Find out about living with ITP and the treatment options you can discuss with your child's health care team.
A general overview or idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura or ITP, an acquired blood disorder.
Find information about plasma protein products made from donated blood. Learn about the different products and their uses.
Teens living with hemophilia can find out what happens during a bleed. Learn about the symptoms of a bleed.
Here is an introduction to scoliosis surgery. Links are provided to pages that give information about what will happen before, during, and after surgery.
Learn about how long the average person should sleep, what happens when you sleep and why sleep is important.
Every patient’s recovery following scoliosis surgery is different. Read about what to expect immediately following an operation for scoliosis.
Learn what happens during your child's allogeneic stem cell transplant.
Learn what happens at follow-up clinic visits after brain tumour treatment for your child has ended.
Learn how your baby's spina bifida is repaired with surgery either before or after they are born. Also learn what happens after surgery and how to take care of your baby at home.
Informed decision making is an important component of choosing whether to treat scoliosis. Learn about what can happen if scoliosis is not treated.
Menstruation is experienced by people with female reproductive systems. Learn about menstruation and what makes up a normal menstrual cycle.
Find out why arthritis can occur in young people. This page describes how joint inflammation happens, and how juvenile idiopathic arthritis can hurt your joints. It also outlines some of the symptoms of arthritis in young people.
Positional clubfoot is a condition that can affect one or both feet of newborn babies. Learn more about why this happens and stretches and exercises to help treat clubfoot.
If you have JIA, regular eye exams are very important for detecting early signs of eye inflammation. Learn what happens during an eye exam.
In-depth information concerning swallowing problems that can arise as a result of brain tumour surgery, and what can be done to alleviate them.
Electromyography (EMG) tests how well muscles and nerves work together. Learn about what to expect during an EMG test and how to prepare your child.
Following a voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) your child may feel pain while they urinate. Learn how to reduce discomfort from VCUG catheterization.
Learn what happens during an MRI so your child knows what to expect.
This page describes how joint inflammation happens and how juvenile idiopathic arthritis can hurt your joints. It also outlines some of the symptoms of arthritis in young people.
Learn how the doctor can treat your child's amblyopia.
