Your child needs to take the medicine called octreotide. This information sheet explains what octreotide 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 pamidronate. This information sheet explains what pamidronate 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 omeprazole. This information sheet explains what omeprazole 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 palivizumab. This information sheet explains what palivizumab does, how to give it, and what side effects, or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
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Children need extra care and attention after heart surgery. Read about care after heart surgery including diet, pain management and school.
Learn what to expect when your child makes the switch to adult care, and how to prepare them for taking charge of their own care.
Learn about the cow’s milk protein–free diet to treat non-IgE-mediated cow’s milk allergy.
Find out how to help your child manage a soy allergy.
An atrial septal defect is an opening in the membrane between two chambers of the heart. Learn about heart catheterization to fix atrial septal defects.
Find out how to help your child manage a sesame seed allergy.
Learn about aortic stenosis in childhood. With this illness, the aortic valve is unable to open completely, which constricts or squeezes blood flow.
Read about the procedure to close an atrial or ventricular septal defect with open-heart surgery.
Balloon angioplasty, also known as balloon dilation, is used to expand narrowed blood vessels. Read more about angioplasty.
Learn about aortic atresia. With this condition, there is no opening from the left ventricle into the aorta.
Read about what allergies are, types of allergens, the signs and symptoms of allergies and how to respond to an allergic reaction.
Learn about the different types of allergic reactions that infants and children may experience to proteins found in cow's milk.
Learn about opioid use and overdose, and the steps you can follow to reduce the risks of both prescription and non-medical opioid use.
Find out how to help your child manage an egg allergy.
A peanut allergy is a life-long reaction to the proteins in found peanuts. Find out how to help your child manage it.
Find out how to help your child manage a fish allergy.
No matter how others identify, it is important to respect the words people use to describe themselves. Learn tips about how to be more gender-inclusive and use gender-neutral language.
