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X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia in Children
X-linked agammaglobulinemia is a rare genetic disease that causes a weakened immune system. It mainly affects boys.
Learn MoreX-linked Dominant: Incontinentia Pigmenti
Detailed information on x-linked dominant inheritance.
Learn MoreX-linked Recessive: Red-Green Color Blindness, Hemophilia A
Detailed information on x-linked recessive inheritance
Learn MoreYour Child's Asthma
How asthma will affect a child throughout their lifetime varies, depending on the child.
Learn MoreYour Child's Asthma and Outdoor Air Pollution
Ozone and air pollution can be a trigger for your child's asthma. As with all triggers, the key is to prevent or minimize exposure as much as possible.
Learn MoreYour Child's Asthma- Staying Away from Triggers
From bed coverings to air purifiers, from pets to secondhand smoke, here are ideas to keep your child's asthma triggers under control.
Learn MoreYour Child's Asthma: Flare-ups
Learn about asthma flare-ups in your child, including symptoms to recognize.
Learn MoreYour Child's Asthma: Nebulizer Treatments
Helpful instructions on giving your child nebulizer treatments.
Learn MoreYour Child's Asthma: Peak Flow Meters, Oximeters, and Spirometers
These 3 types of tools are used to measure how well your child's asthma is under control.
Learn MoreYour High-Risk Baby and Expressing Milk
The benefits of breastmilk are even higher for babies who are born high-risk. Read on for helpful information on breast pumps, methods for expressing milk, freezing extra breastmilk, and more.
Learn MoreYouth Suicide
Suicide is when a teen causes his or her own death on purpose. Before trying to take his or her own life, a teen may have thoughts of wanting to die. Read on to learn how to recognize the warning signs, and how to get your teen help.
Learn MoreZika Virus
This Helping Hand™ covers Zika, a disease caused by the Zika Virus. A person becomes infected by the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito or by having unprotected sex with an infected person. Symptoms can include fever, rash and joint pain.
Learn MoreZoonoses
Zoonoses, infections that people can get from animals. Children with compromised immune systems are at higher risk for these infections. The information in this Helping Hand™ will help with safe animal and pet care.
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Helping Hands Patient Education Materials
Written and illustrated by medical, nursing and allied health professionals at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Helping Hand instructions are intended as a supplement to verbal instructions provided by a medical professional. The information is periodically reviewed and revised to reflect our current practice. However, Nationwide Children's Hospital is not responsible for any consequences resulting from the use or misuse of the information in the Helping Hands.