Learn how to recognize life-threatening bleeding, prevent shock and stop severe bleeds.
Learn why blood counts are important after your child's blood and marrow transplant.
A supracondylar humerus fracture is a fracture just above the elbow. Learn how to help your child recover and when to see a doctor.
Learn about surgery to repair a hernia and how to care for your child after the operation.
Learn how to wear and take care of a thoracic-lumbo-sacral orthosis (TLSO).
Learn how to prevent and treat heat-related illness in children and teens who exercise in hot and humid conditions.
Learn how to gradually increase your activity level and plan for active and rest days to manage sickle cell pain.
A spinal brace is worn over a cotton undershirt. Learn about making stockinette undershirts.
Learn how to recognize a concussion after a head injury and when to see a health-care provider or seek emergency care.
An ostomy is an opening to collect urine or stool outside the body. Learn about different types of ostomies and what they look like.
Periorbital and orbital cellulitis are infections around the eye. Learn about what causes these infections, how they differ and how they are treated.
Addison's disease is a rare autoimmune disease. Learn about the signs and treatment and why it occurs more often in people with type 1 diabetes.
Read about various types of congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
Type 2 diabetes is less common in children and teens than in adults. Learn the signs of type 2 diabetes and how it is diagnosed.
Learn about what blood does for the body, the different components of blood and what different blood types mean.
Learn the signs and symptoms of hepatitis A and how a doctor will help your child if they have hepatitis A and how it can be prevented.
An overview of boils (abscesses) including the symptoms, treatments and treatment options.
Information about signs, symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention of muscle strain.
Learn how to treat cuts, scrapes and other minor injuries in children.
Read about the symptoms and causes of absence seizures and how best to help your child when they have one.
Finishing cancer treatment is a major milestone, but it may take time to readjust to "normal" life. Read about adjusting to life off treatment.
Learn how to wear and take care of a Milwaukee brace (cervical-thoracic-lumbo-sacral orthosis [CTLSO]).
An osteotomy is a surgical procedure in which the bone is cut and realigned or reshaped. Learn why a child with developmental dysplasia of the hip may need an osteotomy and what to expect after surgery.
Teens living with hemophilia can find out what happens during a bleed. Learn about the symptoms of a bleed.
Tethered cord occurs when the spinal cord gets stuck to the bottom of the spinal column and is stretched. Learn about how tethered cord is treated.
