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Clubfoot

This is when a baby is born with a foot fixed in a turned position. Without treatment, a child with a clubfoot may walk on the side or top of the foot.
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Growth plate fractures

Growth plate fractures — This common childhood bone injury often needs immediate treatment as it can result in a shorter, longer or crooked limb.
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Torn meniscus

Any activity that causes you to twist or rotate your knee, especially when putting your full weight on it, can cause this common knee injury.
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Plantar warts

Learn about the causes, treatment and prevention of these hard, sometimes painful growths that appear on the heel or ball of the foot.
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Atrioventricular canal defect

This congenital heart defect involves a hole in the heart. It affects blood flow through the heart valves. Learn the symptoms and how it's treated.
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Lupus nephritis

Learn about this common effect of lupus on the kidneys, including symptoms to watch for, how it's diagnosed and what treatments are available.
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Nonmelanoma skin cancer

Learn about treatment options for all types of nonmelanoma skin cancer, including squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and others.
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Staph infections

Learn about the symptoms, causes and treatment of these potentially lethal infections.
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Jellyfish stings

Learn more about prevention and first aid for these painful injuries that are common among people swimming in seawater but are rarely life-threatening.
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Albinism

In this group of inherited disorders, the body makes little or no melanin, a pigment that determines hair, skin and eye color and vision development.
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Rubella

Learn more about the symptoms and prevention of this viral infection that easily passes to others.
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Ureteral obstruction

Learn about what causes blockage of the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder, tests you might need and how the condition can be treated.

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