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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Heart Defects, Structural
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Thirty-five thousand babies are born every year in the United States with these problems, according to the American Heart Association.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Hepatitis
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Hepatitis means liver inflammation. Most of the time, hepatitis is caused by a viral infection of the liver. The most common types are hepatitis A, B, and C.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Hip Problems
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    What are hip problems in children and how common are they?

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Hydrocephalus and Shunts
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Hydrocephalus is the abnormal accumulation of spinal fluid, called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), within the brain. Hydrocephalus can be caused by a structural defect in the brain or spine that blocks CSF and causes it to accumulate. Sometimes a brain injury, especially one that causes bleeding, can interfere

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Immune Thrombocytopenia
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    The treatment team may consist of the primary care provider and a hematologist.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Arthritis is swelling and pain of the joints. When this problem is chronic, the most common form is juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Kidney and Other Urinary Tract Problems
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Nephrotic syndrome can occur at any age but is most common between the ages of 18 months and 8 years. Boys are affected more often than girls. A child may come to the child care or school with the diagnosis or may develop it while enrolled.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Marfan Syndrome
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Marfan syndrome is an inherited condition. It affects the tissues that connect parts of the body.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Mitochondrial Disorders
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Mitochondrial disorders are a diverse group of diseases caused by damage to small structures found in human cells that are essential in converting food to energy. The result is decreased energy production and associated symptoms.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Muscular Dystrophy
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Muscular dystrophy is a group of genetic diseases that cause muscle wasting and weakness. The most common type is Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is progressive and occurs only in boys.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome that some infants experience after birth and that generally follows exposure to an opioid.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Neurofibromatosis (NF) and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    There are many types of neurocutaneous syndromes (syndromes that include skin findings). The most common is neurofibromatosis (NF). There are 7 types of NF. Although they are all different, they all have skin and neurologic findings. Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is the most common type, and, while

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic condition that affects the brain and causes newborns and young infants to be weak and slow to gain weight but shifts to causing excessive hunger and weight gain in toddlers. It affects boys and girls equally.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Preterm Newborns (Preemies): An Overview
    Category: newborns_infants_and_toddlers

    One in 10 babies (9.6%) was born prematurely in the United States in 2016.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Seizures, Febrile
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Febrile seizures are described as generalized (whole brain and body involved), tonic-clonic (shaking) movements of a child’s body in response to a high fever. These seizures represent abnormal brain electrical activity triggered by fever.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Seizures, Nonfebrile (Epilepsy)
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Seizures represent the most common neurologic disorder in children. About 1% of all children have a type of non-febrile seizure disorder, or epilepsy.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Short-Stature Conditions
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    More than 100 specific conditions have been identified that can cause short stature. Achondroplasia occurs in people of all races and with equal frequency in males and females, and it affects about 1 in every 26,000 children. An estimated 10,000 individuals in the United States have achondroplasia.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Sickle Cell Disease
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Children with sickle cell disease should have at least 8 cups of water or fluid per day.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Special Diets and Inborn Errors of Metabolism
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Some of the more common inborn errors of metabolism include

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Spina Bifida
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Spina bifida means cleft spine, which is an incomplete closure in the spinal column. The 4 types of spina bifida are

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Spleen Problems
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Because the spleen can be affected differently by different diseases, it is difficult to say how many children have spleen problems.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Tracheostomy
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    The Care Plan should address

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (Includes Concussion)
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is caused by a direct blow to the head with different amounts of force that cause mild, moderate, or severe brain injury. Mild TBI can be called a concussion.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Turner Syndrome
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    Turner syndrome is a genetic condition that only affects girls and women. It occurs when 1 of the 2 X chromosomes normally found in females is missing or incomplete.

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  • Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Vesicostomy
    Category: chronic_health_needs

    A vesicostomy is a surgical opening in the bladder to the outside of the body (lower belly) that allows urine to come out, preventing urinary tract infection and damage to the kidneys. Urine drains constantly from this opening. The child will need to wear a diaper, training pants (Pull-Ups), or an incontinence

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  • Students With Chronic Health Conditions: Guidance for Families, Schools, and Students
    Category: school-aged_children

    School is more than a place to gain knowledge and skills. It also is a place where children meet new friends and learn about themselves and other important life lessons. Because children spend many hours in school, it is important that it be a safe and supportive environment for all children.

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  • Your Preemie’s Growth: Developmental Milestones
    Category: newborns_infants_and_toddlers

    Information from the American Academy of Pediatrics about developmental milestones for your preterm baby (also known as preemie).

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