Children's Health: Other Conditions
Tourette's Disorder - Home Treatment
09/27/07, HealthwiseHome treatment for Tourette's disorder focuses on educating yourself and others about the condition, understanding how the tics affect your child, and making changes at home and school to best accommodate your child.
Umbilical Hernia in Children - Topic Overview
01/23/08, HealthwiseAn umbilical hernia is a bulge out of the abdominal wall within the navel that sometimes contains abdominal tissue, a loop of intestine, fat, or fluid. An umbilical hernia is usually present at birth. But it is often not noticeable until
Umbilical Hernia in Children - Home Treatment
01/23/08, HealthwiseHome treatment is not appropriate for an umbilical hernia. Folk remedies, such as strapping a coin over the hernia or using a band or a strap to try to make it smaller, do not help. These remedies may even make the problem worse, such as
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Umbilical Hernia in Children - References
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
09/15/08, HealthwiseSometimes a baby who seems healthy dies during sleep. This is called sudden infant death syndrome or SIDS. SIDS is also known as crib death.
Desmopressin for bed-wetting
11/12/08, HealthwiseDesmopressin acts on the kidneys to reduce the amount of urine produced at night. Its effects last between 7 and 12 hours.
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) for bed-wetting
11/12/08, HealthwiseThe exact way that TCAs help reduce bed-wetting is not known. They may affect the muscles of the bladder, or they may have some effect on the hormone that causes the kidneys to release urine (antidiuretic hormone). They may work by ca
Oxybutynin chloride for daytime wetting and bed-wetting
11/12/08, HealthwiseOxybutynin reduces bladder tightening (contractions), decreases the irritability of the bladder muscles, and delays the first urge to urinate.
Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood
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