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Outcomes for premature babies

Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.

Substance use and substance use disorder: Overview

Find out which substances teens use most often, and why, and what to do if you are concerned about your teen’s substance use.

Limb lengthening and reconstruction: Goal of treatment

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Find out how limb reconstruction surgery can lengthen and repair shorter or crooked limbs.

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Acute pain: How to assess in older children

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Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.

Hemophilia: Recognizing bleeds

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Teens living with hemophilia can learn why trusting their senses and speaking up is the best way to recognize bleeds

Caring for your child's hip spica cast

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A hip spica cast extends from the chest to below the knees. Learn how to care for your child's hip spica cast.

Juvenile enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA)

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Juvenile enthesitis-related arthritis includes swelling and pain where tendons and ligaments attach to bone. It affects more boys than girls.

Limb lengthening and reconstruction: Your child's patient journey

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Discover the phases of your child's limb lengthening and reconstruction treatment.

Performing school, work, and computer-based activities with arm and hand differences

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Learn from young people with arm and hand differences about how they perform school, work, and computer-based work in their own way.

Signs and symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

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Learn about the signs and symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which can have more severe symptoms than acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Myelogram: Caring for your child at home after the procedure

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Learn how to how to care for your child at home after a myelogram.

Congenital hand anomaly (hand difference)

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A congenital hand anomaly is a hand or arm deformity that develops during pregnancy or birth. Learn how to help your child function independently.

Acute pain: Effective parenting for teens

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Find out how you can use effective parenting to support the 3Ps of pain management for your teen with acute pain.

Complications of diabetes

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Learn what the potential complications of diabetes are, the risk factors and how they can be reduced.

Acute pain: How to assess in teens

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Find out how to recognize the signs of acute pain at home and how your teen's pain is assessed in medical settings.

Using gender-inclusive language

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It is important to respect the words people use to describe themselves. Learn about how to be inclusive using gender-neutral language.

Limb lengthening and reconstruction: Taylor Spatial Frame

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Learn how the Taylor Spatial Frame works to lengthen or correct your child's limb.

Heat-related illness: How to prevent

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Learn how to prevent, recognize and treat dehydration and other heat-related illnesses in children.

Antibody-mediated inflammatory disorders

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Antibody-mediated neuroinflammatory disorders are conditions where the body’s immune system attacks its own cells in the central nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and/or optic nerves). Learn about the different types of antibody-mediated neuroinflammatory brain disorders and what the signs and symptoms are for each.

Vaccines: Concerns about immunizing your child

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Learn about the safety of vaccines, their side effects, how they are given and what they protect your child against.

Roseola

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Find out how to recognize and treat the signs and symptoms of a roseola infection.

Signs and symptoms of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children

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Learn about the signs and symptoms of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), which can cause physical and neurological changes in your child.

Performing kitchen activities with arm and hand differences

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Learn from young people with arm and hand differences about how they perform meal preparation and dining activities in their own way.

Scoliosis: Treatment with a body cast

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A body cast is a special type of cast that helps treat your child’s spinal curvature or protect spinal instrumentation after surgery. Learn how to take care of your child while they wear the cast and after it is removed.