Conditions and illnesses
Trauma
Having a child in the hospital with a burn injury can be a traumatic experience.
Conditions and illnesses
Conditions and illnesses
Trauma
Trauma
Some safety hazards apply to all children. But many problems are especially dangerous for children at a particular age or stage of development.
Trauma
Most ear emergencies result from some form of trauma. This trauma can be self-induced--a child's putting a foreign object in the ear-- or accidental--exposure to the blast from a firecracker or gun.
Trauma
Conditions and illnesses
Active Kids, Healthy Kids is a Canadian Paediatric Society program to help pediatricians, family physicians and other health professionals promote physical activity, nutrition, and other healthy choices.
Conditions and illnesses
For the approximately 10 to 15 percent of teenagers who live with chronic or complicated health conditions, the excitement of celebrating their 18th birthday might also be mixed with worries about making the transition to adult care.
Conditions and illnesses
Most kids, at one time or another in their childhood or adolescence, will need to take prescription medication to help treat symptoms of a condition or illness. As a parent, you’re the one who has to make sure that—as the old song goes—“the medicine goes down.”