Children's Health Medical Reference
- Pfeiffer Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatment
Pfeiffer syndrome is a rare condition where a baby’s skull plates join together earlier than usual. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment options, including surgery.
- Turner Syndrome
Turner syndrome can cause symptoms and complications throughout life, but treatments allow girls and women with this rare genetic disease to live relatively healthy lives.
- What Is Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome?
Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome is a rare genetic condition caused when part of chromosome 4 is deleted during a baby’s development. Find out if it can be prevented and treated.
- What Is Bartter Syndrome?
Find out more about this group of rare, similar kidney conditions that affect kids.
- What Is Fragile X Syndrome?
Fragile X syndrome is a disorder children are born with that affects their learning, behavior, appearance, and health. Learn about symptoms and treatments.
- What Is Noonan Syndrome?
Noonan syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes a wide range of physical and developmental symptoms, including heart defects, bleeding problems, and distinct facial features.
- Gilbert Syndrome
Learn about this common inherited condition. And, find out why it makes some people's skin turn yellow.
- What is Williams Syndrome?
Williams Syndrome: Learn the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of this rare disorder.
- Trisomy 13 (Patau Syndrome): Symptoms, Causes, and Diagnosis
Trisomy 13: What is it and what are the causes?
- What Is TORCH Syndrome?
TORCH Syndrome is a group of diseases that cause problems, some of them serious, in newborn babies. Learn how to spot the signs and prevent sickness.
- What Is Brittle Bone Disease?
Brittle bone disease, or osteogenesis imperfecta, is a genetic disorder that makes bones break very easily. Learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatment.
- Kawasaki Disease: Symptoms and Treatment
Kawasaki Disease: Learn about this childhood illness that can lead to heart problems and how it’s treated.
- Living With Gaucher Disease
Get diet, exercise, and other tips to help you or your child manage the daily health challenges from Gaucher disease.
- Treatments for Gaucher Disease
Find out how medicine or surgery can improve the symptoms of Gaucher disease.
- How to Talk to Your Doctor About Gaucher Disease
Learn how to work with your doctor, and what questions to ask, to manage the symptoms of Gaucher disease.
- Flu in Toddlers
Find out how to tell the difference between a bad cold and the flu in your toddler, what to do to make him feel more comfortable, and how to prevent him from getting sick in the first place.
- What Is BPA and Is It Safe?
Find out if the chemical BPA, which is found in the plastic in some water bottles and in the lining of some food cans, is safe.
- Your Baby and the Flu: FAQ
Find out how to prevent and treat the flu in your baby.
- Adenovirus Infection: Symptoms and Treatment
Learn about adenovirus infections. Find out what causes these common childhood illnesses and how to treat kids when they get sick.
- Treatment for Your Child's Broken Bone
Find out how your child's doctor will treat his broken bone, including splints, casts, and surgery.
- When Your Child Has a Growth Plate Fracture
Find out how your child's doctor will treat a growth plate fracture, how quickly it heals, and whether there are possible complications.
- When Your Baby Has a Cold
Babies and toddlers catch a lot of colds. Find out how to make your little one feel better, and when to call the doctor.
- What Is Sever’s Disease?
Sever’s disease is a common heel injury in adolescents.
- Your Child’s Cough
What you should know about your child’s cough. Explore coughs from colds and flu, treatments, and when to call your doctor.
- What Is Enterovirus D68?
Enterovirus-68 is a type of viral infection that may cause cold-like symptoms or severe respiratory infection, especially in children.
- Inherited Lipodystrophy
Lipodystrophy is a problem with the way your body uses and stores fat. Inherited types affect babies and kids. It changes the way they look and causes serious complications.
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare muscle disease that mainly affects mainly boys in early childhood.
- Muscular Dystrophy
The causes, symptoms, and treatment of muscular dystrophies, a group of rare muscle diseases.
- Primary Immunodeficiency
The causes, symptoms, and treatment of primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDDs), a group of conditions that makes it hard for your body to fight infections.
- Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) Explained
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease, or HFMD, is caused by a virus. Symptoms include ulcers, or sores, inside or around the mouth and a rash or blisters on the hands, feet, legs, or buttocks.
- Hemophilia B
The causes, symptoms, and treatment of hemophilia B, a disorder in which your blood does not clot normally.
- Fabry Disease
The causes, symptoms, and treatment of Fabry disease, an inherited condition that brings on a variety of symptoms, including pain in the hands and feet.
- Gaucher Disease
The causes, symptoms, and treatment of Gaucher disease, a genetic disease that can cause damage to organs such as spleen, liver, and brain.
- Hemophilia A
Hemophilia A keeps your blood from clotting the way it should. That means bleeding problems. But you can lead a full life with the right treatment.
- Childhood Intestinal Disorders: What to Expect
If you suspect that your child has a stomach problem, WebMD tells you what to look for.
- Hunter Syndrome (MPS II)
Learn about Hunter syndrome, a rare genetic disease, and how it can be treated.
- Mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I)
Mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I) is a rare genetic disorder that affects both physical and mental development and can cause organ damage.
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)
A look into the rare disorder tuberous sclerosis, and its possible impact on health.
- Progeria
WebMD explains progeria, a rare genetic condition that causes a child's body to grow old quickly. There's no cure, but treatment can ease or delay symptoms.
- Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
WebMD explains whooping cough (also known as pertussis), a bacterial infection that causes a cough and cold-like symptoms. Vaccines may help prevent it.
- What to Do When Your Kid Has a Fever
Try these tips to help your feverish child.
- What Is Nursemaid's Elbow?
WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of nursemaid's elbow, a common injury among toddlers and preschoolers.
- Growing Pains: Are They Due to Growth Spurts?
WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of growing pains in children.
- Sensory Processing Disorder
WebMD explains sensory processing disorder, a condition in which the brain has trouble receiving information from the senses. People with the condition may be over-sensitive to things in their environment, such as sounds.
- Diarrhea in Children: Causes and Treatments
Learn more from WebMD about treating your child's diarrhea.
- Treatments for Constipation in Children
WebMD offers tips on treating constipation in children.
- Mesenteric Lymphadenitis
WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of mesenteric lymphadenitis – an inflammation of the lymph nodes.
- Fluorosis Overview
Learn more from WebMD about fluorosis, a dental condition caused by overexposure to fluoride during childhood.
- Toddler Constipation
WebMD explains common causes of constipation in toddlers and how to treat it.
- Dwarfism
WebMD explains dwarfism, including causes and management of the disorder.