Your health-care team may offer red blood cell transfusions or stem cell transplants to treat your sickle cell disease. Learn about both treatments, including their benefits and risks.
Your child's health-care team may offer red blood cell transfusions to treat your child's sickle cell disease. Learn about the treatment, including its benefits and risks.
Side effects after receiving a blood product are rare, but you should know what to look out for and who to contact if your child has any of these effects.
Find information about plasma protein products made from donated blood. Learn about the different products and their uses.
Learn about what blood does for the body, the different components of blood and what different blood types mean.
Information for parents about bleeding, a possible complication which may occur after a child's blood and marrow transplant (BMT).
Learn about anemia of prematurity, what causes it and how it is treated.
Your child’s health-care provider may recommend that you check your child’s blood pressure at home. Learn about blood pressure, instructions for taking blood pressure at home and what to do if it is too high or low.
Learn what happens during your child's autologous blood and marrow transplant (BMT) procedure.
Learn how people with diabetes measure their blood sugar levels and why it is important to do so.
Find out how you can measure blood sugar levels at home and why this is important for your child.
Learn about what your child should expect when preparing for scoliosis surgery, including a pre-surgery teaching session, X-rays, clinical photos, blood work and other imaging tests.
Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) occurs when the immune system is overactivated and causes inflammation. Learn about the signs, causes and treatment of MAS.
Learn about the other members of your child’s blood and marrow transplant/cellular therapy health-care team.
Learn what happens during your child's allogeneic stem cell transplant.
Read about the reasons you might need a kidney transplant and how a kidney transplant can affect your future.
Learn about organ and tissue donation by children with a heart condition.
Learn about the arterial switch procedure, a surgery that is done to correct transposition of the great arteries.
Hepatitis B is a liver disease. Learn about the causes of hepatitis B and what you need to know about living with hepatitis B.
Learn about the causes and treatment of hypertension, or high blood pressure.
