Health conditions A-Z
Health condition information for kids, teens and adults
- Information for parents: Understanding Puberty
- Information for teens: Why do I get Acne? | Can I Prevent Acne?
- Information for kids: Acne
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Dermatology
- Information for parents: Parent's Guide to surviving the Teen Years
- Information for teens: Teen Health
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Adolescent Health Center
- Information for parents: Asthma Center | Managing Asthma | Allergies | Food Allergies and Sensitivities
- Information for teens: Asthma Center | How Can I Deal With My Asthma? | Asthma Safe Homes | Allergies | Allergy Testing
- Information for kids: Asthma Center | Learning About Allergies
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Allergy & asthma specialists
- Information for parents: Appendicitis
- Information for teens: Appendicitis
- Information for kids: Appendicitis
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Pediatric surgery | Pediatric emergency services
- Information for parents: Arthritis and Rheumatologic Conditions
- Information for teens: Juvenile Ideopathic Arthritis | Lupus
- Information for kids: Arthritis
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Rheumatology
- Information for parents: What is ADHD? | Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
- Information for teens: ADHD | ADHD Medicines | ADHD: Tips to Try
- Information for kids: What is Hyperactivity? | Learning Problems
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Developmental pediatrics | Pediatric Development Center | Educational consulting and evaluation | Neuropsychology
- Information for parents: Autism | Is There a Connection Between Vaccines and Autism? | Autism Needs Factsheet - For Teachers
- Information for teens: Autism | What to Say: Answers for Teens With Autism
- Information for kids: Autism
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Autism Treatment Center | Developmental pediatrics | ECHO (Extension of Healthcare Outcomes) Autism | Pediatric Development Center | Educational consulting and evaluation | Neuropsychology
- Information for parents: About Teen Suicide | Anxiety Disorders | Eating Disorders | Helping Kids Deal With Bullies | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Taking Your Child to a Therapist | Understanding Depression
- Information for teens: Mental Health | Stress & Coping Center | Emotions and Mental Health
- Information for kids: Going to a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, or Therapist | My Emotions & Behaviors | Why Am I So Sad?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Behavioral health | Counseling and therapy services | Childhood Trauma Treatment Program
- Information for parents: Helping Your Child Deal With Death
- Information for teens: 5 Ways to Cope When a Loved One Dies | About Serious Stress | Death and Grief
- Information for kids: Going to a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, or Therapist | My Emotions & Behaviors | Why Am I So Sad?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Mission and spiritual care | Palliative and supportive care
- Information for parents: Prenatal Tests | Birth Defects | When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
- Information for teens: Having a Healthy Pregnancy
- Information for kids: Birth Defects and Genetic Problems
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Center for Fetal Care | Genetics
- Information for parents: Brain and Nervous System Cancers | Brain Tumors
- Information for teens: Brain and Nervous System | Cancer Basics
- Information for kids: Cancer Basics for Kids | Movie: Brain & Nervous System
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Brain tumor support and resources | Pediatric neurosurgery
- Information for parents: Broken Bones | First Aid: Broken Bones | When your Child Needs a Cast
- Information for teens: Broken Bones | Strains and Sprains
- Information for kids: The Facts About Broken Bones | Cool Cast Facts
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Orthopedics | Pediatric emergency services
- Information for parents: About RSV | Bronchiolitis
- Information for kids: Word! Bronchiolitis | Your Lungs & Respiratory System
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Pulmonology
- Information for parents: Bullying | Cyberbullying | Helping Kids Deal With Bullies
- Information for teens: Dealing With Bullying | Sexual Harrasment and Sexual Bullying | Should I Fight a Bully?
- Information for kids: Dealing With Bullies | How Can I Help Someone Who's Being Bullied? | Kids Talk About: Bullying (Video)
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Childhood Trauma Treatment Program
- Information for parents: Cancer Center
- Information for teens: Cancer Center
- Information for kids: Cancer Center
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Cancer Care Center | Keyser Family Pediatric Cancer Center | Brain tumor support and resources | Pediatric Oncology Survivors in Transition (P.O.S.T.) Clinic
- Information for parents: Celiac Disease
- Information for teens: Celiac Disease
- Information for kids: Celiac Disease
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Pediatric Celiac Center
- Information for parents: Cerebral Palsy
- Information for teens: Cerebral Palsy
- Information for kids: Cerebral Palsy
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Cerebral palsy care | Coordinated Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CCCMC) Program
- Information for parents: Child Abuse
- Information for teens: Abuse
- Information for kids: How to Handle Abuse
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Childhood Trauma Treatment Program
- Information for parents: Cleft Lip and Palate
- Information for teens: Cleft Palate | What’s it Like to Have Surgery?
- Information for kids: Cleft Lip | Cleft Palate | What Happens in the Operating Room?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Cleft Palate Clinic & Craniofacial Services | Ear, nose & throat (ENT)
- Information for parents: A to Z: Colitis | A to Z: Ulcerative Colitis
- Information for teens: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Information for kids: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Gastroenterology services
- Information for parents: Concussions | How Can Parents Help Prevent Concussions?
- Information for teens: Concussions | Sports and Concussions
- Information for kids: Your Brain & Nervous System
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Concussions and brain injury | Concussion care | Orthopedics
- Information for parents: A to Z: Crohn’s Disease
- Information for teens: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Information for kids: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Gastroenterology services
- Information for parents: Cystic Fibrosis
- Information for teens: Cystic Fibrosis
- Information for kids: Cystic Fibrosis
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Cystic Fibrosis Center
- Information for parents: Helping Your Child Deal With Death
- Information for teens: 5 Ways to Cope When a Loved One Dies | About Serious Stress | Death and Grief
- Information for kids: Going to a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, or Therapist | My Emotions & Behaviors | Why Am I So Sad?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Mission and spiritual care | Palliative and supportive care
- Information for parents: Understanding Depression
- Information for teens: Depression | Talking to Parents About Depression
- Information for kids: Depression | Going to a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, or Therapist | Why Am I So Sad?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Behavioral health
- Information for parents: Skin, Hair and Nails
- Information for teens: Skin, Hair, and Nails | Tattoos | Tips for Taking Care of Your Skin
- Information for kids: Eek! It's Eczema! | Skin | Taking Care of Your Skin
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Dermatology services
- Information for parents: Diabetes Center
- Information for teens: Diabetes Center
- Information for kids: Diabetes Center
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Diabetes and endocrinology
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: DiGeorge Diagnostic & Treatment Center
- Information for parents: Digestive System | Hirschsprung Disease
- Information for teens: Digestive System | Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Information for kids: Constipation
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Celiac Center | Esophageal Center | Gastroenterology
- Information for parents: Helping Your Child Through a Divorce | Tips for Divorcing Parents | Taking Your Child to a Therapist
- Information for teens: Dealing with Divorce | Going to a Therapist
- Information for kids: Living with a Single Parent
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Behavioral health | Adolescent Health Center
- Information for parents: Down Syndrome
- Information for teens: The Basics on Genes and Genetic Disorders
- Information for kids: Down Syndrome
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Down Syndrome Clinic
- Information for parents: Middle Ear Infections and Ear Tube Surgery
- Information for kids: What Is an Ear Infection? | What Happens in the Operating Room?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Ear, nose, & throat (ENT)
- Information for parents: Failure to Thrive | Eating Disorders
- Information for teens: Eating Disorders
- Information for kids: Word! Anorexia Nervosa
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Behavioral health | The Esophageal Center | Gastroenterology | Nutrition services
- Information for parents: First Aid & Safety Center | Going to the Emergency Room | Is it a Medical Emergency?
- Information for teens: Your Medical Records | What to Do in an Emergency
- Information for kids: How to Use 911 | When It's Just You in an Emergency | Word! ER
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Childhood Trauma Treatment Program | Emergency services
- Information for parents: Epilepsy
- Information for teens: Epilepsy
- Information for kids: Epilepsy
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Neurology services
- Information for parents: A to Z: Eosinophilic Esophagitis | A to Z: Esophagitis | Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Information for teens: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) | Digestive System
- Information for kids: Have You Heard of GERD? | Your Digestive System
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) Clinic | The Esophageal Center
- Information for parents: Eye Injuries | Vision Facts and Myths | Your Child's Vision
- Information for teens: Taking Care of Your Vision | Visual Impairment
- Information for kids: Seeing Your Way Through Strabismus | Your Eyes
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Pediatric ophthalmology
- Information for parents: Broken Bones | First Aid: Broken Bones | When your Child Needs a Cast
- Information for teens: Broken Bones | Strains and Sprains
- Information for kids: The Facts About Broken Bones | Cool Cast Facts
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Orthopedics | Pediatric emergency services
- Information for parents: Gastrostomy Tubes (G-Tubes) | Nutritional Support
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Coordinated Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CCCMC) | Nutrition services
- Information for parents: All About Genetics
- Information for teens: The Basics on Genes and Genetic Disorders
- Information for kids: What is a Gene?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Center for Fetal Care | Genetics | DiGeorge Diagnostic and Treatment Center
- Information for parents: Your Newborn’s Growth | Growth and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old | Growth and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old | Growth & Development
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Developmental pediatrics
- Information for parents: Congenital Heart Defects
- Information for teens: Heart and Cardiovascular System
- Information for kids: Heart Problems
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Advocate Children’s Hospital Heart Institute | Cardiac neurodevelopmental program | DiGeorge Diagnostic and Treatment Center | Pediatric Cardiology | Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
- Information for parents: Hydrocephalus | Ultrasound: Head
- Information for teens: Brain and Nervous System
- Information for kids: Word! Hydrocephalus
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Brain tumor support and resources | Coordinated Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CCCMC)
- Information for parents: Your Child’s Immunizations
- Information for teens: Immunizations
- Information for kids: A Kid’s Guide to Shots
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Vaccination program
- Information for parents: Common Childhood Infections | Your Child’s Immunizations | Vaccines for Your Children
- Information for teens: Flu Center | Infections
- Information for kids: Flu Center | Infections
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Vaccination program
- Information for parents: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Information for teens: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Information for kids: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Gastroenterology services
- Information for parents: Bike Safety | Car Seat Safety | Concussions | First Aid & Safety Center | Preventing Children's Sports Injuries
- Information for teens: Sports and Exercise Safety | Staying Safe
- Information for kids: Bike Safety | Exercise & Sports Safety | Stay Safe Center | Staying Safe in the Car and on the Bus
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Injury prevention
- Information for parents: A to Z: Developmental Delay | Growth and Development | Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) | Special Education: Getting Support for your Child
- Information for kids: I'm Growing Up - But Am I Normal? | What is an Intellectual Disability?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Developmental pediatrics | Educational consulting and evaluation | Pediatric Development Center
- Information for parents: Kidney Diseases in Childhood
- Information for teens: Kidney Disease
- Information for kids: Your Kidneys
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Kidney services | Pediatric urology team
- Information for parents: Learning Disorders | Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
- Information for teens: Learning disorders
- Information for kids: Learning problems
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Developmental pediatrics | Pediatric Development Center | Educational consulting and evaluation | Neuropsychology
- Information for parents: Caring for a Seriously Ill Child | Managing Home Health Care | Palliative Care | Relaxation Techniques for Children With Serious Illness | Taking Care of You: Support for Caregivers
- Information for teens: Managing Your Medical Care
- Information for kids: Going to the Hospital | Why Do I Have Pain?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Center for Fetal Care | Coordinated Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CCCMC) Program | Palliative & supportive care | Parent pointers for coping: When your child has a chronic or serious health condition | Transport services (Pediatric/Neonatal Transport Team)
- Information for parents: About Teen Suicide | Anxiety Disorders | Eating Disorders | Helping Kids Deal With Bullies | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Taking Your Child to a Therapist | Understanding Depression
- Information for teens: Mental Health | Stress & Coping Center
- Information for kids: Going to a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, or Therapist | My Emotions & Behaviors | Why Am I So Sad?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Behavioral health | Childhood Trauma Treatment Program | Counseling and therapy
- Information for parents: A Primer on Preemies | Babies Need Tummy Time | Health Problems of Preemies | Taking Your Preemie Home | When Your Baby's in the NICU
- Information for kids: NICU Activity Book
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Neonatology | NICU medical play program
- Information for parents: Brain and Nervous System | Brain and Nervous System Conditions
- Information for teens: Brain and Nervous System | Brain and Nervous System Conditions
- Information for kids: Your Brain & Nervous System
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Neurology | Neuropsychology | Pediatric neurosurgery
- Information for parents: Failure to Thrive | Managing Home Health Care | Nasogastric Feeding Tube | Nutritional Support | Taking Your Preemie Home
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Gastroenterology
- Information for parents: Nutrition and Fitness
- Information for teens: Nutrition and Fitness
- Information for kids: Nutrition and Fitness
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Nutrition services | Healthy Active Living Program
- Information for parents: Eye Injuries | Vision Facts and Myths | Your Child's Vision
- Information for teens: Taking Care of Your Vision | Visual Impairment
- Information for kids: Seeing Your Way Through Strabismus | Your Eyes
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Ophthalmology
- Information for parents: Bones, Muscles, and Joints | Common Childhood Orthopedic Conditions | Strength Training and Your Child
- Information for teens: Bones, Muscles, and Joints | Scoliosis
- Information for kids: Word! Orthopedic Surgeon | Your Muscles
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Orthopedics
- Information for parents: Overweight and Obesity | A to Z: Obesity, Morbid | Nutrition and Fitness Center
- Information for teens: About Overweight and Obesity | Managing Your Weight | When Being Overweight is a Health Problem | Nutrition and Fitness Center
- Information for kids: What Being Overweight Means
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Nutrition services | Adolescent Health Center | Healthy Active Living Program
- Information for parents: Caring for a Seriously or Chronically Ill Child | Palliative Care
- Information for teens: Cancer Center | Words to Know
- Information for kids: Cancer Center | Words to Know
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Palliative & supportive care
- Information for parents: Cleft Lip and Palate | Flat Head Syndrome (Positional Plagiocephaly)
- Information for teens: Plastic Surgery | What’s it Like to Have Surgery?
- Information for kids: Cleft lip | Cleft palate
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Pediatric Plastic & Craniofacial Surgery
- Information for parents: Medical Care During Pregnancy | Pregnancy and Newborn Center
- Information for teens: Having a Healthy Pregnancy
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Center for Fetal Care | Obstetrics | Women's Services
- Information for parents: A Primer on Preemies | Health Problems of Preemies | Preventing Premature Birth | Taking Your Preemie Home | When Your Baby's in the NICU
- Information for kids: NICU Activity Book
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Neonatology | Medical play for kids
- Information for parents: Blood Tests: Immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, IgM) | Immune System | Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases (PIDDs)
- Information for teens: Immune System
- Information for kids: Your Immune System
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDD)
- Information for parents: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Information for kids & teens: Getting a CAT Scan (Video) | Getting an MRI (Video) | Getting an Upper GI (Video) | Getting an X-Ray (Video)
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Radiology services
- Information for parents: Hearing Evaluation in Children | Occupational Therapy | Physical Therapy | Speech-Language Therapy
- Information for teens: Physical Therapy | Speech Problems
- Information for kids: Going to an Audiologist | Going to an Occupational Therapist | Going to a Physical Therapist | Going to a Speech Therapist
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Physical, occupational and speech therapy services
- Information for parents: Is a Clinical Trial Right for Your Child?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Center for Child and Family Research
- Information for parents: Arthritis and Rheumatologic Conditions
- Information for teens: Juvenile Ideopathic Arthritis | Lupus
- Information for kids: Arthritis
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Rheumatology
- Information for parents: Seizures
- Information for teens: Epilepsy
- Information for kids: Epilepsy
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Neurology services
- Information for parents: Cutting | Helping Teens Who Cut | About Teen Suicide
- Information for teens: Cutting | Depression, Suicide, and Self-Injury
- Information for kids: Dealing with Peer Pressure | The Story on Self-Esteem
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Behavioral health
- Information for parents: Sickle Cell Disease
- Information for teens: Sickle Cell Disease
- Information for kids: Do You Know About Sickle Cell Anemia?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Sickle Cell Disease Clinic
- Information for parents: Sleep Disorders
- Information for teens: Common Sleep Problems for Teens
- Information for kids: Why Do I Need to Sleep? | What to Do if You Can’t Sleep?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Pediatric sleep disorders
- Information for parents: Speech and Language Therapy | A to Z: Dysphagia
- Information for teens: Speech Problems
- Information for kids: Going to a Speech Therapist
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Airway Center | Ear, nose, & throat (ENT) | Speech therapy services
- Information for parents: Spina Bifida
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Spina bifida services
- Information for parents: Sports Medicine Center
- Information for teens: Choosing the Right Sport for You
- Information for kids: Five Ways to Avoid Sports Injuries
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Orthopedics | Sports medicine services
- Information for parents: When Your Child Has Surgery
- Information for teens: What’s it Like to Have Surgery
- Information for kids: What Happens in the Operating Room
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Pediatric surgery | Pediatric neurosurgery
- Information for parents: Adolescent health
- Information for teens: Teen health
- Information for kids: Puberty & Growing Up
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Adolescent Health Center
- Information for parents: Tonsils and Tonsillectomies
- Information for teens: Tonsils and Tonsillectomies
- Information for kids: Having Your Tonsils Taken Out | What Happens in the Operating Room?
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Ear, nose, & throat (ENT) | Pediatric Airway Center
- Information for parents: Managing Home Health Care
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Airway Center | Coordinated Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CCCMC) Program
- Information for parents: When Your Child Outgrows Pediatric Care | Special Needs: Planning for Adulthood (Video) | Giving Teens a Voice in Health Care Decisions
- Information for teens: Managing Your Medical Care | Choosing Your Own Doctor | Health Insurance Basics
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Adolescent Health Center
- Information for parents: Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome) | A-Z: Head Injury | Going to the Emergency Room | Gun Safety | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Should You Worry About School Violence?
- Information for teens: Abuse | First Aid and Injuries | Someone at School Has a Weapon. What Should I Do? | Strains and Sprains
- Information for kids: Do You Know How to Be Street Smart? | Gun Safety | Illness and Injuries
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Childhood Trauma Treatment Program | Emergency services | Mission and spiritual care | Transport Services
- Information for parents: Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections and Related Infections
- Information for teens: Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
- Information for kids: Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Urology
- Information for parents: Your Child’s Immunizations | Vaccines for Your Children
- Information for teens: Immunizations
- Information for kids: A Kid’s Guide to Shots
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Vaccinations
- Information for parents: Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome) | Healthy Habits for TV, Video Games, and the Internet | School Violence and the News | Teaching Kids to be Smart About Social Media
- Information for teens: Bullying/Violence | Should You Worry About School Violence? | Someone at School Has a Weapon. What Should I Do?
- Information for kids: Gun Safety | Word! Violence
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Childhood Trauma Treatment Program
- Information for parents: Nutrition and Fitness Center
- Information for teens: Nutrition and Fitness Center | Managing Your Weight | Therapy and Weight Management
- Information for kids: Be a Fit Kid | Go Slow, and Whoa! A Kids Guide to Eating Right
- Advocate Children's Hospital services: Nutrition services | Adolescent Health Center | Healthy Active Living Program
