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Immunizations for children and teens with suppressed immune systems

Treatment to suppress the immune system affects how your child’s body responds to routine immunizations. This guide discusses how to keep your child healthy while taking immune-suppressing treatment.

Juvenile enthesitis-related arthritis: Treatment

Juvenile Enthesitis Related Arthritis is treated with medicines that reduce inflammation of the joints. Learn about the specific drugs used to treat ERA.

Autoimmune hepatitis

Does your child have autoimmune hepatitis? Learn the facts and how you can help.

Ulcerative colitis

​​Information for parents and children with the inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis.

Types of medications you need after transplant

Crohn's disease

Information for parents and children with the inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease.

Immunosuppressants

Biologic agents and JIA

Drug and alcohol precautions after a kidney transplant

Drug and alcohol precautions after a liver transplant

Chemotherapy for blood and marrow transplant

Learn about chemotherapy your child receives before the blood and marrow transplant.

Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for JIA

Hemophilia and drugs

Teens living with hemophilia can learn why taking drugs create problems rather than solve them.

Oral immune therapy for your hospitalized baby

Learn about the benefits of providing oral immune therapy to your hospitalized baby using expressed breast milk.

Primary immune deficiency (PID)

This page explains the diagnosis and treatment of primary immune deficiency (PID), a genetic condition that weakens the immune system.

Children with immune deficiencies and blood and marrow transplant

Learn about blood and marrow transplants, for a child with an immune deficiency.

Other questions about juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) medications

Late effects after an allogeneic transplant

Learn about the potential late effects after your child's allogeneic transplant.

Infections after a blood and marrow transplant

Information for parents about infections that may occur after a child's blood and marrow transplant (BMT).

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is a liver disease. Learn about the causes of hepatitis B and what you need to know about living with hepatitis B.

Graft-versus-host disease after a blood and marrow transplant

Learn about how graft-versus-host disease is prevented and treated, after an allogeneic transplant.

Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for JIA

Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) may be used when other drugs have not been effective in the management of JIA inflammation. Find out how DMARDs work, what their side effects are, and lists which DMARDs are available for the treatment of arthritis.

Chemotherapy for acute childhood leukemias

Learn how chemotherapy for acute childhood leukemias is administered and possible side effects children receiving chemotherapy may experience.

Chemotherapy for brain tumours

Chemotherapy may be used to treat some types of brain tumours. Learn general information about how chemotherapy is given, how it works and coping with side effects.

Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus)

Learn about systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), including diagnosis, treatment and management of lupus.