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How common is shingles?
NHS Direct — Information on Shingles from NHS Choices including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, risks and treatment and with links to other useful resources Joanne, who has shingles, describes her symptoms and treatment and how she manages the ...More…
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Are your periods healthy?
NHS Direct — A period is a bleed from the uterus (womb) that is released through the vagina. It happens approximately every 28 days, although anywhere between 24 and 35 days is common. A period is part of a woman's menstrual cycle. It is possible for your ...More…
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Kidney-infection
NHS Direct — Information on Kidney infection from NHS Choices including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, risks and treatment and with links to other useful resources Kidneys are vital to our health, yet many of us don't know what they do or where they are A ...More…
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Tackling middle-aged spread
NHS Direct — Information on Hernia from NHS Choices including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, risks and treatment and with links to other useful resources A hernia can occur anywhere in the abdomen region. The most common types are: There is also another common ...More…
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Facts on allergies
NHS Direct — Information on Asthma from NHS Choices including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, risks and treatment and with links to other useful resources Asthma causes the airways of the lungs (the bronchi) to become inflamed and swollen. The bronchi are small ...More…
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If you feel unwell ...
NHS Direct — Official NHS information on the swine flu outbreak, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, risks and treatment If you have flu-like symptoms and have recently returned from Mexico or another affected country, or if you are concerned because you ...More…
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Common cold
BBC — Colds are the commonest infection - most adults have at least two to three colds each year, while children have as many as six to eight. There are more than 200 different viruses that cause colds and this is one of the reasons we get so many. Top ...More…
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Wegener's granulomatosis
BBC — This inflammation of the blood vessels can lead to a host of health problems. Prompt treatment is important for people with this inflammation of the blood vessels, which can lead to recurrent sinusitis, lung problems, arthritis and kidney ...More…
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Heart attack
BBC — Heart attack is a diagnosis that strikes terror in almost everyone. As many as one in three people who have a heart attack will die before they even reach hospital, and overall about 50% will be dead within a month. The heart is a large muscular ...More…
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Pulmonary thromboembolism
BBC — Pulmonary thromboembolism is a blockage of one of the arteries in the lung by a blood clot. The symptoms can be so vague it may be confused with many other conditions, and is frequently fatal. Microscopic thrombi, or clots, are continually being ...More…
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Mitochondrial cytopathy
BBC — Explanation about the condition mitochondrial cytopathy Mitochondrial cytopathy There are many different ways that problems with the building blocks of cells can have an effect on the body. The mitochondria are energy-producing structures found ...More…
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Pneumothorax
BBC — The lungs are lined with a double layer of membrane (pleura) separating them from the chest wall. If air gets between these two layers, it's called a pneumothorax. This makes the lung collapse, causing chest pain and making breathing ...More…