Learn about premature babies with chronic lung disease (CLD). A premature baby with CLD may require the use of oxygen and mechanical ventilation.
Learn what a lung tatooing is, why it is required and how to prepare your child for the procedure.
Find information on how your child's lungs, heart, kidneys, and bladder may be affected by chemotherapy.
Learn about the important role physical activity plays in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a lung transplant.
Discover how to perform lung volume recruitment with your child to help them take deep breaths.
Learn about the symptoms, causes and treatment of pulmonary hypertension in children.
Learn about respiratory distress syndrome, a common condition in very premature babies.
Learn how lung perfusion and ventilation scans check the flow of blood towards and around the lungs.
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare inherited disease that can cause recurring lung, ear and sinus infections. Find out how the condition is caused and treated and the long-term outlook for children with PCD.
Read about chronic illness and ways to cope. Congenital heart disease is a common example. While it can often be well managed, it never goes away.
A lung test, or pulmonary function test, is used to measure how well you lungs are working. Learn why you may need a pulmonary function test and what to expect during the test.
Find out how a chronic condition affects your child's mental health and how to help them adjust to a recent diagnosis.
Learn what a lung biopsy is, why it is required and how to prepare your child for the procedure.
Viral respiratory infection is a general term for lung and airway infections. Read about different viruses that can cause viral respiratory infections and treatment options.
Learn about chronic pain in children and teens. Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than three months and requires various pain management techniques.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a lung biopsy.
Read about mechanical ventilation and supplemental oxygen. Premature babies with lung complications often require supplemental oxygen.
Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Learn about how we feel pain, what acute and chronic pain are and the most common causes of pain in people with sickle cell disease.
May is Cystic Fibrosis Month. Learn what causes cystic fibrosis, what the signs and symptoms are, and what treatments are available.
Physical activity and exercise are important parts of what you can do to manage cystic fibrosis (CF). Learn about activities you can do to improve lung function.
Learn how to support your own mental health and wellbeing and how to cope with emotions following the diagnosis of a child’s chronic condition.
Read about some of the complications that can arise after having scoliosis surgery. Trusted answers from The Hospital for Sick Children.
Children who are immunocompromised and children with chronic medical conditions may be at higher risk of serious illness with COVID-19.
