Crohn Disease: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

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Crohn Disease: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

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Overview: Crohn disease (CD), or Crohn's disease, is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Once considered rare in the pediatric population, Crohn disease is recognized with increasing frequency among children of all ages. Approximately 20-30% of all patients ...

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Tags: IBD, Crohn's Disease, Disease and Condition, Children's Health

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Information about imaging studies in pediatric patients with Crohn Disease added to the eMedicine topic at http://bit.ly/qvb1Y

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Hepatitis B: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The hepatitis B virus (HBV), discovered in 1966, infects more than 350 million people worldwide.1 Hepatitis B can cause acute and chronic liver disease. The clinical presentation ranges from subclinical hepatitis to symptomatic hepatitis and, ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Chlamydial Infections: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Chlamydia infection can cause disease in many organ systems. The most frequent disease caused by Chlamydia trachomatis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that affects the cervix, urethra, salpinges, uterus, nasopharynx, and epididymis. C trachomatis infection ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Graves Disease: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Graves disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in children. It is an immune-mediated disorder that results from the production of thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins (TSI) by stimulated B lymphocytes. These immunoglobulins bind to the thyroid-stimulating hormone ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Based on the FDA's warning for PTU, we've updated several of our articles: http://bit.ly/dCWskb http://bit.ly/aem34Y http://bit.ly/9IlqS7

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Colitis: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Colitis is an inflammation of the colon. It may be associated with enteritis (inflammation of the intestine) and/or proctitis (inflammation of the rectum). Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a generic term used to describe 2 idiopathic ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Cheilitis Granulomatosa (Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome): eMedicine Dermatology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Granulomatous cheilitis is a chronic swelling of the lip due to granulomatous inflammation. Miescher cheilitis is the term used when the granulomatous changes are confined to the lip. Miescher cheilitis is generally regarded as a monosymptomatic ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Granulomatous cheilitis is a chronic swelling of the lip that is sometimes associated with Crohns disease. http://bit.ly/cUV4jL

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Rickets: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Rickets is a disease of growing bone that is unique to children and adolescents. It is caused by a failure of osteoid to calcify in a growing person. Failure of osteoid to calcify in adults is ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Varicella: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Varicella, commonly known in the United States as chickenpox, is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. The disease is generally regarded as a mild, self-limiting viral illness with occasional complications. Before vaccination for varicella became widespread in ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Vaccination has made a difference in Varicella outbreaks...but they still occur! http://bit.ly/d90uiW #health #pediatrics #vaccination

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Blastomycosis: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Blastomycosis, which originally was described by Gilchrist and Stokes in 1894 and 1896, is an infection with a highly variable spectrum of clinical presentations. Disease can range from an asymptomatic, self-healing pulmonary infection to widely disseminated ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Does voriconazole have a role in treating Blastomycosis in children? See the eMedicine article http://bit.ly/9YLdKh. #pediatrics #health

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Hypomelanosis of Ito: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Hypomelanosis of Ito (HI) syndrome is characterized by the presence of whirled hypochromic skin lesions often associated with systemic manifestations. Ito first introduced the syndrome 1951.1 In 1967, Hamada et al confirmed the association between ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Hypomelanosis of Ito is the 3rd most common neurocutaneous disease behind just neurofibromatosis and tuberous sclerosis http://bit.ly/aCajxv

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2: Treatment & Medication - eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Treatment: Until recently, type 2 diabetes mellitus was almost exclusively a disease seen in adults. Coinciding with the increasing prevalence of obesity among American children, the incidence of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents has markedly ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Long-term exercise programs have some significant metabolic benefits in ped patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. http://bit.ly/cNGmz4

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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is the most common rheumatological disease in children and is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood. It represents a group of disorders that all share the clinical manifestation of ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis eMedicine article has been updated http://bit.ly/6M5uOs

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Streptococcal Infection, Group A: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus) is one of the most important pathogens encountered in clinical practice. An understanding of the diverse nature of infectious disease complications attributable to this organism is an important cornerstone of pediatric ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Bronchiolitis: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Bronchiolitis is an acute, infectious, inflammatory disease of the upper and lower respiratory tract that may result in obstruction of the small airways. Although it may occur in all age groups, the larger airways of older ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Comparison of home oxygen therapy in patients with Bronchiolitis added to the eMedicine article at http://bit.ly/3h2sQX

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Keratosis Pilaris: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Keratosis pilaris is an extremely common and benign disorder of keratinized hair follicles.1 The disease is characterized by grouped, horny, keratotic follicular papules predominantly located on the extensor surfaces of the proximal limbs, most commonly ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Check out the new additions to our Keratosis Pilaris article on eMedicine at http://bit.ly/tt3xs

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