List of childhood diseases

The term childhood disease refers to a disease that is contracted or becomes symptomatic before the age of 18 years of age. Many of these diseases can also be contracted by adults.

Diseases from 3 to 5 years of age

 * Candida albicans infection
 * Candida parapsilosis infection
 * Cytomegalovirus infection
 * Diphtheria
 * Human coronavirus infection
 * Infant respiratory distress syndrome
 * Measles
 * Meconium aspiration syndrome
 * Metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection
 * Necrotizing enterocolitis
 * Neonatal conjunctivitis
 * Parainfluenza (PIV) infection
 * Pertussis
 * Poliomyelitis
 * Prenatal listeria monocytogenes
 * Respiratory syncytial virus infection
 * Rhinovirus
 * Streptococcus agalactiae
 * Tetanus
 * Ureaplasma urealyticum infection

Diseases of older children

 * Anemia
 * Asthma
 * Bronchiolitis
 * Cancer
 * Candidiasis
 * Chagas disease
 * Chickenpox
 * Cold
 * Croup
 * Cystic fibrosis
 * Cytomegalovirus
 * Dental caries
 * Diabetes (Type 1)
 * Diphtheria
 * Duchenne muscular dystrophy
 * Fever
 * Fifth disease
 * Heart disease
 * Hepatitis A
 * HIV/AIDS
 * Infectious mononucleosis
 * Influenza
 * Intussusception
 * Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
 * Leukemia
 * Lyme disease
 * Measles
 * Meningitis
 * Molluscum contagiosum
 * Mumps
 * Nephrotic syndrome
 * Osgood-Schlatter disease
 * Osteogenesis imperfecta
 * PANDAS
 * Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome
 * Pneumonia
 * Polio
 * Rheumatic fever
 * Rickets
 * Roseola
 * Rubella
 * Scarlet fever
 * Sever's disease
 * Tetanus
 * Tuberculosis
 * Volvulus
 * Whooping cough
 * Xerophthalmia