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Pediatric Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a group of diseases that cause damage to the optic nerve. It occurs when eye pressure is too high. It is a serious vision-threating disease. Children who have glaucoma need to be closely monitored because glaucoma is usually a lifelong problem.
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Velopharyngeal Dysfunction (VPD)
Velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) is the inadequate separation of the oral and nasal cavities during speech and/or swallowing. At Nationwide Children’s Hospital, our experts in the Velopharyngeal Dysfunction Program provide specialized treatment for patients with speech disorders resulting from VPD.
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New Parent Confessions: Bathtime Safety
Most baby products and safety guidelines are created for children of average size and development. What’s a parent to do if their baby is very small or very large for their age, or meeting developmental milestones at a different rate than their peers?
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Autoimmune Hepatitis
Autoimmune hepatitis happens when something goes wrong with the body’s immune system. In autoimmune hepatitis, the immune system attacks normal liver cells. This causes damage that makes it hard for the liver to work properly.
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COVID-19 Updates
We offer several services to support efforts against the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19, including a Patient Information and Testing Hotline, a Provider Information Line and a drive-up testing site.
How School-Based Health Care Helps Children
Health systems and school districts throughout Ohio have partnered on “school-based health care,” an effort to bring medical and other wellness services into schools for children who might not otherwise receive them.
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Gonadal Dysgenesis
Gonadal dysgenesis, also known as 46XY gonadal dysgenesis and Swyer syndrome, is a condition in which the ovaries or testes (gonads) did not form the right way during pregnancy. Treatment may include surgery or hormone therapy.
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Can Your Baby Learn Sign Language?
Baby sign language is a way to communicate with your baby effectively and you can begin introducing signs as early as infancy. The following are suggestions to make signing and communicating with your baby successful.
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Birth Spacing: Plan for Health and Safety
Planning for when to have a second, third or even sixth baby can be important to the health of both the birthing person and the new baby. Ideal pregnancy spacing is more than 18 months and less than 5 years.
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Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and the Common Cold
The common cold does not feel so common if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. We often get calls from patients of the Teen and Pregnant Program (TaP) regarding which medications are safe to take for cold symptoms.