Managing Your Medical Care
en español: Preguntas sobre la atención médica
Your parents won't be running your life forever. This center tells you what you need to know about taking charge of your own medical care.
- Atrial Septal Defect
- Blood Types
- Celiac Disease
- Cerebral Palsy
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Dealing With a Health Condition
- Dwarfism: Emily's Story (Video)
- Epilepsy
- Hearing Impairment
- Hemodialysis
- HIV and AIDS
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Kidney Disease
- Lupus
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- Questions to Ask Your Doctor
- Sickle Cell Crisis (Pain Crisis)
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Steven's Story (Video)
- Taking Charge of Your Medical Care
- Tourette Syndrome
- Transitioning Your Medical Care: Sickle Cell Disease
- Turner Syndrome
- Ventricular Septal Defect
- Visual Impairment
- Adolescent Medicine Specialists
- Choosing Your Own Doctor
- Finding Low-Cost Mental Health Care
- Immunizations
- Questions to Ask Your Doctor
- Sports Physicals
- Strokes
- Taking Care of Your Teeth
- Taking Care of Your Vision
- Taking Charge of Your Medical Care
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Therapy for ADHD
- Transitioning Your Medical Care: Diabetes
- What's It Like to Have Surgery?
- What's It Like to Stay in the Hospital?
- ADHD Medicines
- Birth Control Patch
- Birth Control Pill
- Birth Control Ring
- Birth Control Shot
- Blood Test: Basic Metabolic Panel
- Blood Test: Complete Blood Count
- Blood Test: Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
- Blood Test: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
- Blood Test: Liver Function Tests
- Blood Test: Magnesium
- Blood Test: Phosphorus
- Blood Transfusions
- Chemotherapy
- Dealing With Addiction
- Emergency Contraception
- Getting Rid of Old Medicines
- Going to a Therapist
- How Do Asthma Medicines Work?
- How to Fill a Prescription
- Medical Tests: What to Expect (Video)
- Medicines for Diabetes
- My Asthma Inhaler Doesn't Help. What Can I Do?
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Radiation Therapy
- Refilling a Prescription
- Splints
- Steroids and Cancer Treatment
- Taking Prescription Opioid Pain Medicines Safely
- Understanding Medicines and What They Do
- Wound Healing and Care
- Can I Get My Medical Records if a Doctor Moves Away?
- How Can I Get My Parents to Give Private Time With My Doctor?
- How Can I Take Charge of My Own Medical Care?
- How Do I Switch Doctors?
- I Have Sickle Cell Disease. What Should I Know About Going Away to College?
- I'm a Guy. How Can I Talk to My Female Doctor About Certain Things?
- My Asthma Inhaler Doesn't Help. What Can I Do?
- What's the Difference Between a Treatment and a Cure?
- When Is it Time to Start Seeing a Gynecologist?
- Blood Types
- Electronic Health Records
- Health Insurance Basics
- Health Insurance: Cracking the Code
- Questions to Ask Your Doctor