At a very young age, the symptoms or traits of a narcissistic child fit neatly into the diagnostic criteria for narcissistic personality disorder, or NPD. "The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" lists the criteria for the...
Asperger's syndrome is one of the milder disorders on the autism spectrum. It's a neurological disorder that affects a child's ability relate to others and act socially appropriate. According to Kids Health, this disorder is usually diagnosed...
Brain tumors are the most common solid tumor among children, according to the Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital. Symptoms of brain tumors can vary depending on where the tumor is located, since different areas of the brain...
Perthes disease, which is more formally referred to as Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, is a childhood condition in which blood supply to the hip bone is temporarily lost. This disease is most frequently diagnosed in boys between the ages of 4 and 10,...
Impulse control disorders are mental illnesses that can affect children and adults. The symptoms are often alarming to parents, who might interpret the symptoms as serious misbehavior and delay seeking treatment. Children with untreated impulse...
The most common characteristics of ADD (attention deficit disorder), impulsive behavior and inattention, create challenges with peer relationships, self esteem and school performance for millions of children. ADD, a chronic condition, often...
In the December 2009 edition of "Pediatric Nursing," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologists Anna Bramley, MPH, Joseph Bresee, MD and Lyn Finelli, DrPH, CPNP explain that child flu symptoms vary by age. Older children exhibit...
A blow to the head can cause a concussion, which is a type of brain injury. In an article in the “New England Journal of Medicine,” Drs. A. Roper and K. Gorson note that the highest rates of concussion occur among children. Concussion...
Child myositis, more commonly referred to as juvenile myositis, is an autoimmune disorder characterized by long-lasting inflammation of the muscle tissues. This condition affects approximately 3,000 to 5,000 children under the age of 18 in the...
ADHD is a childhood disorder that interferes with a child's ability to maintain attention and/or control symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity. The prevalence of this disorder in children between the ages of 5 and 17 has been reported at 7% by...
The symptoms of a sick child vary depending on the age of the child and the severity of the illness. Young infants and children may have nonspecific symptoms of illness, such as fuzziness, while older children can usually pinpoint what is...
Pneumonia is the one of the most common childhood respiratory tract infections, affecting children of all ages, although the highest incidence of pneumonia is in children between 2 and 4 years of age. It is a common cause of hospitalization in...
Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, the thin layer of tissue that surrounds the brain. Bacteria and viruses cause most cases of meningitis in children. Health providers can diagnose meningitis clinically and by doing a lumbar puncture,...
Autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder, affects an average of one in 110 children in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is four to five times more likely to affect boys than than girls and occurs in...
According to the American Cancer Society, leukemia is the most common childhood cancer. Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells, the cells that normally fight off infections. In leukemia, these cells become cancerous and are produced in...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), millions of Americans get the flu each year. While most recover without medical care, more than 200,000 have to be admitted to the hospital and about 36,000 die. Flu is most...
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that's focused in the large intestine, or colon. The inner lining of the intestine becomes red, irritated and swollen, and open ulcers develop that often bleed. It can affect the whole...
According to the Pediatric Health Care Alliance, 10 to 20 percent of all healthy children snore during sleep. Snoring is not always indicative of an underlying health concern. However, symptoms of gasping for air, restlessness and bedwetting may...
Child schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness characterized by hallucinations, delusions, irrational behavior and thinking, and an inability to carry out daily routines, according to the Mayo Clinic. Child schizophrenia occurs early in life...
Diabetes is a disease in which insulin, the hormone responsible for blood sugar regulation, does not work effectively in the body. Type 1 diabetes, also called juvenile diabetes, occurs when the body does not make enough insulin to convert food to...
Type 1 diabetes used to known as juvenile diabetes, because it virtually only affected kids. "The risk of juvenile diabetes is higher than virtually all other severe chronic diseases of childhood," according to USA Today. They say that of the...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that causes patients with this condition to obsessively repeat a pattern of specific behavior, such as hand washing or counting, to an extreme that disrupts normal daily activities....
According to Childhelp, every year over 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States. Victims of child abuse have an increased likelihood of criminal behavior, substance abuse and mental illness later in life. Though child abuse...
The bladder is a small organ that stores liquid waste until it is excreted as urine. In healthy children, the bladder is a sterile environment that is completely free from bacteria. If bacteria abnormally enter the bladder, a child can develop...
Croup is a common problem seen with children, especially babies and toddlers. Croup is a viral infection that causes inflammation in the respiratory system. Common viruses responsible for this infection include parainfluenza or respiratory...
Vitamins are a leading cause of poisoning in children. Contact your local poison control center immediately if you suspect that your child has taken too many vitamins. Do not try to induce vomiting unless directed to do so by a health care...
According to Medline Plus, a resource website for the National Institutes of Health, children are more susceptible to dehydration than most adults because of their small size and the fast pace at which they process water and electrolytes. It's...
If your child has had a cold or the flu, and her coughing gets worse when you thought it was getting better, it could be pneumonia. "Pneumonia is an infection inside the lungs. It occurs when either bacteria or viruses get stuck in the lungs,"...
Asthma is an obstructive respiratory condition that makes it hard for children to breathe. It's difficult to diagnose in young children and requires several stages of evaluation from your child's doctor to be sure. However, it can start in...
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