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  • Tourette's Disorder - Home Treatment

    09/27/07, Healthwise

    Home 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.

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  • Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy - Symptoms

    07/27/07, Healthwise

    The following warning signs may alert health professionals that a parent (typically the mother) or caregiver has Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP):

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  • Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy - Treatment Overview

    07/27/07, Healthwise

    Child protective services, law enforcement, and health professionals are all involved with treatment for Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP). Treatment is very complex and involves the child, the caregiver, and possibly other family

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  • Bed-Wetting - Treatment Overview

    11/12/08, Healthwise

    Most children gain bladder control over time without any treatment. Bed-wetting that continues past the age that most children have nighttime bladder control—typically at 5 or 6 years of age—also will usually stop over time without tr

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  • Bed-Wetting - Surgery

    11/12/08, Healthwise

    Surgery may be done to fix spinal or urinary tract problems that cause bed-wetting. But this is rare.

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  • Bed-Wetting - Other Treatment

    11/12/08, Healthwise

    Other treatments often are used alone or in combination to treat bed-wetting. These treatments usually are tried before medical treatments, such as medicines. All of these treatments involve several steps, including:

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  • Breath-Holding Spells - Topic Overview

    05/05/08, Healthwise

    Breath-holding spells are brief periods when young children stop breathing for up to 1 minute. These spells often cause a child to pass out (lose consciousness). Breath-holding spells usually occur when a young child is angry, frustrated,

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  • Breath-Holding Spells - Treatment Overview

    05/05/08, Healthwise

    There is no medical treatment for breath-holding spells. If a doctor thinks that other conditions are causing the spells, treatment may be needed.

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  • Diabetes in children: Dealing with low blood sugar

    07/28/08, Healthwise

    Low blood sugar, also called hypoglycemia, occurs when the sugar (glucose) level in the blood drops below what the body needs to function normally.

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  • Diabetes in children: Preventing low blood sugar

    12/03/08, Healthwise

    Low blood sugar, also called hypoglycemia, occurs when the sugar (glucose) level in the blood of a person with diabetes drops below what the body needs to function normally. Taking too much insulin, not eating enough food or skipping

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