Learn about infantile spasms, a type of epilepsy. Learn how infantile spasms are diagnosed and treated, and who can help you and your baby.
Read about coping with a diagnosis. While the diagnosis may be upsetting, the good news is that a child's pain is no longer a mystery.
Information for parents about infantile osteopetrosis, a rare genetic condition that may cause fractures, short stature (height), recurrent infections, hearing loss and vision problems.
Learn about infantile hemangiomas, which are common growths that are diagnosed in babies.
Learn about the various skin conditions and birthmarks that can arise in a newborn baby.
Learn about systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), including diagnosis, treatment and management of lupus.
Read about the causes, symptoms and treatments for generalized epilepsy syndromes.
Read about the causes, symptoms and treatments for epileptic encephalopathies and progressive syndromes.
Therapeutic clown A. Leboo and Child Life Specialists tell us why it is important to get your body moving, even if it is a little painful, to help your body heal. Here are some examples of simple exercises.
Learn about the genetic neuromuscular disorder called Friedreich ataxia (FRDA).
Functional disorders involve physical symptoms that hinder your child’s everyday routine and that cannot be fully explained by a physical condition. Learn more about functional disorders and how best to assess and manage them.
Read about the causes and symptoms of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome epilepsy and how the condition is treated.
Read about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of neonatal seizures.
There are many reasons your child might need rehabilitation therapy. Learn how occupational therapy and physiotherapy can help your child.
A little stress can be a good thing, but too much can have negative effects. Find out about good stress, bad stress and anxiety.
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.
Read about the signs and symptoms of different types of seizures.
Your child needs to take the medicine called nadolol. This information sheet explains what nadolol does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Staying in a hospital can be difficult. Find out tips about how to make your hospital stay a little easier while you are recovering from scoliosis surgery.
Some teens may experience pain or numbness after scoliosis surgery. Find out how other teens recovering from scoliosis surgery feel about their pain.
Learn about the four different ketogenic diet therapies for childhood epilepsy, which may be tried when medication has failed to control seizures and surgery is not an option.
Albinism is a genetic condition that causes a person to have no, or very little, pigment in the eyes and sometimes in the skin and hair also. Albinism is passed from parent to child because of a genetic mutation.
The hybrid procedure is sometimes done instead of the Norwood procedure. A heart surgeon and an interventional cardiologist do the procedure.
Your child needs to take the medicine called propranolol. This information sheet explains what propranolol does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
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.
