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Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Preterm Newborns (Preemies): An Overview
Category: newborns_infants_and_toddlers
One in 10 babies (9.6%) was born prematurely in the United States in 2016.
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Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Seizures, Febrile
Category: chronic_health_needs
Febrile seizures are described as generalized (whole brain and body involved), tonic-clonic (shaking) movements of a child’s body in response to a high fever. These seizures represent abnormal brain electrical activity triggered by fever.
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Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Seizures, Nonfebrile (Epilepsy)
Category: chronic_health_needs
Seizures represent the most common neurologic disorder in children. About 1% of all children have a type of non-febrile seizure disorder, or epilepsy.
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Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Short-Stature Conditions
Category: chronic_health_needs
More than 100 specific conditions have been identified that can cause short stature. Achondroplasia occurs in people of all races and with equal frequency in males and females, and it affects about 1 in every 26,000 children. An estimated 10,000 individuals in the United States have achondroplasia.
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Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Sickle Cell Disease
Category: chronic_health_needs
Children with sickle cell disease should have at least 8 cups of water or fluid per day.
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Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Special Diets and Inborn Errors of Metabolism
Category: chronic_health_needs
Some of the more common inborn errors of metabolism include
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Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Spina Bifida
Category: chronic_health_needs
Spina bifida means cleft spine, which is an incomplete closure in the spinal column. The 4 types of spina bifida are
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Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Spleen Problems
Category: chronic_health_needs
Because the spleen can be affected differently by different diseases, it is difficult to say how many children have spleen problems.
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