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… Goniotomy for Childhood Glaucoma On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well … meshwork , the group of tiny canals located in the drainage angle, where fluid leaves the eye. The new opening … fluid to flow out of the eye. Goniotomy is a surgery for children only. What To Expect Children who have a goniotomy …
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… Strep Throat On this page: Prevention Symptoms When to Call a … relieve throat pain. Do not offer throat lozenges to young children as they are a choking hazard. If your child is younger than age 2, ask your doctor if you can give your child numbing …
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… Spinal Cord Injury: Finding a Rehab Centre On this page: Overview Overview Rehabilitation … tell me about the patients in your centre, such as their ages? Do most of them have a specific level of injury? How … both short- and long-term goals? Does your centre encourage family members of all ages to participate in rehab …
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… Handwashing On this page: Overview Overview Handwashing is … animal, animal waste, pet food, or pet treats. Handle garbage, use the phone, or shake hands. Public health experts … and Safe Food Handling Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years Health and Safety, Birth to 2 Years Adaptation …
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… Trabeculotomy for Childhood Glaucoma On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well … the pressure in the eye. The surgeon will locate the drainage angle of the eye and insert a tool to make the opening … ) to drain out of the eye. Trabeculotomy is a surgery for children only. What To Expect If the doctor prescribed …
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… Sickle Cell Disease: Splenic Sequestration On this page: Overview Overview Splenic … affected This condition is more common in infants and young children who have sickle cell disease. It may follow a … and adults, the spleen often doesn't work because of years of damage from sickled cells. What are the symptoms? …
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… Scoliosis: Wearing a Brace On this page: Overview Overview The cosmetic … be worn for 20 hours a day or more, usually for several years. It is very difficult to get teenagers to wear the … while the brace is worn. It is typically recommended that children be allowed to remove their braces to take part in …
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… Noise-Induced Hearing Loss On this page: Overview Overview Hearing loss caused by noise can occur in people of any age. Whether a noise is harmful depends on how loud it is … or moderately loud sounds over a long period of time (often years) can cause permanent hearing loss. These sounds …
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… Absence Epilepsy On this page: Overview Overview Childhood absence epilepsy develops between ages 4 and 10. It causes very brief absence seizures that … between ages 10 and 17 and causes similar seizures. Many children with juvenile absence epilepsy have generalized …
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… How to Teach Your Child by Example On this page: Overview Overview Teaching your … your child. Talk or role-play. Depending on your child's age, you can play-act situations with toys, talk about … role models? You may have heard the saying "It takes a village to raise a child." There's some truth in that. As much …
