Learn about the common causes of chronic lung disease in premature babies and the ways to diagnose and treat it.
Learn about the important role physical activity plays in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a lung transplant.
Discover how to perform lung volume recruitment with your child to help them take deep breaths.
Learn what lung tattooing is, why it is required and how to prepare your child for the procedure.
Learn about respiratory distress syndrome, a common condition in very premature babies.
Find information on how your child's lungs, heart, kidneys, and bladder may be affected by chemotherapy.
Learn about the symptoms, causes and treatment of pulmonary hypertension in children.
Learn how lung perfusion and ventilation scans check the flow of blood towards and around the lungs.
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.
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.
Learn what a lung biopsy is, why it is required and how to prepare your child for the procedure.
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.
Find out how a chronic condition affects your child's mental health and how to help them adjust to a recent diagnosis.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a lung biopsy.
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 about chronic pain in children and teens. Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than three months and requires various pain management techniques.
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.
May is Cystic Fibrosis Month. Learn what causes cystic fibrosis, what the signs and symptoms are, and what treatments are available.
Read about the different methods of assisting babies with their breathing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Children who are immunocompromised and children with chronic medical conditions may be at higher risk of serious illness with COVID-19.
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.
Read about some of the complications that can arise after having scoliosis surgery. Trusted answers from The Hospital for Sick Children.
