Conditions We Treat
Kentucky Children’s Hospital treats a wide array of pediatric health issues, both minor and major. Learn about some of the conditions we treat.
Airways, Chest & Lungs
- Allergies (seasonal)
- Apnea
- Asthma
- Breathing Issues
- Bronchitis
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and chronic lung disease of infancy
- Chronic respiratory failure/insufficiency
- Congenital lung abnormalities
- Cystic fibrosis
- Pneumonia
- Reactive airway disease (RAD)
- Respiratory illness
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection
- Wheezing
Behavioral Health/Psychiatry
- Academic concerns
- Anxiety
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Behavioral issues related to bullying
- Bipolar disorder
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Gender identity concerns
- Obsessive compulsive disorders
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Self-harm/suicidal thoughts
- Sleep problems
- Substance use
Blood Disorders
- Anemias
- Bleeding disorders
- Bone marrow failure
- Hemophilia
- Sickle cell disease
- Thalassemia
- Thrombocytopenia
Brain & Nerves
- Cerebral palsy
- Acquired hydrocephalus
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
- Aneurysms
- Arterial dissection
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Brain malformations
- Cavernous malformations
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Concussion/brain injury
- Congenital brain malformations
- Congenital hydrocephalus
- Congenital myopathies
Cancer
- Bone cancer
- Brain and spinal cord tumors
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Wilms tumor
Developmental Disorders
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Autism
- Developmental/behavioral difficulties associated with complex medical conditions
- Down syndrome
- Global developmental delays Intellectual disabilities
Development Disorders
- Devic's disease
- Epilepsy (Child Neurology)
- Headache/migraine
- Hydrocephalus
- Moyamoya
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- *Muscle weakness (myopathy)
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
- Neonatal seizures
- Neurofibromatosis
- Optic neuritis
- Seizures
- Speech dysfunction (congenital aphasia)
- Spinal muscular atrophy
- Stroke
- Tics
Ear, Nose & Throat
- Adenoid hypertrophy
- Airway disorders
- Airway papillomas
- Ankyloglossia (tongue tie)
- Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder
- Auditory processing disorders
- Aural atresia
- Balance and dizziness disorders
- Branchial cleft cyst
- Choanal atresia and pyriform aperture stenosis
- Cholesteatoma
- Chronic cough
- Chronic ear infection/otitis
- Chronic sinusitis
- Chronic tonsillitis
- Cleft lip and palate
- Cochlear implants
- Dacryocystoceles
- Deafness
- Deviated nasal septum
- Ear anomalies
- Ear infections
- Enlarged or infected neck lymph nodes
- Foreign objects in ear, nose or throat
- Hearing loss/problems
- Hoarseness
- Laryngeal cleft
- Laryngomalacia
- Mastoiditis
- Myringotomy (ear tubes)
- Nasal dermoid/gliomas
- Nasal encephaloceles
- Nasal polyposis
- Nasal tumors
- Nose bleeds
- Otitis externa (swimmer's ear)
- Otitis media
- Salivary gland problems
- Salivary gland tumors/masses
- Sinus infections
- Sleep apnea
- Stridor (noisy breathing)
- Swallowing disorders
- Thyroglossal duct cyst
- Thyroid enlargement
- Tinnitus
- Tonsillar hypertrophy
- Tracheal stenosis
- Tracheoesophageal fistula
- Tracheomalacia
- Tracheostomy dependence
- Tympanic membrane perforation
- Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI)
- Vertigo
- Vocal fold paralysis
Eyes
- Amblyopia
- Chalazion
- Coats disease
- Congenital ocular infections
- Congenital ptosis
- Conjunctivitis
- Corneal/limbal dermoid
- Corneal dystrophies
- Facial/eye trauma in children
- Facial hemangioma
- Fundus coloboma
- Hereditary optic neuropathy Inflammatory optic neuropathy
- Leber’s congenital amaurosis
- Nasolacrimal obstruction/anomaly
- Nystagmus
- Optic nerve drusen
- Orbital dermoid
- Papilledema
- Pediatric cataracts
- Pediatric glaucoma
- Pediatric refractive surgery
- Pediatric uveitis
- Peter’s Anomaly
- Refractive error
- Retinal dystrophies
- Retinitis pigmentosa
- Retinoblastoma and other retinal tumors
- Retinopathy of Prematurity
- Strabismus
Gastrointestinal, Liver, Pancreas & Nutritional Disorders
- Abdominal pain
- Acute/chronic liver disease
- Allergic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract
- Celiac disease
- Chronic diarrhea
- Constipation
- Crohn’s disease
- Dysphagia/swallowing disorders
- Encopresis
- Eosinophilic esophagitis
- Esophageal stricture
- Fatty liver disease
- Functional gastrointestinal disease
- Gallbladder disease
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Gastroparesis
- Hepatitis (Acute & Chronic)
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Intestinal polyps
- Malnutrition (including failure to thrive)
- Nutritional disorders
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Poor weight gain
- Reflux/heartburn
- Short bowel syndrome
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Vomiting
Genetics & Metabolism
- Birth defects
- Genetic cardiovascular disorders
- Chromosomal disorders
- Ciliopathies
- Connective tissue disorders
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Marfan Syndrome
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neurogenetic disorders (including Williams syndrome)
- Noonan Syndrome
- Skeletal dysplasia
Heart & Vascular
- Aortic stenosis
- Anomalous pulmonary venous drainage
- Arrhythmias
- Atrial septal defect
- Atrioventricular canal defect
- Bicuspid aortic valve
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chest/upper abdominal pain or pressure
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Congenital and acquired heart block
- Ebstein anomaly
- Endocarditis
- Hemangioma
- Hypertension
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Patent foramen ovale
- Pulmonic stenosis
- Single ventricle (including pulmonary atresia, tricuspid atresia)
- Syncope
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Truncus arteriosus
- Ventricular septal defect
- Vascular malformations
- Vascular rings
Hormones & Glands
- Adrenal gland disorders
- Calcium disorders
- Childhood obesity
- Diabetes mellitus
- Growth disorders
- Pituitary gland disorders
- Puberty disorders
- Sexual differentiation disorders
- Thyroid disorders
- Turner syndrome
Infectious Diseases
- Bacterial infections
- Bone and joint infections
- Congenital and other perinatally acquired infections
- Endocarditis
- Fever of unknown origin
- Fungal infections
- Hepatitis C
- Herpes
- Histoplasmosis
- HIV
- Infections in immunocompromised children
- Kawasaki disease
- Lymphadenitis
- Meningitis
- Parasitic Infections
- Postoperstive & surgical site infection
- Recurrent fevers
- Recurrent infections
- Sepsis
- Skin and soft tissue infections, including infection caused by MRSA
- Tick and other insect-transmitted infections
- Tuberculosis
- Viral infections
Kidneys & Urinary Tract
- Acute and chronic renal failure
- Antenatal hydronephrosis
- Chronic kidney disease
- Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (including obstructive uropathy, multicystic dysplastic kidneys)
- Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis
- Glomerulonephritis (acute and chronic)
- Hematuria
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome
- Hernia
- Hydrocele
- Hydronephrosis
- Hypertension
- Hypospadias
- Kidney stones
- Lupus nephritis
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Neurogenic bladder
- Nocturnal enuresis
- Pediatric hypertension
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Posterior urethral valves (including lower urinary tract obstruction, vesicoureteral reflux)
- Proteinuria
- Renal hypoplasia/dysplasia
- Renal osteodystrophy
- Solitary kidney
- Undescended testes
- Ureteropelvic junction obstruction
- Urinary tract infections
- Vesicoureteral reflux
Neuromuscular Disorders
- Perthes disease
- Repetitive stress injuries
- Scheuermann’s kyphosis
- Scoliosis
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
- Spina bifida
- Spinal deformities
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Sprains & strains
- Torticollis
Orthopaedics
- Complex hip disorders
- Diskitis
- Fractures
- Herniated disk
- Hip dysplasia
- Limb deformities
Reproductive & Sexual Health
- Abnormal menstrual bleeding (include irregular and heavy bleeding)
- Abnormal menstrual cycles (include early or delayed onset of periods)
- Amenorrhea
- Breast discharge
- Breast masses
- Gynecomastia
- Dysmenorrhea (painful periods)
- Ovarian cysts
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
- Pregnancy (include pregnancy screen)
- Sexually transmitted diseases (STD)
- Sexuality concerns
- Sexual risk behaviors
- Transgender health issues
- Vaginal discharge/infections
Rheumatic Diseases & Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes
- Acute arthritis
- Acute rheumatic fever
- Autoinflammatory/periodic fever syndromes
- Behçet’s disease
- Chronic arthritis
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
- Hypermobility syndrome
- Joint swelling
- Juvenile Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Juvenile dermatomyositis
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- Kawasaki disease
- Limb pain
- Mixed connective tissue disease
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Sjrogen’s syndrome
- Scleroderma/morphea
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Systemic sclerosis
- Uveitis/Iritis
- Vasculitis
Skin
- Atopic dermatitis
- Burns
- Contact dermatitis
- Dyshidrotic eczema
- Fungal infections
- Insect Bites
- Parasitic skin infections
- Seborrheic dermatitis
- Skin Rashes
Wounds & Trauma
- Broken bones
- Head injury
- Minor wounds
- Uncontrollable bleeding