Infectious Diseases (Pediatrics)

Conditions We Treat

7 Conditions

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A is an infection that affects liver function. It spreads very easily and is often contracted through contaminated food, water, or contact with an infected person. Symptoms include jaundice (yellowing of skin and eyes), fatigue and abdominal pain under the ribs on the right side. Most cases of hepatitis A don’t cause permanent liver damage and are curable.

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Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is a liver infection that is either acute (lasts less than 6 months) or chronic (lasting). Passed from person to person through bodily fluids, hepatitis B is a serious infection, causing symptoms like jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes), fever, nausea, fatigue and more. Chronic hepatitis B increases risk for liver cancer, liver failure, and cirrhosis (scarring of the liver).

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Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is a virus that causes liver inflammation, passed through exposure to blood from an infected person. Symptoms, including jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes), fatigue, and stomach pain, may not be present and the infection may remain undetected. Years after the infection has caused permanent liver damage, symptoms might include bleeding easily, confusion, leg swelling, and more.

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Hepatitis in Children

Hepatitis is a viral infection that affects the liver. There are three types and all are contagious: Hepatitis A, B and C. Hepatitis A is contagious and acute, meaning you catch it and have it for a short time. Hepatitis B and C are blood infections that cause the liver to not function properly; children with Hepatitis B or C are usually infected during birth from the mother.

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Hepatitis Management and Treatment

As part of a special program within the Infectious Diseases Clinic, infants and children with Hepatitis B and C are followed. Recent NICHD Funding has allowed the clinical program to focus on the risk factors for transmission of HCV from mother to infant. There is an active program to identify, evaluate, and manage congenital Hepatitis C, and have access to state of the art diagnostics and therapeutics.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious bacterial infection that mainly affects the lungs. The bacteria spread from person to person via sneezing and cough. It is highly contagious. Most TB infections are latent (no symptoms), with about 1 in 10 having an active infection and symptoms including cough, exhaustion, and more. Both latent and active TB is treatable with antibiotics, but can be fatal if left untreated.

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Chronic infections
Chronic, recurrent, or unexplained fevers
Cytomegalovirus
Infections present from birth, such as herpes simplex
Lyme disease
Pneumonia
Recurrent infections
Recurrent skin and soft tissue infections
Toxoplasmosis
Unusual bacterial, fungal or viral infections

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Infectious Diseases (Pediatrics)

Conditions We Treat

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis in Children

Hepatitis Management and Treatment

HIV/AIDS

Tuberculosis