Factsheets (Disease or condition)

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Our factsheets are produced in collaboration with John Hunter New England Children's Hospital. They provide information on diseases and conditions, treatments, tests and procedures, and the use of medical support equipment.

Disease or condition

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Safety
Test or procedure
Treatment

Alphabetical List

Abdominal organ injuries factsheet
Abdominal pain and stomach ache factsheet
Abusive head trauma factsheet
Allergy and allergy tests factsheet
Anorexia nervosa factsheet
Anterior knee pain factsheet
Anxiety and anxiety disorders factsheet
Appendicitis and appendectomy factsheet
Arterio-venous malformation (AVM) of the brain factsheet
Asthma factsheet
Autism Spectrum Disorder factsheet

Bedwetting factsheet
Bee, wasp and ant stings factsheet
Biliary atresia factsheet
Bilious vomiting factsheet
Bone cancers factsheet
Bone fracture factsheet
Bow-legs and knock knees factsheet
Brain and spinal cord cancers factsheet
Brain death factsheet
Breath-holding spells factsheet
Bronchiolitis factsheet
Burn injuries factsheet

Cerebral palsy factsheet
Chickenpox factsheet
Childhood obesity factsheet
Chronic illness support factsheet
Chronic neonatal lung disease factsheet
Clubfoot (congenital talipes equinovarus) factsheet
Coarctation of the aorta (COA) factsheet
Coeliac disease factsheet
Concussion and mild head injury factsheet
Congenital cataracts factsheet
Congenital heart disease - septal defects factsheet
Connective tissue dysplasia factsheet
Constipation factsheet
CPVT (catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia) factsheet
Craniosynostosis (single suture) factsheet
Craniosynostosis (syndromic) factsheet
Croup factsheet
Curly toes factsheet
Cutaneous leishmaniasis factsheet
Cystic fibrosis factsheet
Cytomegalovirus factsheet

Daytime wetting factsheet
Dehydration in babies and children factsheet
Depression factsheet
Developmental delay factsheet
Developmental dysplasia of the hip factsheet
Diphtheria factsheet
Down syndrome factsheet

Ear infections and glue ear factsheet
Ear microtia factsheet
Ear problems in children factsheet
Eczema factsheet
Egg allergy factsheet
Eye problems in children factsheet

Facial nerve palsy factsheet
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) factsheet
Febrile convulsion factsheet
Fever factsheet
Fibrous dysplasia factsheet
Flat feet factsheet
Functional singular ventricle factsheet

Gastroenteritis factsheet
Germ cell tumours factsheet

Haemangioma (strawberry birthmark) factsheet
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) factsheet
Harmful insects (scorpions, centipedes, millipedes, and stink bugs) Factsheet
Headaches in children factsheet
Hearing loss in children factsheet
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) factsheet
Hepatitis A factsheet
Hepatitis B factsheet
Hepatitis C factsheet
Hives (Urticaria) factsheet
House dust mite allergy factsheet
Human papillomavirus (HPV) factsheet
Hydroceles factsheet
Hydrocephalus factsheet
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome factsheet
Hypospadias factsheet

Impetigo (school sores) factsheet
Influenza factsheet
Inguinal hernia factsheet
Intellectual disability factsheet
Intoeing (pigeon toes) factsheet
Invasive group A streptococcus factsheet

Jaundice in newborn babies factsheet
Joint hypermobility factsheet
Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) factsheet
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) factsheet

Kawasaki disease factsheet

Ladd’s procedure for malrotation and volvulus factsheet
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) factsheet
Latex allergy factsheet
Lead exposure and poisoning factsheet
Leukaemia factsheet
Liver cancers factsheet
Living with a spinal cord injury factsheet
Localised Scleroderma factsheet
Long QT syndrome factsheet
Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus) factsheet
Lymphoma factsheet

Measles factsheet
Meningitis factsheet
Meningococcal infection factsheet
Migraines in children factsheet
Multi-resistant organisms and antibiotics factsheet
Mumps factsheet

Nappy rash factsheet
Neural tube defects factsheet
Neuroblastoma factsheet

OA/TOF - Oesophageal atresia and/or tracheo-oesophageal fistula factsheet
Obesity in adolescents - support for families factsheet
Obesity in children - support for families factsheet
Osgood-Schlatter disease factsheet

Pain factsheet
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) in premature infants factsheet
Peanut allergy factsheet
Perthes disease factsheet
Pierre Robin syndrome factsheet
Pneumococcal disease factsheet
Pneumonia factsheet
Poliomyelitis (polio) factsheet
Positional plagiocephaly factsheet
Pressure injuries factsheet

Recognising illness in children factsheet
Reflux factsheet
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) factsheet
Retinoblastoma factsheet
Rhabdoid tumours factsheet
Rotavirus factsheet
Rubella factsheet

Sarcoma factsheet
Scoliosis factsheet
Seafood (fish and shellfish) allergy factsheet
Seizures and epilepsy factsheet
Sesame seed allergy factsheet
Sever's disease factsheet
Signs of serious illness in children factsheet
Slapped cheek disease or fifth disease (Parvovirus) factsheet
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) factsheet
Snake bites factsheet
Soy allergy factsheet
Spider bites factsheet
Spina bifida factsheet
Spinal cord lipomas and lipomyelomeningoceles factsheet
Stress fracture of the pars interarticularis factsheet
Stuttering factsheet
Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) factsheet

Tetanus (lockjaw) factsheet
Tethered cord syndrome factsheet
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) factsheet
Tick bites factsheet
Tooth injuries in older children factsheet
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) factsheet
Tree nut allergy factsheet
Trichotillomania factsheet
Trigger thumb factsheet
Tuberculosis (TB) factsheet

Umbilical granuloma factsheet
Umbilical hernia factsheet
Undescended testes factsheet
Urinary tract infection (UTI) factsheet
Uveitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) factsheet

Viral-induced wheeze factsheet

Whooping cough (pertussis) factsheet
Wilms tumours factsheet
Wrist-buckle fracture Factsheet