Diabetes is a condition where your body has trouble using a sugar (glucose) for energy. As a result, the sugar level in your blood becomes too high. This puts you at high risk for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). This is a disease of arteries in the legs. Read on to learn how diabetes can lead to PAD and affect your health.

Smoking is the greatest single danger to the health of your arteries. It puts you at higher risk for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which affects the arteries in your legs.

The hospital can seem like a large and scary place to your child. This sheet can help you learn what goes on during a hospital stay, so you can know what to expect and ease some of your child's fears.

If your child has a problem affecting the intestines, they may need a stoma (opening). A stoma provides a new way for stool and mucus to leave the body. During surgery to create a stoma, the colon or sometimes part of the small intestine is removed or disconnected. The end of the intestine is then rerouted through the abdominal wall. Waste leaves the body through the stoma and empties into a bag. It's important to help care for your child's stoma at home. You can help your child adjust to having a stoma.

Most children need pain management in the hospital. Your child's health care provider will assess your child's pain and prescribe pain medicine as needed. You can alert the health care team if you notice any signs of pain or discomfort in your child.

Your child has a latex allergy if they're sensitive to natural rubber latex. Read on to learn about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and more.

This helpful sheet shows you the steps needed to give your child total parenteral nutrition at home.

Your child is going home with either a gastrostomy tube (G- tube) or a gastro-jejunum tube (G-J tube) in place. You’ll need to feed your child through this tube. You were shown how to do this before your child was discharged from the hospital. This sheet will help you remember those steps at home.

You’ll need to flush your child’s tube regularly to keep it from getting clogged. Read on for helpful details on how to do it.

Detailed information on how to feed your child using a nasogastric (NG) feeding tube.