Caring for your child

The most common cause of anemia is iron deficiency. Iron is needed to form hemoglobin and is mostly stored in the body in the hemoglobin.
 

IgE-mediated food allergies cause your child’s immune system to react abnormally when exposed to one or more specific foods such as milk, egg, soy, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish.

Asthma is a chronic lung disease. Learn about its symptoms and how it's diagnosed and treated at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis) is the act of urinating during sleep, particularly at the age of 5 or older. A child with nocturnal enuresis wets only during sleep.

Symptoms like hard or dry stool, abdominal pain and infrequent bowel movements can indicate constipation. Learn about causes, treatments and see how CHOP can help.

Learn about urinary tract infections (UTIs), their causes, symptoms, and how the DOVE Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) can diagnose and treat this common condition.

Acne is a disorder of the hair follicles and sebaceous glands. With acne, the sebaceous glands are clogged, which leads to pimples and cysts.

Children and teens are at greater risk for heat-related illnesses for several reasons. They adjust more slowly to changes in air temperature. They also produce more heat with activity and sweat less.

Major depression is a persistently sad or irritable mood that affects a child's thinking and behavior at home, in school, and with peers.

Atopic dermatitis, also called eczema, is a skin disorder that usually appears in babies or very young children, and may last until the child reaches adolescence or adulthood. Eczema causes the skin to itch, turn red, and flake.