Conditions & Treatments

Quality sleep is an essential component of a child's health and well-being. The Pediatric Sleep Center Team at St. Louis Children's Hospital is committed to helping children with a variety of sleep-related problems achieve optimum health. ...

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition of the hip joint that affects children. In SCFE, the ball of the thighbone (femoral head) slips off the neck of the thighbone. ...

Determining slow or poor infant weight gain Weight gain is one of many signs of good health in the breastfeeding baby. Sometimes, a perfectly healthy baby simply gains weight slowly because it's just his or her own unique growth pattern. In other cases, there's a ...

Small for gestational age is a term used to describe babies who are smaller than usual for the number of weeks of pregnancy. These babies have birth weight below the 10th percentile. ...

Both venomous and nonvenomous snakes can bite. In the U.S., snakebites most often occur between April and October. Even a bite from a nonvenomous snake can cause an infection or allergic reaction in some children. ...

Is it normal for my nipples to hurt? Sore nipples are common with breastfeeding. However, breastfeeding should not hurt. Also, the skin on your nipple should not break down any more than the skin anywhere on your body should break down. Mild tenderness or sensitivity ...

Spastic diplegia is a form of cerebral palsy with spastic movements of the arms or legs. Diplegia is also called paraplegia. ...

Spastic hemiplegia is form of cerebral palsy with spasticity affecting one half, or side, of the body, such as a right arm and a right leg. ...

Spastic quadriplegia is a form of cerebral palsy, and it means one has spastic movements in all four limbs (arms and legs). ...

Spastic Triplegia is a form of cerebral palsy and means that there is spastic movements in 3 limbs, typically both legs and one arm. ...