can be used to make insulin injections easier. Learn what these devices are and whether they are right for your child.

Receiving cancer medications

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Cancer treatment requires different types of medication, each of which may be given in a different way. Lean about the most common ways to receive chemotherapy and other medications and what to expect.

Botox injections into salivary glands: Caring for your child at home after the procedure

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Learn how to care for your child at home after Botox injections into their salivary glands.

Tips and questions about insulin

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Learn tips about insulin injection and get answers to questions you may have about giving insulin to your child.

Insulin injections

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Giving insulin injections can be stressful. Find out how to safely prepare and inject insulin into your child.

Hemophilia and self-infusion

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Teens living with hemophilia can learn tips on how to give self-infusions.

Botox injections into the salivary glands

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Learn how Botox injections into the salivary glands can help treat your child's excessive drooling.

Leuprolide

Drug A-Z

Your child needs to take the medicine called leuprolide. This information sheet explains what leuprolide does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when she takes this medicine.

Adalimumab

Drug A-Z

Your child needs to take the medicine called adalimumab. This information sheet explains what adalimumab does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Botox injection (intramuscular) for spasticity in children: Caring for your child at home after the procedure

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Learn how to care for your child at home after intramuscular Botox injections for spasticity.

Botox therapy for spasticity

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Learn about how Botox therapy can be used to treat spasticity in your child using image guidance.

Interferon Beta-1b

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This information sheet explains what interferon beta-1b does and how to give it to your child. It also explains what side effects, or problems, your child may have when they receive this medicine.

Joint and tendon steroid injections using image guidance

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Joint and tendon steroid injections are a form of treatment for children with arthritis and inflammation. Learn more about the procedure here.

Chemotherapy as an outpatient

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Find out what happens when you receive chemotherapy as an outpatient, either in the hospital or taking medications at home.