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Kidney (Renal) Biopsy

What to expect if your child is having a kidney biopsy.

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Prednisone and Prednisolone

This Helping Hand™ explains how the medicines prednisone and prednisolone reduce swelling (inflammation) and help your immune system calm down. They're often used to treat things like asthma, allergies, arthritis, and other conditions.

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Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis)

This Helping Hand™ is about eczema in children, which is a skin problem that causes dry, itchy, rough skin rashes.

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Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy focuses on facilitating development, enhancing function and maximizing independence in all daily life activities.

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Meningitis

Meningitis is an infection of the meninges. These are the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord.

Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Mosquito-borne diseases are spread to people and animals by the bite of an infected mosquito.

Sickle Cell Disease and Spleen Crisis

Sickle cells can block the blood vessels leading out of the spleen. When this happens, blood stays in the spleen instead of flowing through it. This causes the spleen to get bigger, and the blood counts to fall.

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Lead Poisoning: Chelation Therapy

Some children with severe lead poisoning may need a medicine to help remove lead from their blood. Using medicine to take lead out of the blood is called chelation.

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The Winter Illness Toolbox Every Parent Needs

Even though we are three weeks away from the official start of Spring, right now those pesky winter childhood illnesses are very much around. A little advance preparation of an illness “toolbox” will help you to get through the onset of symptoms with a little less stress and a lot less