Chronic Children’s Diseases
The are currently 33 Chronic Children’s Diseases recognized by the American Medical Association. A chronic disease is one lasting 3 months or more, by the definition of the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. Chronic diseases generally cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear.
Currently there are over 32 million children living with chronic disease. This translates to 32 million fathers, Mothers and families affected by these Chronic Children’s Diseases. These illness’ know no boundries, social, economic, race, etc. They are equal opportunists for all and do their damage across all boundries, male or female.
Chronic illness can affect a child’s development at any stage. During infancy and childhood chronic illness can be detrimental to the development of secure attachment, interpersonal trust, self-regulation, and/or peer relation skills. During middle adolescence, chronic illness can prevent a child from being in school on a regular basis. This can affect a child’s academic and social competence. During adolescence, chronic illness can affect the development of autonomy and self-image. It can also interfere with peer & romantic relationships, and the desire for independence can lead to poor treatment compliance.
Here is a list of them.
- Addison’s Disease
- AIDS
- Anemia
- Ankylosing Spondylities
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Celiac Disease
- CFIDS
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Crohns Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Diabetes
- Ehler-Danlos Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Graves Disease
- Guillain Barre Syndrome
- Hashimoto’s Syndrome
- Headache
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Lupus
- Lyme Disease
- Meniere’s Disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis Disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Parkinson Disease
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogranis Syndrome
- Tay-Sacs Disease
- Ulcerativecolitis