Conditions we treat

Want to know more about the conditions we treat at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)? Just search below:

Obsessive compulsive disorder

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterised by intrusive, distressing, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and time-consuming, senseless rituals (compulsions). OCD occurs in about one per cent of the population and is therefore fai

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Obstructive sleep apnoea

Find out more about obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)

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Oesophageal atresia with tracheo-oesophageal fistula

Oesophageal atresia (OA) is a rare condition where a short section at the top of the oesophagus (gullet or foodpipe) has not formed properly so is not connected to the stomach. This means food cannot pass from the throat to the stomach. Tracheo-oesophagea

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Ollier's disease

Ollier's disease is also called enchondromatosis (say en-kond-dro-ma-to-sis). It is a very rare bone disease which occurs in one in every 100,000 people.

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Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome/Dancing Eye syndrome (OMS/DES)

Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS), also known as dancing eye syndrome (DES), is a rare neurological condition which develops over days or weeks in early childhood. This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains the causes, symptoms and trea

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