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Healthy Children > Health Issues > Conditions > Chronic Conditions

Chronic Conditions

Ten to twenty million children and adolescents in the United States have some form of chronic illness or disability. Chronic refers to a health condition that lasts anywhere from three months to a lifetime.

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Chronic Conditions articles

Anemia and Your Child
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Causes of High Blood Glucose and Low Blood Glucose
Children with Chronic Illness: Dealing with Emotional Problems and Depression
Chronic Conditions and School
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Audio)
Chronic Illness or Disability and Your Teenager’s Emotional, Social and Sexual Development
Chronic Illness or Disability: A Family Affair
Clean Intermittent Catheterization
Common Coping Styles of Teens Who Are Chronically Ill or Disabled
Coping with Chronic Illness
Cystic Fibrosis
Dealing With Your Own Feelings
Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus (Type 1 Diabetes)
Diabetes Treatment
Diagnostic Tests for Diabetes
Failure to Thrive
Family Directed Home Health Care (Audio)
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Audio)
How Chronic Illness Affects the Family
Iron Deficiency and Anemia (Audio)
Is It Autism?
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