Pediatric Conditions
An infant with an omphalocele has a portion of the abdominal organs protruding through an opening in the muscles near the umbilical cord.
Rh disease occurs during pregnancy when there is an incompatibility between the blood types of the mother and baby.
An abrasion is a superficial rub or wearing off of the skin, usually caused by a scrape or a "brush burn." Abrasions are usually minor injuries that can be treated at home.
Bleeding may occur at various times in pregnancy. Although bleeding is alarming, it may or may not be a serious complication.
Detailed information on neck abscess, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
Amenorrhea is a menstrual condition in which a woman's menstrual periods are absent for more than three monthly cycles. Pregnancy is one possible cause of amenorrhea.
Detailed information on achondroplasia, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
Detailed information on acute bronchitis, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a rare, but serious, condition of pregnancy in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in the liver or liver cells.
Guillain-Barré syndrome is a neurological disorder in which a child's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. The disorder usually occurs a few days or weeks after the child has had symptoms of a respiratory or gastrointestinal viral infection.
Many types of trauma can cause an acute spinal cord injury. The more common types occur when the area of the spine or neck is bent or compressed.
Detailed information on idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
Neonatal abstinence syndrome is a term for a group of problems a baby experiences when withdrawing from exposure to narcotics.
Detailed information on Addison's disease, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
Detailed information on adenovirus infections, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
Detailed information on adolescent health problems and injuries, including acne, asthma, breast conditions, breast self-examination, diabetes, eye care, eye safety, gynecological conditions, menstrual conditions, gynecologic problems, pap test, vaginitis, vulvitis, menstrual disorders, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), high blood pressure, infectious mononucleosis, obesity, oral health, orthodontics, braces, wisdom teeth extraction, periodontal disease, orthopedic problems, osgood schlatter disease, scoliosis, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, sexually transmitted diseases, safer sex guidelines, sports safety, sports injuries, sprains, strains, tennis elbow, mouthguards, heat related illness, heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke
Girls experience puberty as a sequence of events, and their pubertal changes usually begin before boys of the same age. The first pubertal change in girls usually is breast development.
Detailed information on delayed puberty, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
During adolescence, blood sugar levels become harder to control, resulting in levels that swing from too low to too high.
Detailed information on the most common gynecological and menstrual conditions that affect adolescents
Detailed information on gynecological problems in a child
Detailed information on disorders affecting the adrenal glands, including underactive adrenal glands (Addison's disease), overactive adrenal glands (Cushing's syndrome), and pheochromocytoma
Detailed information on Cushing's syndrome and overactive adrenal glands, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
Detailed information on pheochromocytoma, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder resulting from the body's inability to produce enough, or to properly use, insulin.
