Learn about the common causes of chronic lung disease in premature babies and the ways to diagnose and treat it.
Discover how to perform lung volume recruitment with your child to help them take deep breaths.
Learn about the important role physical activity plays in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a lung transplant.
Find information on how your child's lungs, heart, kidneys, and bladder may be affected by chemotherapy.
Learn about respiratory distress syndrome, a common condition in very premature babies.
Learn what lung tattooing is, why it is required and how to prepare your child for the procedure.
Learn how lung perfusion and ventilation scans check the flow of blood towards and around the lungs.
Learn about the symptoms, causes and treatment of pulmonary hypertension in children.
Find out how a chronic condition affects your child's mental health and how to help them adjust to a recent diagnosis.
Read about chronic illness and ways to cope. Congenital heart disease is a common example. While it can often be well managed, it never goes away.
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare inherited disease that can cause recurring lung, ear and sinus infections. Find out how the condition is caused and treated and the long-term outlook for children with PCD.
A lung test, or pulmonary function test, is used to measure how well you lungs are working. Learn why you may need a pulmonary function test and what to expect during the test.
Learn what a lung biopsy is, why it is required and how to prepare your child for the procedure.
Viral respiratory infection is a general term for lung and airway infections. Read about different viruses that can cause viral respiratory infections and treatment options.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a lung biopsy.
Learn about chronic pain in children and teens. Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than three months and requires various pain management techniques.
Physical activity and exercise are important parts of what you can do to manage cystic fibrosis (CF). Learn about activities you can do to improve lung function.
Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Learn about how we feel pain, what acute and chronic pain are and the most common causes of pain in people with sickle cell disease.
Learn about RSV immunizations and how they can protect individuals from respiratory infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Discover the signs of chronic pain in a young child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Learn about how to help children and teens with chronic pain cope during the COVID-19 pandemic, and which medications are used to treat chronic pain.
Children who are immunocompromised and children with chronic medical conditions may be at higher risk of serious illness with COVID-19.
Find out how the 3P approach to pain management can help your teen manage their chronic pain.
