girl with appendicitis

APPENDICITIS - Your appendix is a tube-like piece of skin inside your body just to the right of your belly button and is about the size of your little finger. Sometimes the appendix gets infected and has to be taken out This is done with surgery where you would have to stay at the hospital for a couple of days. It is a very simple operation which takes only a couple of hours to complete and you'll be feeling as good as new in just a few short weeks. A small scar will be the only evidence left (an inch or two long) that you had the surgery.

 
boy with arthritis

ARTHRITIS - Arthritis is the condition when your joints in your body (fingers, toes, ankles, knees, elbows) swell up. Your joints will become puffy, swollen and red and may be a bit sore. There are a number of treatments that can be done depending on the type of arthritis that you have.

 
boy with asthma puffer

ASTHMA - Your lungs are like two big balloons that air comes into and goes out of. Asthma is a common condition of the lungs when it becomes harder and harder to breath and get the oxygen into our bodies and blood streams.


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