Congenital Kyphosis
What is Congenital Kyphosis? Congenital Kyphosis is a spinal defect that occurs during the first six to eight weeks of embryonic development. The defect causes the spine to develop with…
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Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
What is Childhood Disintegrative Disorder? Children with Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD) develop normally until age 3 or 4 when they start to lose previously acquired social, language and motor skills.…
Rett Syndrome
What is Rett Syndrome? Rett Syndrome is a rare regressive neurological disorder that usually affects only girls. Girls with Rett Syndrome appear to develop normally until six to eighteen months…
Spina Bifida
What is Spina Bifida? Spina bifida is one of a number of defects called neural tube defects. The neural tube is the group of cells that form during fetal development…
Eczema in Babies and Children
What is Eczema? The most common type of eczema is called atopic dermatitis or atopic eczema. Children with eczema have an itchy red rash that is rough and inflamed skin with…
Gestational Diabetes
What is Gestational Diabetes? Gestational diabetes means that high blood sugar is found in an expectant mother beginning around the 24th week of pregnancy. This condition can happen even though…
Psoriasis
What is Psoriasis in Children? Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disorder. Normal skin cells develop and shed every 28 to 30 days. In children with psoriasis, the skin cells in the…
Hypospadias
What is Hypospadias? Hypospadias is a congenital abnormality of the penis in which the urinary tract opening is not at the tip. In a normal penis, the urine tube (urethra)…
VATER Association
What is VATER Association? An “association” is a related group of abnormalities that occur more often than can be explained by chance. Each letter in the term VATER represents a…
Varicella
What is Varicella? Varicella, also known as Chickenpox, is a highly contagious viral infection caused by first exposure to the varicella zoster virus. The virus is transmitted by respiratory droplets…
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