Children’s A-Z of Medical conditions
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia - (ALL) |
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Acute Myelogenous (Myeloid) Leukaemia - (AML) |
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ADD/ADHD (including hyperkinetic disorder/ syndrome) |
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Allergies and Anaphylaxis: -
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Anaemia – Sickle cell anaemia |
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Angiodema |
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Arthritis – Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis |
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Asperger syndrome |
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Asthma |
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Ataxic type cerebral palsy |
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Athetoid type cerebral palsy | |
Attachment disorder |
Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)/ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) |
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Autistic Spectrum Disorders:-
Autism including: -
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Becker type muscular dystrophy |
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Bedwetting (Enuresis) |
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Behavioural and Mental Disorders of children – Other |
Learning Disabilities and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
Blindness |
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Blood clotting disorders:-
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Brain Tumours |
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Cerebral palsy:- | |
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Child development |
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Choroiditis (Posterior uveitis) |
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Christmas disease (Haemophilia B) |
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Chronic suppurative otitis media |
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Clotting disorder Other / type not known |
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Coeliac disease |
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Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder) |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) / Learning Disabilities / Netdoctor(CD) / Netdoctor (ODD) and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
Conductive hearing loss:- | |
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Conjunctivia/ Corneal / Eyelids/ Lacrimal apparatus diseases : - | |
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Cystic fibrosis |
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Deafness |
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Developmental Coordination disorder also known as Dyspraxia |
NHS Choices and/or Speech or Language disorders and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
Diabetes Mellitus -: | |
Type 1 (insulin dependent) Type 2 (insulin and non – insulin dependent) Diabetes Mellitus – Category unknown |
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Diplegia type cerebral palsy |
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Double vision (Diplopia) |
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Down’s syndrome |
Learning Disabilities / NHS Choices and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration |
Duchenne type muscular dystrophy |
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Dyspraxia also known as Developmental Coordination disorder |
NHS Choices and/or Speech or Language disorders and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
Dystrophia myotonica (Myotonic Dystrophy) |
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Eczema – dermatitis type |
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Enuresis (bedwetting) |
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Epilepsy:- | |
Tonic-clonic seizure (Grand mal) primary or secondary |
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Tonic-clonic seizure (Grand mal) primary or secondary | |
Simple partial seizure | |
Simple partial seizure | |
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Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy |
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Fragile X syndrome |
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Generalised epileptic seizure (with status epilepticus in last 12 months) |
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Generalised epileptic seizure (without status epilepticus in last 12 months) | |
Global Developmental Delay |
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Haemolytic disorders -: | |
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Haemophilia A |
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Haemophilia B (Christmas disease) | |
Hearing disorders:- | |
Conductive hearing loss:- | |
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Mixed hearing loss:- | |
Hearing loss - mixed |
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Sensorineural hearing loss | |
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Hearing & balance - Disease affecting hearing & balance – Other / type not known |
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Hemiparesis type cerebral palsy |
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Hip disorders:- | |
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Hydrocephalus |
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Hyperkinetic disorder/syndrome (includes ADD/ADHD) |
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Hypersensitivity diseases -: | |
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Incontinence (not Enuresis/Bedwetting) – Other / type not known |
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Incontinence - stress | |
Incontinence - urge | |
Inflammatory arthritis - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis |
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Iritis (Anterior uveitis) |
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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis |
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Labyrinthitis |
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Learning disabilities (general)-: | |
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NHS Choices and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration |
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Refer to Learning Disabilities guidance NHS Choices and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration |
Learning disorders (Specific) -: | |
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Speech or language disorders and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration |
also known as Developmental coordination disorder |
NHS Choices and/or Speech or Language disorders and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration |
Leukaemia lymphoblastic – acute (ALL) |
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Leukaemia myeloid – acute (AML) |
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Limb girdle muscular dystrophy |
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Long sightedness (Hypermetropia) |
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Mastoiditis |
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Menieres disease | |
Mental and Behavioural disorders of childhood - other/ type not known e.g.
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Learning Disabilities and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration |
Mixed hearing loss |
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Muscular Dystrophy -: | |
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Myotonic Dystrophy (Dystrophia myotonica) |
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Neuroblastoma |
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Nocturnal Enuresis |
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Non epileptic attack disorder (Pseudoseizure) |
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Normal development in children |
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Nystagmus |
Visual Impairment / Nystagmus and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration |
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Conduct disorder (including Oppositional defiant disorder) |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) / Learning Disabilities / Netdoctor(CD) / Netdoctor (ODD) and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration |
Oral allergy syndrome |
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Otitis externa – chronic |
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Otitis Media with effusion (OME) | |
Otosclerosis |
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Pancreatic disease -: | |
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Papulosquamous and inflammatory rashes -: | |
Eczema – dermatitis type |
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Urticaria |
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Partial epileptic seizure (with status epilepticus in last 12 months) |
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Partial epileptic seizure (without status epilepticus in last 12 months) | |
Perthes disease |
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Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD) |
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Prematurity
Acute Respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) / Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants |
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Presbyacusis |
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Pseudoseizure (Non epileptic attack disorder) |
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Quadriplegia type cerebral palsy |
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Scleritis |
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Seizure (Epileptic) – unclassified |
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Sensorineural hearing loss - : | |
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Short-sightedness (Myopia) |
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Sickle cell anaemia |
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Specific childhood learning disorders -: | |
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Speech or language disorders and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration |
also known as Developmental coordination disorder |
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Spina bifida |
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Still’s disease (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis) |
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Strabismus (Squint) |
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Urinary incontinence -: | |
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NHS Choices and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services re needs and award duration |
Urinary overflow | |
Urinary tract infection (UTI) | |
Urticaria |
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Uveitis (Chorioretinal disorder) -: | |
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Visual Impairment and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
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Vertigo |
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Cataract |
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Diseases of conjunctiva, cornea, eyelids and lacrimal apparatus:- | |
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Visual Impairment and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
Diseases of the retina and optic nerve:- | |
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Visual Impairment and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
Disorders of eye movement :- | |
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Visual Impairment / Nystagmus and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
Refractive errors:- | |
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Visual Impairment / Nystagmus and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
Uveitis-: | |
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Visual Impairment and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
Visual field defects:- | |
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Visual Impairment and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
Vitreous disease:- | |
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Visual Impairment and Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Department Medical Services if necessary |
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Wilms tumour |
