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Chronic Illness: Child
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Chronic illness and treatment often interferes with time spent with peers or in the school setting, which is the child's and adolescent’s primary social environment. Self esteem issues related to acceptance of one’s self and concerns about acceptance by others are intensified by chronic illness and related treatment needs. To address these concerns, consider the following:
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Crohn’s disease is a chronic illness that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, typically resulting in symptoms such as diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain and weight loss. Children with Crohn’s disease may ... experience delayed development and stunted growth. Although it can involve any area of the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus, it most commonly affects the small intestine and/or colon.
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Chronic illness can impair sexual function long before a patient reaches puberty. Young patients often face difficulties starting and maintaining relationships and experience ongoing problems with sexual function. A study of over 36000adolescents with chronic illness found that teenagers with non-visible disabilities are more likely to have been sexually abused, with boys having non-visible disabilities five times more likely than control boys (4.1% versus 0.8% in the control group for boys: 24% versus 17% for girls).10 Too often the sexual consequences of congenital abnormalities and chronic illness in children and adolescents are overlooked.
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The American Lung Association estimates that 6.3 million U.S. children under 18 have asthma, the leading serious chronic illness among children. The number of cases of asthma has been on the rise, but the reason why remains unclear.
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The Starlight Starbright Foundation is dedicated to the development of projects that empower children with serious or chronic illnesses to combat the medical and emotional challenges they face on a daily basis." Find innovative media-based programs such as STARBRIGHT world, a chat room connecting over 30,000 children with serious or chronic illnesses and other programs listed on the site.
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