HIV and AIDS in children
HIV can affect people of all genders, races and ages, including children. Most children with the disease are infected while in the womb or during birth. HIV is a viral infection that causes a chronic life-threatening condition acquired immune ... [... more]
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Neurofibromatosis
Neurofibromatosis (Nf) is an inheritable genetic disorder that leads to the development of soft, non-cancerous tumours (neurofibromas) on nerve tissue throughout the body. There are two main types, Nf1 (also known as Von Recklinghausen's disease ... [... more]
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Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Discover the causes and consequences of this autoimmune reaction, in which the body attacks its own blood vessels. There are many health problems that arise from the fact that the body sometimes inexplicably turns on itself. Such instances are ... [... more]
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Septicaemia
The body is well equipped to fight off infection via the immune system, which is able to detect, track down and kill the invaders causing the problem. If these invaders get into the bloodstream, however, they have an opportunity to invade any or ... [... more]
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Signs and symptoms
Most people take for granted their ability to do everyday jobs without thinking. But for those with this neurologically based problem, even the simplest tasks can be a struggle. Dyspraxia can affect any or all areas of development - intellectual, ... [... more]
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Otitis media
Otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear - the part of the ear that lies behind the eardrum - and is the most common causes of earache in children. Otitis media may be acute or chronic. In chronic secretory otitis media, the middle ear ... [... more]
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Accidents in childhood
Accidents are the most common cause of death among children aged between one and 15. Find out why they must be taken seriously. Accidents are common in childhood. Most of them aren't serious, but a significant number each year are fatal or cause ... [... more]
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Hernia in children
The common causes of hernias in children, plus how they're treated A hernia is a protrusion of part of the intestines through a weakness or hole in the muscular wall of the abdomen. The most common are inguinal hernias and, especially in small ... [... more]
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Vision problems
Some people are short-sighted, others are long-sighted. Nowadays, people with visual problems are finding it easier to correct these difficulties as science advances and wearing glasses can be a fashion statement. To see clearly, light rays need ... [... more]
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Juvenile macular degeneration
Juvenile macular degeneration causes damage at the centre of the retina in teenagers, children and infants. Most people think macular degeneration is a condition that affects older people, but it can also affect young people. Other types of ... [... more]
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Treatment and diagnosis
Polio is highly infectious and can affect the nervous system, sometimes resulting in paralysis. It's transmitted through contaminated food and drinking water, contact with faeces from an infected person or contaminated swimming pool water. Polio ... [... more]
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Otitis externa (swimmer's ear)
Otitis externa is an inflammation of the outer ear canal - the tube between the skin surface of the external ear and the ear drum. It's sometimes known as swimmer's ear. Otitis externa is usually caused by an infection which may be due to a fungi ... [... more]
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