Diseases of children (pediatrics)

This category covers diseases of children pediatrics with symptoms, causes, diagnostics, treatment options, and prevention basics.

Impetigo in Children: Symptoms, Treatment, Contagiousness, Complications, and Prevention

Impetigo is a superficial bacterial skin infection that most often occurs in children and causes red, itchy patches, blisters, pustules, oozing, and characteristic honey-colored crusts.

Seborrheic dermatitis in children: symptoms, treatment, and skin care

Seborrheic dermatitis in children is an inflammatory skin condition that most often presents as greasy, yellowish scales, redness, and flaking in areas with high sebum production.

Acute rhinosinusitis in children: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and signs of complications

Acute rhinosinusitis in children is an inflammation of the nasal mucosa and paranasal sinuses that lasts for a limited time and most often begins as a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract.

Clinical guidelines for acute otitis media in children: diagnosis and treatment

Acute otitis media in children is a sudden inflammation of the middle ear, the space behind the eardrum.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children: causes, diagnosis, stages, treatment and monitoring

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children is a chronic condition in which excess fat accumulates in the liver and is not explained solely by alcohol, viral hepatitis, drug-induced injury, or another obvious cause.

Childhood Stroke: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis

Childhood stroke is an acute interruption of blood supply or hemorrhage in the brain of a child, which leads to damage to brain tissue and neurological symptoms.

Clinical guidelines for bronchial asthma in children: diagnosis, treatment and control

Bronchial asthma in children is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways in which the bronchi become overly sensitive and periodically narrow.

Functional dyspepsia in children: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring

Functional dyspepsia in children is a chronic or recurring condition in which a child experiences pain, burning, heaviness, fullness, or early satiety in the upper abdomen, but after reasonable examination, no organic, inflammatory, anatomical, metabolic, or neoplastic cause is found that fully explains these symptoms.

Dyslipidemia in Children: Causes, Diagnosis, Risks, and Treatment

Dyslipidemia in children is a disorder of the composition of fat particles in the blood: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein B or lipoprotein(a) may increase, and sometimes high-density lipoprotein cholesterol may decrease.

Chronic kidney disease in children: symptoms, causes, stages and treatment

Chronic kidney disease in children is a long-term disorder of the structure or function of the kidneys that persists for at least 3 months and has significant implications for the child's health.

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