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The term childhood disease refers to disease that is contracted or becomes symptomatic before the age of 18 or 21 years old. Many of these diseases can also be contracted by adults. Some childhood diseases include:
The following is a list of genetic disorders and if known, type of mutation and for the chromosome involved. Although the parlance "disease-causing gene" is common, it is the occurrence of an abnormality in the parents that causes the impairment to develop within the child.
Most infants do not live past a week. Those who survive can live from around 10 months to 25 years thanks to advanced medicine. [22] A study published in 2011 in the Archives of Dermatology concluded: "Harlequin ichthyosis should be regarded as a severe chronic disease that is not invariably fatal. Survival has increased with improved neonatal ...
Babinski–Nageotte syndrome; Baboon syndrome; Baggio–Yoshinari syndrome; Baller–Gerold syndrome; Bamforth–Lazarus syndrome; Bangstad syndrome; Bannayan–Riley–Ruvalcaba syndrome
Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) ALD Alcoholic liver disease: ALI Acute lung injury: ALL Acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, acute lymphocytic leukemia: ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: AMD Age-related macular degeneration: AML Acute myelogenous leukemia: AN Anorexia nervosa: AOCD
Jackson–Weiss syndrome; Jacobsen syndrome; Jadassohn–Lewandowsky syndrome; Jaffer–Beighton syndrome; Jalili syndrome; Jancar syndrome; Jankovic–Rivera syndrome
Reactive airway disease; Reactive arthritis; Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) Reactive attachment disorder of early childhood; Reactive attachment disorder of infancy; Reactive hypoglycemia; Reardon–Hall–Slaney syndrome; Reardon–Wilson–Cavanagh syndrome; Rectal neoplasm; Rectophobia; Rectosigmoid neoplasm; Recurrent laryngeal papillomas
Among children with one kidney, there are approximately twice as many males, whereas among children with three kidneys there are approximately 2.5 times more females. The same pattern is observed among infants with excessive number of ribs, vertebrae, teeth and other organs which in a process of evolution have undergone reduction—among them ...