An upper endoscopy allows doctors to visually look at the upper part of your child's digestive system. Learn how to prepare your child for their procedure.
Your child will need special care after an upper endoscopy or colonoscopy. Learn about the complications and how to care of your child once you go home.
May is Celiac Awareness Month. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, and how gluten affects people with celiac disease.
Information for children, adolescents and their families about eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a disorder that involves inflammation and swelling of the esophagus.
An upper arm (humerus) fracture is classified as a proximal fracture or a shaft fracture. Read how upper arm fractures are treated, and about recovery.
Ptosis a condition that causes a droopy upper eyelid or eyelids. Read about what causes ptosis, how it might affect your child and how it is treated.
Learn from young people with arm and hand differences about how they do home, school, work, and leisure activities in their own way.
An alveolar bone graft operation is done to close an alveolar cleft (gap in the bone of the upper jaw). Children who had a cleft lip and palate may have an alveolar cleft.
Colds are caused by viral infections in the nose and throat. Learn about the causes, duration, prevention and treatment of viral upper respiratory infections.
Learn about the safest areas of the body for insulin injection and the importance of rotating insulin injection sites.
Learn about pulmonary stenosis. This condition involves the pulmonary valve being unable to open completely. This results in constricted blood flow.
Learn about cleft lip and cleft palate and its impact on a baby's feeding, hearing, teeth and speech.
Learn about the benefits of tummy time and how to encourage your baby to spend supervised awake time on their stomach.
Learn how an MIBG scan is done and how it detects tumours in the upper body.
Learn about the different types of allergic reactions that infants and children may experience to proteins found in cow's milk.
Learn about coarctation of the aorta, a condition that involves a narrowing of the major artery leading from the heart to the body, affecting blood pressure. Find out how this condition can impact your life now and in the future.
Learn what an intestinal rehabilitation program is, which areas of care are involved in an intestinal rehabilitation program and how they help children with managing intestinal failure.
Pityriasis rosea is a harmless rash that can appear on the back, chest or abdomen. Find out its causes and how it is diagnosed and treated.
Learn about resources that are available for parents to help their children improve their writing and printing skills.
Learn about the signs and symptoms of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), which can cause physical and neurological changes in your child.
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