Learn about this chronic disease that needs lifelong management. Find out what treatments help you live longer and may even strengthen your heart.
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Croup
This upper airway infection makes it harder to breathe and causes a barking cough. It involves swelling around the voice box, windpipe and bronchial tubes.
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Rotavirus
Learn more about this common childhood illness that causes fever, vomiting, diarrhea and sometimes abdominal pain.
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Selective IgA deficiency
A lack of the disease-fighting antibody called immunoglobulin A (IgA) may cause frequent infections or serious complications.
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Wilson's disease
This inherited disease causes copper to build up in vital organs, especially the liver, brain and eyes. It's treatable when caught early.
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Arteriosclerosis / atherosclerosis
Learn about the symptoms, causes and treatments for hardening of the arteries.
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Pneumothorax
A collapsed lung occurs when air leaks into the space between your lung and chest wall. This air pushes on the outside of your lung and makes it collapse.
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Bronchitis
The lining of the tubes that carry air to and from your lungs is inflamed. Signs and symptoms include cough, mucus, fatigue and chest discomfort.
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Neuroblastoma
Learn more about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of neuroblastoma, one of the most common cancers of childhood.
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Kidney cancer
Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatments for this type of cancer that begins in the kidney.
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Carcinoid syndrome
Find out about skin flushing and other symptoms of this syndrome caused by a rare cancer called a carcinoid tumor.
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Gout
This type of arthritis can cause sudden, severe attacks of pain, swelling, redness and tenderness — often in the big toe.