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Conditions, tests & treatments A-Z

In this section...

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder)
ASD (autism spectrum disorder)
Abuse - see Child protection
Adenoids and tonsils - see Tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy
Adenotonsillectomy - see Tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy
Allergy
Amblyopia - see Eyes: Your baby's eyes
Anaesthesia and pain management (for kids) - see Treatments
Anaphylactoid purpura - see HSP (Henoch-Schonlein purpura)
Appendicectomy - see Appendicitis
Appendicitis
Asthma
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - see ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Autism Spectrum Disorder - see ASD (autism spectrum disorder)
Balanitis - see Foreskin care
Bedwetting - see Toileting issues
Biliary atresia
Boils - see Skin conditions
Breath-holding spells
Broken bone - see Fracture (broken bone)
Bronchiolitis
Bx (bronchiectasis)
CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) - see Treatments
Cannula - see Drips (cannula or IV)
Cast care (arm cast) - see Plaster care (your child's arm plaster)
Cast care (leg cast) - see Plaster care (your child's leg plaster)
Chickenpox
Child abuse - see Child protection
Circumcision - see Treatments
Conjunctivitis
Constipation - see Toileting issues
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) - see CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure)
Coughs: Does your child cough?
Croup
Crying - see Crying
DMSA renal scan - see Tests
Daytime wetting - see Toileting issues
Diabetes
Diarrhoea - see Viral gastroenteritis (gastro)
Drips - see Drips (cannula or IV)
Eczema - see Skin conditions
Encopresis - see Toileting issues
Enuresis - see Bedwetting
Epidural analgesia - see Epidural analgesia (pain management)
Febrile convulsions
Fever
Flat heads in babies - see Positional head-flattening in babies
Foreskin problems - see Foreskin care
Fracture (broken bone)
Gastroenteritis - see Viral gastroenteritis (gastro)
Genetic conditions - see Rare and genetic conditions
HSP (Henoch-Schonlein purpura)
Head lice - see Skin conditions
IV drips - see Drips (cannula or IV)
Impetigo - see Skin conditions
Infectious diseases
Intravenous drip - see Drips (cannula or IV)
Jaundice in babies
Kawasaki disease

Kidney ultrasound - see Tests
Laxatives - see Laxatives
Lice - see Head lice
Lumbar puncture - see Tests
Meningococcal disease
Metabolic disorders - see Rare and genetic conditions
Micturating cysto-urethrogram - see Tests
Nappy rash
Nightmares and night terrors
Nitrous oxide - see Nitrous oxide (pain management)
Nits - see Head lice
Nocturnal enuresis - see Bedwetting
Obstructive sleep apnoea
Opioid infusion - see Opioid infusion (pain management)
PCA (patient controlled analgesia) - see PCA (patient controlled analgesia) (pain management)
Pain management - see Treatments
Paraphimosis - see Foreskin care
Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) - see PCA (patient controlled analgesia) (pain management)
Perthes disease (Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
or coxa plana)
Phimosis - see Foreskin care
Plaster care (arm plaster) - see Plaster care (your child's arm plaster)
Plaster care (leg plaster) - see Plaster care (your child's leg plaster)
Pneumonia
Polysomnography - see Tests
Positional head-flattening in babies
Positional plagiocephaly - see Positional head-flattening in babies
Pyloric stenosis
Pyloromyotomy - see Pyloric stenosis
Rare and genetic conditions
Renal ultrasound - see Tests
Rheumatic fever
School sores - see Impetigo (school sores)
Shaken baby syndrome - see Preventing SBS (shaken baby syndrome)
Skin conditions
Sleep apnoea - see Obstructive sleep apnoea
Sleep study - see Polysomnography
Soiling (encopresis) - see Toileting issues
Sore throat
Strabismus - see Eyes: Your baby's eyes
Strep throat - see Sore throat
Stuttering
Sweat test - see Tests
Tests
Toileting issues
Tonsillectomy - see Tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy
Tonsils and adenoids - see Tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy
Treatments
UTI (urinary tract infection)
Urinary reflux / VUR (vesico-ureteric reflux)
Urinary tract infection - see UTI (urinary tract infection)
Urine infection - see UTI (urinary tract infection)
Urine tests - see Tests
Vascular purpura - see HSP (Henoch-Schonlein purpura)
Vesico-ureteric reflux - see Urinary reflux / VUR (vesico-ureteric reflux)
Viral gastroenteritis (gastro)
Vitamin K - see Treatments
Vomiting - see Viral gastroenteritis (gastro)
Warts - see Skin conditions
Whooping cough

The Paediatric Society of New Zealand
http://www.paediatrics.org.nz

Starship Foundation
http://www.starship.org.nz

This fact sheet was printed on: 08-Sep-2008 07:36pm