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Your child is diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP). This blood disorder causes your child's immune system to destroy their body's own platelets (cells that help stop bleeding). Here's what you need to know about home care.

You have either had a procedure or been diagnosed with an illness that has made you "immunocompromised." This means that your immune system is very weak, making it hard to fight off infection.

Your child had a procedure called inguinal hernia repair. These are instructions for caring for your child following the surgery.

A liver biopsy is ordered after other tests have shown that your liver is not working correctly. You may also have a liver biopsy when liver disease is suspected to determine whether there is too much iron in the liver or to rule out cancer.

Your child had a nephrectomy. Their kidney was taken out because it wasn’t working correctly. It was putting your child at risk of future problems, such as dangerous infections or high blood pressure. Now your child can live a normal, healthy life with one kidney. Here’s what you’ll need to know about caring for your child after surgery.

Pyelonephritis is a kidney infection that can be serious and can damage the kidneys. People with severe infection are often hospitalized. Here's what you can do at home to help your child.

Radiation therapy uses beams of high-energy X-rays or particles to kill cancer cells or slow their growth. Radiation destroys cancer cells slowly, over time.

This information can help you care for your child who has had surgery for scoliosis.

During your child's umbilical hernia repair surgery, the health care provider made a small incision and repaired the muscle. Here are some instructions to help you care for your child once at home.