Learn how congenital heart disease can affect a child’s experience in school.
Ptosis a condition that causes a droopy upper eyelid or eyelids. Read about what causes ptosis, how it might affect your child and how it is treated.
Read about how the development of a child's intellect may be affected by a congenital heart condition.
Learn how a child's transplant can affect their siblings and how you can help them adjust.
Find out how an organ transplant can affect your child's development, school performance and self-esteem.
An overview of the factors that can affect weight gain in children with brain tumours, and tips for maintaining a healthy weight.
Learn about heart tumours in children, and how they are diagnosed. Both the most common types of benign and malignant tumours are discussed.
Find out how to assess acute pain in your young child (age two to five) at home and in medical settings.
The prognosis of an illness is a forecast of how it will develop and the outcome after treatment. Read about the factors that affect the prognosis of a child with epilepsy.
An overview of the causes, symptoms and treatment of this group of disorders that affect movements, balance and posture.
This page describes the common symptoms of arthritis in young people, and how they can affect regular activities. Symptoms can vary from person to person, and from day-to-day.
An overview of the signs, symptoms and medical options for excessive drooling, a condition known as sialorrhea.
In this section of the site, you will learn about the issues children born with congenital heart condition may face at different ages.
Learn about multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare syndrome linked to a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Learn about the challenges children being treated for leukemia face and how their diagnoses can also affect their siblings, parents and caregivers.
Learn about the impact of that a child's heart condition may have on their physical abilities.
Learn about the factors that affect pain assessment such as our emotions, behaviour and cultural attitudes to pain.
22q11DS is a genetic condition with a wide range of symptoms. Learn about some of the more common medical features of 22q11DS.
Discover how to help your teenager manage their diabetes and how it will affect their day-to-day lives.
A tremor is an involuntary, rhythmic muscle movement. Learn about different types of tremor and how tremor is treated in children.
JIA can occur in young people, up to age 16. Discover the differences in arthritis between young people and adults, how common arthritis is in young people, and how it can affect the joints.
Some people are not aware of the stress that their bodies experience. Learn about stress, how it can affect you and how to identify how your body is feeling.
Gonadotropin deficiency can affect pubertal development in children. Learn more about gonadotropin deficiency, how it is diagnosed and treated.
Learn about how growth and stature are affected by congenital heart disease.
