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X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia in Children

X-linked agammaglobulinemia is a rare genetic disease that causes a weakened immune system. It mainly affects boys.

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X-linked Dominant: Incontinentia Pigmenti

Detailed information on x-linked dominant inheritance.

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X-linked Inheritance: Red-Green Color Blindness, Hemophilia

Detailed information on x-linked recessive inheritance

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Your Baby and Breastfeeding

Think there's only one way to breastfeed? You can position your baby in several ways during feeding time that can be comfortable for both of you.

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Your Child's Asthma: Peak Flow Meters, Oximeters, and Spirometers

These 3 types of tools are used to measure how well your child's asthma is under control.

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Your High-Risk Baby and Expressing Milk

The benefits of breastmilk are even higher for babies who are born high-risk. Read on for helpful information on breast pumps, methods for expressing milk, freezing extra breastmilk, and more.

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Your Nutrition and Breastfeeding

People who are breastfeeding should eat a well-balanced, varied diet and drink enough liquids. Read on for more details.

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Zika Virus

This Helping Hand™ covers Zika, a disease caused by the Zika Virus. A person becomes infected by the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito or by having unprotected sex with an infected person. Symptoms can include fever, rash and joint pain.

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Zoonoses

Zoonoses, infections that people can get from animals. Children with compromised immune systems are at higher risk for these infections. The information in this Helping Hand™ will help with safe animal and pet care.

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Helping Hands Patient Education Materials

Written and illustrated by medical, nursing and allied health professionals at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Helping Hand instructions are intended as a supplement to verbal instructions provided by a medical professional. The information is periodically reviewed and revised to reflect our current practice. However, Nationwide Children's Hospital is not responsible for any consequences resulting from the use or misuse of the information in the Helping Hands.