Pediatric acute respiratory failure is an emergency. It can be serious, even life-threatening, but most children recover without chronic illness.
Pediatric gastroesophageal reflux is a condition of repeated regurgitation in babies that irritates the esophagus and causes pain. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Esophageal atresia is a congenital disorder in which a baby’s esophagus does not form properly during pregnancy. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Surgeries for upper aero-digestive tract are procedures to treat problems that affect such functions as breathing, speaking, and swallowing. Learn more about these procedures.
Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea is a sleeping disorder that causes a child to stop breathing momentarily. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Dysphagia is the medical term used to describe swallowing difficulties. Some people with dysphagia experience pain while swallowing, known as odynophagia.
Asthma—a chronic inflammation of the airways that causes trouble breathing—affects 5 to 10 percent of children in the United States.
Cleft lip and cleft palate occur when tissues in the lips and/or the roof of the mouth fail to properly join during fetal development.
A pediatric tonsillectomy is a surgical procedure that removes a child's tonsils. Learn about this procedure.
Tonsillitis is an infection of the tonsils that causes them to swell, making it hard to swallow and leaving the lymph nodes in the neck sore.