Usher syndrome
It's rare for a child to have problems with both their hearing and their vision, but when this does happen the most common cause is Usher syndrome. Usher syndrome is a genetic condition, inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. This means a ... [... more]
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Rotavirus gastroenteritis
This viral infection is the most common cause of diarrhoea in children under the age of five. Rotavirus gastroenteritis is caused by a virus, called rotavirus, which lives in the gut of those with the infection. Gastroenteritis is the medical ... [... more]
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X-linked agammaglobulinaemia
This inherited problem - also known as XLA or Bruton's sex-linked agammaglobulinaemia - affects the immune system. XLA occurs when the body can't make gamma globulin, the chemical that forms the antibodies used to fight infection. This failure ... [... more]
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Cornelia de Lange syndrome
A guide to Cornelia de Lange syndrome, facts about the condition, and where to go for support Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) encompasses characteristic physical features, developmental abnormalities and learning difficulties. This rare ... [... more]
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Bringing up children
Raising a child is one of the hardest, most responsible and satisfying tasks a human being can face. It is also the job for which people receive the least formal training. Each person's knowledge of how to bring up a child usually comes from ... [... more]
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Talking to children about divorce
When a couple decide to get a divorce, they usually have some weighty reasons for parting. A divorce will have huge personal and economic effects on a family and it is often the children who are affected the most; they will always experience ... [... more]
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Dehydration
Most people get dehydrated from time to time, and usually it's easily corrected. But occasionally, when a lack of fluids puts the body under additional strain, it can have tragic consequences. Water makes up around 70 per cent of the human body. ... [... more]
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HIV and AIDS in children
HIV can affect people of all genders, races and ages, including children. Most children with the disease are infected in the womb or during birth. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an infection that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ... [... more]
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Crouzon syndrome
Crouzon syndrome is one of the commonest types of craniosynostosis, which distorts the shape of the skull. In craniosynostosis, the flat plates of bone that form the skull fuse together early in life, interfering with the growth of the skull, ... [... more]
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Flu (influenza)
How to recognise the symptoms of flu, plus information on vaccinations Flu is a viral infection that's most common during the winter months. It has a sudden onset of symptoms, which include fever, sore throat and muscle aches. Influenza, more ... [... more]
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Gaucher disease
A guide to Gaucher disease, how it's treated and where to go for support Gaucher disease is a rare genetic disorder, one of the most common of a group of conditions know as 'lipid storage diseases'; where abnormal amounts of fats (or lipids) are ... [... more]
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Rett syndrome
Rett syndrome is a neurological disorder that leaves those affected profoundly and multiply disabled and totally dependent on others throughout their lives. Currently there is no cure. Rett syndrome is a complex neurological disorder that's ... [... more]
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