An overview of the causes of your child's gas. Also included are tips on how to help your child control their excessive gas and when to seek medical attention.
Read about mechanical ventilation and supplemental oxygen. Premature babies with lung complications often require supplemental oxygen.
An overview of the signs, symptoms and medical options for this condition of uncontrollable drooling, known as sialorrhea.
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.
Your child needs to take the medicine called imatinib. This information sheet explains what imatinib does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Your child needs to take the medicine called potassium. This information sheet explains what potassium does, how to give it, and what side effects, or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
A sore throat is usually a symptom of an illness. Learn possible causes, how long it lasts, and how to take care of your child.
Learn how Botox injections into the salivary glands can help treat your child's excessive drooling.
Learn about the possible causes of colic and ways to treat it. Colic, though upsetting for you and your baby, often goes away by three or four months of age.
Learn about this serious infection that occurs when group A beta-hemolytic streptococci spread to other organs.
Learn how hyperhidrosis is diagnosed and treated.
Find out how to ease the symptoms of Hirschsprung disease with a high-fibre, low-sugar diet.
This page gives advice on how to prevent your child from getting a burn during the winter.
Rheumatic fever can develop when strep throat is not treated fully with antibiotics. Find out about what symptoms children with rheumatic fever experience and how it is treated.
A low-profile combination G/GJ tube provides fluids, nutrition and medications directly into the small intestine. Learn about how to care for a child who has a low-profile combination tube.
Find out how to ease the symptoms of anorectal malformation with a high-fibre, low-sugar diet.
Your child’s ostomy pouch will need to be emptied and changed regularly to prevent leaks and protect the skin around their stoma. Find instructions for how to care for, empty and change your child’s ostomy pouch.
Strep throat is a throat infection caused by a type of bacteria called streptococci. Learn how you can take care of your child.
May is Celiac Awareness Month. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, and how gluten affects people with celiac disease.
Learn about the premature lungs, which are among the last organs to develop in the womb. Read about lung problems the premature infant may encounter, how they are diagnosed and treated.
Milk is part of a healthy diet. But too much milk can lead to low levels of iron in the blood and some children can lose protein from the gut.
Laparoscopy surgery uses small cuts to insert a camera and tools into the abdomen to perform a surgical procedure. Learn about laparoscopy surgery.
Learn the facts about radon, what it is, health risks, and practical tips on reducing radon exposure in the home.
Use this quick reference guide to help you decide between home hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis or in-hospital dialysis.
Learn about surfactant, a substance that occurs in the lungs and helps keep them open. Read about difficulties that arise when it is lacking.