Adolescent Health Problems and Injuries

Physical health problems occurring during adolescence can often complicate adolescent development. Illness, injury, medical treatments, hospitalization, and surgery can all intensify concerns about physical appearance, interfere with efforts to gain independence, and disrupt changing relationships with parents and friends. Also, adolescent developmental issues may complicate a teenager's ability to cope with illness and response to treatment.
 
Chronic illness or disability occurs in an estimated 10 percent of individuals under the age of 17. While some of these youth have to cope with additional physical and mental disabilities as a result of their primary illness, all of them have to deal with the psychological consequences of their condition.
 
While a large part of adolescent medicine involves addressing the medical and treatment needs of the adolescent's illness, condition, or injury, a significant component of adolescent medicine also anticipates and assesses developmental complications associated with the healthcare needs of the specific medical problem. Physicians and other healthcare providers in adolescent medicine assist adolescents and their families in developing strategies to deal with developmental issues and the complications and conflicts that may erupt between illness, treatment, and developmental needs.
 
Listed in the directory below, you will find additional information regarding adolescent health problems and injuries, for which we have provided a brief overview.
 
If you cannot find the information in which you are interested, please visit the Adolescent Medicine Online Resources page in this Web site for an Internet/World Wide Web address that may contain additional information on that topic.
 
Acne
 
Asthma
 
Breast Conditions

Diabetes
 
Eye Care / Avoiding Eye Injuries
 
Gynecological and Menstrual Conditions

Recognizing Gynecologic Problems

Pap Test

Vaginitis

Vulvitis

Menstrual Disorders

Amenorrhea
Dysmenorrhea
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

High Blood Pressure
 
Infectious Mononucleosis
 
Obesity
 
Oral Health

Orthodontics and Braces
 
Wisdom Teeth Extraction
 
Periodontal Disease

Orthopedic Problems

Osgood-Schlatter Disease
 
Scoliosis
 
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Safer Sex Guidelines

Sports Safety

Sports Injuries Statistics
 
Sprains and Strains
 
Tennis Elbow
 
Mouthguards
 
Heat-Related Illnesses (Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke)

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