Learn how congenital heart disease can affect a child’s experience in school.
Learn how a child's transplant can affect their siblings and how you can help them adjust.
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.
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.
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.
In this section of the site, you will learn about the issues children born with congenital heart condition may face at different ages.
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.
Learn about the factors that affect pain assessment such as our emotions, behaviour and cultural attitudes to pain.
Hospitalization may interfere with a child's normal development. Learn ways to help your child cope including play, familiar objects and planning ahead.
Having scoliosis can be emotionally upsetting for young children and teenagers. Find out about some common issues they face, such as negative self-image and increased stress.
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.
Diet and exercise directly affect your child’s sickle cell disease and how they feel. Read about how a healthy diet, enough water and regular exercise can help manage sickle cell disease.
Learn about the challenges children being treated for leukemia face and how their diagnoses can also affect their siblings, parents and caregivers.
Learn about how growth and stature are affected by congenital heart disease.
Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.
Read about the potential impact of a brain tumour diagnosis or its treatment on the function of the adrenal glands and how this can affect your child.
An overview of immunization for children who have not been fully immunized according to the standard schedule.
Discover the causes and rates of post-traumatic stress disorder in children and teens.
Learn about myoclonus, a movement disorder that can affect children.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer. Learn about how this cancer develops and what factors may affect the development of the disease.
