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Biliary atresia is a serious liver problem that occurs in young infants. It involves a problem with the bile ducts (the tubes through which bile drains from the liver into the small intestine). In children with biliary atresia, bile ducts are damaged, missing, or not shaped correctly. Treatment must be done as soon as possible. Biliary atresia is treated with surgery. Even if this surgery goes well, the child will likely need a liver transplant sometime in the future.

During a liver transplant, your child's sick liver is removed. It's replaced with a healthy donor liver. This sheet will help you understand the process leading up to your child's transplant.

Some people have trouble swallowing (dysphagia) after a stroke. This makes choking more likely. It also puts their health at further risk for conditions like aspiration pneumonia. To maintain nutritional needs, a speech therapist may teach your loved one ways to improve swallowing.

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a disorder that slowly weakens muscles. MD can make movements such as walking and standing up hard to do. It may even cause deformities in the joints.

Hydronephrosis is when your kidneys fill with too much urine and swell up. It's cause by a problem in the urinary tract that stops urine from draining normally.

You can help prevent illness and injury by reading the container label for each hazardous substance you use.

Sometimes an injury damages the part of the brain that controls balance, sight, or hearing. Or memory loss may keep a person from remembering certain sights, sounds, smells, or tastes. Some people have trouble handling abstract ideas, such as time. Or they may simply forget what they are doing from 1 moment to the next. Here are things that can help.

A traumatic brain injury can affect other parts of the body too. As a result, people who have a brain injury may have little or no control over their bodies. Read on to learn more.

Radiographic studies, such as a cardiac MRI and cardiac CT scan, are called imaging tests. They allow the healthcare provider to check for problems in the heart. The tests are painless and noninvasive. Your child's healthcare provider will discuss with you why your child needs one or both of these tests.