A-Z of Health Topics
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Abdominal pain
- Abortion
- Abscess
- Absent periods
- Acanthosis nigricans
- Accidents and first aid
- Accidents to children in the home
- Achalasia
- Acid reflux
- Acne
- Acoustic neuroma
- Acromegaly
- Actinic keratoses
- Actinic keratosis
- Actinomycosis
- Acupuncture
- Acute cholecystitis
- Acute kidney injury
- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
- Acute myeloid leukaemia
- Acute pancreatitis
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Acute stress cardiomyopathy
- Addiction
- Addison's disease
- Adenoids and adenoidectomy
- ADHD
- Adhesive capsulitis
- Aganglionosis
- Agoraphobia
- Agranulocytosis (white blood cell deficiency)
- Air embolism
- AIS
- Albinism
- Alcohol misuse
- Alcohol poisoning
- Alcohol-related liver disease
- Aldosterone and renin test
- Alexander technique
- Alkaptonuria
- Allergic rhinitis
- Allergies
- Alopecia (hair loss)
- Altitude sickness
- Alzheimer's disease
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Amblyopia (lazy eye)
- AMD
- Amnesia
- Amniocentesis
- Amniotic fluid, excess
- Amoebiasis
- Amputation
- Amyloidosis
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Anabolic steroid misuse
- Anaemia, iron deficiency
- Anaemia, vitamin B12 or folate deficiency
- Anaesthesia
- Anal cancer
- Anal fissure
- Anal fistula
- Anal itching
- Anal pain
- Anaphylactoid purpura
- Anaphylaxis
- Androgen insensitivity syndrome
- Aneurysm, brain
- Angelman syndrome
- Anger management
- Angina
- Angioedema
- Angiography
- Angioplasty, coronary
- Animal bites
- Ankle, broken
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anosmia (loss of sense of smell)
- Ant stings and bites
- Antacid medicines
- Anti-inflammatories, non-steroidal
- Antibiotics
- Anticoagulant medicines
- Antidepressants
- Antifungal medicines
- Antihistamines
- Antiphospholipid syndrome
- Antiplatelets, aspirin, low dose
- Antiplatelets, clopidogrel
- Antisocial personality disorder
- Anxiety about health
- Anxiety disorders in children
- Aortic valve replacement
- Aphasia
- Appendicitis
- Arm or elbow pain
- Arm, broken
- Arnold Chiari
- Arrhythmia
- Arterial thrombosis
- Arteriosclerosis
- Arthritis
- Arthrochalasis multiplex congenita
- Arthroscopy
- Artificial insemination
- Asbestosis
- Asperger syndrome
- Aspergillosis
- Aspirin
- Asthma
- Asthma in children
- Astigmatism
- Ataxia
- Athlete's foot
- Atopic eczema
- Atrial fibrillation
- Audiometry
- Auditory processing disorder
- Autopsy
- Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)
- Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD)
- Avian flu (bird flu)
- Babies, skin rash
- Back pain
- Bacterial arthritis
- Bacterial vaginosis
- Bad breath
- Baker's cyst
- Balanitis
- Bariatric surgery
- Barium enema
- Bartholin's cyst
- Basal cell carcinoma
- Bed sores
- Bedbugs
- Bedwetting
- Behçet’s disease
- Bell's palsy
- Benign migratory glossitis
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Beta-blockers
- Bicarbonate test
- Bile duct cancer
- Bilharzia
- Binge eating
- Biopsy
- Bipolar disorder
- Birthmarks
- Bites-insect
- Black eye
- Bladder cancer
- Bladder infection
- Bladder stones
- Bleeding from the bottom
- Bleeding in the brain
- Bleeding or spotting after the menopause
- Blepharitis
- Blepharospasm
- Blindness
- Blisters
- Blood clot
- Blood donation
- Blood gases test
- Blood groups
- Blood in phlegm
- Blood in the semen
- Blood in the urine
- Blood in vomit
- Blood poisoning
- Blood pressure (high)
- Blood pressure (low)
- Blood tests
- Blood transfusion
- Blue lips or skin
- Blushing
- Body dysmorphia
- Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)
- Body odour
- Body piercing
- Boils
- Bone cancer (sarcoma)
- Bone cyst
- Bone densitometry scan
- Bone infection
- Bone marrow donation
- Bone marrow transplant
- Bone spur (osteophyte)
- Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome
- Borderline personality disorder
- Bornholm disease
- Bottle feeding
- Botulinum toxin injections
- Botulism
- Bowel cancer
- Bowel incontinence
- Bowel polyps
- Bowel transplant
- Bowel, 'leaky'
- Bowenoid papulosis
- Braces (dental)
- Brachycephaly
- Brain abscess
- Brain death
- Brain injury
- Brain tumour, benign (non-cancerous)
- Brain tumour, malignant (cancerous)
- Brain tumours
- BRCA gene mutation test
- Breast abscess
- Breast cancer (female)
- Breast cancer (male)
- Breast cancer screening
- Breast discharge
- Breast implants
- Breast infection (mastitis)
- Breast lump
- Breast pain, cyclical
- Breast reduction
- Breathing difficulty
- Brittle bones
- Broken collarbone
- Broken finger
- Broken hip
- Broken leg
- Broken nose
- Broken ribs
- Broken toe
- Broken tooth
- Bromodosis (smelly feet)
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchiolitis
- Bronchitis
- Bronchodilator medicines
- Brucellosis
- Brugada syndrome
- Bruxism
- BSE
- Bulging eyes
- Bulimia
- Bullous pemphigoid
- Bunion
- Burns and scalds
- Bursitis
- C.difficile (C.diff)
- CABG (coronary artery bypass graft)
- Caesarean section
- Campylobacter
- Cancer
- Candidiasis (thrush)
- Candidiasis, men
- Candidiasis, oral (adults)
- Candidiasis, oral (babies)
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test
- Carcinoid syndrome and carcinoid tumours
- Carcinoid tumours
- Cardiac catheterisation and coronary angiography
- Cardiovascular disease
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cartilage damage
- Cataract surgery
- Cataracts
- Cataracts, childhood
- Catarrh
- Catheter
- Cavernoma
- Cavernous sinus thrombosis
- CBD
- CBT
- Cellulitis
- Cerebral palsy
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Cervical cancer
- Cervical rib
- Cervical screening
- Cervical spondylosis
- CFS
- Chapped lips
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Charles Bonnet syndrome
- Chemotherapy
- Chest infection, adult
- Chest pain
- Chicken skin
- Chickenpox
- Chilblains
- Chiropractic
- Chlamydia
- Chloride test
- Cholecystectomy
- Cholecystitis, acute
- Cholera
- Cholesteatoma
- Cholesterol, high
- Cholesterol-lowering medicines, statins
- Choriocarcinoma
- Chorionic villus sampling
- Chronic kidney disease
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Chronic myeloid leukaemia
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Circumcision
- Cirrhosis
- Claustrophobia
- Cleft lip and palate
- Clinical trials and research
- Club foot
- Cluster headache
- CMV
- Coated or white tongue
- Coccydynia
- Coeliac disease
- Cold
- Cold panniculitis
- Cold sore
- Colic
- Colostomy
- Colour vision deficiency
- Colposcopy
- Coma
- Community acquired pneumonia
- Compartment syndrome
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Computerised tomography
- Concussion
- Congenital heart disease
- Congestive heart failure
- Conjunctivitis
- Consent to treatment
- Constipation
- Contact dermatitis
- Cornea transplant
- Corns and calluses
- Coronary heart disease
- Cortical death
- Corticosteroids
- Corticosteroids (topical)
- Cosmetic surgery
- Costochondritis
- Cot death
- Cough
- Counselling
- Crabs
- Cradle cap
- Cramps, leg
- Craniosynostosis
- Crohn's disease
- Croup
- Crushing or opening pills
- Cryptorchidism
- Cushing's syndrome
- Cuts and grazes
- Cyclical vomiting syndrome
- Cyclothymia
- Cystic fibrosis
- Cystocele
- Cystoscopy
- Dactylitis
- Dandruff
- De Quervain's thyroiditis
- Deafblindness
- Deafness
- Decongestant medication
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- Dehydration
- Dementia with Lewy bodies
- Dengue
- Dental abscess
- Dental caries
- Dental fluorosis
- Dentures (false teeth)
- Depression (clinical)
- Dermatillomania
- Dermatomyositis
- Detached retina
- Developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD)
- Developmental coordination disorder
- Devic's disease
- Diabetes
- Diabetes insipidus
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Dialysis
- Diarrhoea
- Diarrhoea and sickness in children
- Difficulty speaking (dysarthria)
- Digital rectal examination
- Dilatation and curettage (D&C)
- Diphtheria
- Diphyllobothrium latum
- Diplopia
- Discoid eczema
- Dislocated kneecap
- Dislocated shoulder
- Dissociative disorders
- Diverticular disease and diverticulitis
- Dizziness
- Down's syndrome
- Dry eye syndrome
- Dry mouth
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Dwarfism
- Dyslexia
- Dysmenorrhoea
- Dyspepsia
- Dysphagia
- Dyspraxia (adults)
- Dystonia
- Ear infection, inner
- Ear infection, outer
- Ear reshaping
- Earache
- Earwax
- Eating disorders
- Ebola virus disease
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Ectropion
- Edward's syndrome
- Edwards' syndrome
- EEG
- Ejaculation problems
- Ekbom syndrome
- Electrolyte test
- Embolism
- Emollients
- Encephalitis
- Encopresis (children soiling their pants)
- Endemic typhus
- Endocarditis
- Endometrial cancer
- Endometriosis
- Endoscopy
- Enhanced recovery
- Enterobiasis
- Epicondylitis
- Epidermolysis bullosa (EB)
- Epidural anaesthesia
- Epiglottitis
- Epilepsy
- Epiphora
- Epistaxis
- Erectile dysfunction
- Erythema infectiosum
- Erythema multiforme
- Erythromelalgia
- esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula
- Essential tremor
- Euthanasia and assisted suicide
- Ewing sarcoma
- Ewing's sarcoma
- Exanthem subitum
- Excision of ganglion
- Exophthalmos
- Eye cancer
- Eye cancer in children (retinoblastoma)
- Eye injuries
- Eye redness
- Fabricated or induced illness
- Face blindness
- Factitious disorder
- Factor V Leiden
- Fainting
- Falls
- Family planning
- Fatty liver disease
- Febrile seizures
- Female genital mutilation (female circumcision)
- Fever, childhood
- Fibroids
- Fibromyalgia
- Finger, bent fingertip
- Flat feet
- Flatulence
- Floaters
- Flu
- Fong's disease
- Food allergy
- Food colours and hyperactivity
- Food poisoning
- Foot drop
- Foot pain
- Foreskin that won't pull back
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Frostbite
- Fungal nail infection
- GAD
- Gallbladder cancer
- Gallstones
- Gangrene
- Gastrectomy
- Gastric flu
- Gastritis
- Gastroparesis
- Gastroscopy
- Gender dysphoria
- General anaesthetic
- Genetics
- Genital herpes
- Genital warts
- German measles
- Gestational diabetes
- Giant cell arteritis
- Giardiasis
- Gilbert's syndrome
- Gingivitis and periodontitis
- Glandular fever
- Glaucoma
- Glomerulonephritis
- Glue ear
- Goitre
- Gonorrhoea
- Gout
- Gram stain
- Granuloma annulare
- Granulomatosis with polyangiiti
- Growing pains
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Haemochromatosis
- Haemophilia
- Haemophilus influenzae type b
- Haemorrhoids (piles)
- Hairs, ingrown
- Hairy body or face
- Hairy cell leukaemia
- Hallucinations
- Hamstring injury
- Hand pain
- Hand tendon, repair
- Hand, foot and mouth disease
- Having an operation
- Hay fever
- Head and neck cancer
- Head injury, minor
- Head lice
- Headache
- Headaches
- Hearing and vision tests for children
- Heart attack
- Heart block
- Heart palpitations
- Heart transplant
- Heart-lung transplant
- Heat exhaustion and heatstroke
- Heat rash
- Heavy periods
- Heel pain
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Herbal medicines
- Herceptin
- Hereditary neuropathy with pressure palsies (HNPP)
- Hereditary spastic paraplegia
- Hernia
- Hernia, femoral
- Hernia, hiatus
- Hernia, inguinal
- Hernia, umbilical
- Herpes simplex eye infections
- Herpetic whitlow
- Hiccup
- Hiccups
- Hidradenitis suppurativa
- Hip pain in adults
- Hip pain in children
- Hip replacement
- HIV and AIDS
- Hives
- Hoarding
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Home oxygen treatment
- Homeopathy
- Hookworm infection
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- Hunchback
- Huntington's disease
- Hyaline membrane disease
- Hydatidiform mole
- Hydrocephalus
- Hydronephrosis
- Hydrophobia
- Hyperacusis
- Hyperglycaemia
- Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
- Hypermetropia
- Hypermobility
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hypersomnia, unexplained
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypnotherapy
- Hypoglycaemia
- Hypothermia
- Hypothyroidism
- Hypotonia
- Hysterectomy
- IBS
- Ibuprofen
- Ichthyosis
- Ileostomy
- Impetigo
- Impingement syndrome (trapped shoulder tendon)
- Implants and injections, contraceptive
- Incontinence, urinary
- Infertility
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Ingrown toenail
- Inquest
- Insomnia
- Insulin-dependent diabetes
- Intensive care
- Intracranial hypertension
- Iritis
- Itching
- IVF
- Labial fusion
- Labiaplasty
- Labyrinthitis
- Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) test
- Lactose intolerance
- Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)
- Laparoscopy
- Laryngeal (larynx) cancer
- Laryngitis
- Laxatives
- Leg ulcer, venous
- Legionnaires' disease
- Leptospirosis
- Leukoplakia
- Lichen planus
- Lichen sclerosus
- Limping in children
- Lipoedema
- Lipoma
- Liposuction
- Listeriosis
- Liver cancer
- Liver disease
- Liver transplant
- Local anaesthetic
- Locked neck
- Lockjaw
- Loss of libido
- Low sperm count
- Lumbar decompression surgery
- Lumbar puncture
- Lump or swelling
- Lung cancer
- Lung transplant
- Lupus
- Lyme disease
- Lymphoedema
- Lymphoma, non-Hodgkin
- Macular hole
- Magnesium test
- Magnetic resonance imaging scan
- Malaria
- Male contraceptive pill
- Malnutrition
- Marfan syndrome
- Mastectomy
- Mastocytosis
- Mastoiditis
- MCADD
- Measles
- Medial tibial stress syndrom
- Medically unexplained symptoms
- Medicines information
- Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD)
- Melanoma
- Ménière’s disease
- Meningitis
- Menopause
- Mesothelioma
- Metabolic syndrome
- Metatarsalgia
- Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
- Migraine
- Mini-stroke
- Miscarriage
- Mitral valve problems and operations
- Mobile phone safety
- Moles
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Morton's neuroma
- Motion sickness
- Motor neurone disease
- Mouth cancer
- Mouth ulcers
- MS
- Mucositis
- Multiple myeloma
- Multiple system atrophy
- Mumps
- Muscular dystrophy
- Mutism
- Myasthenia gravis
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (myelodysplasia)
- Myopia
- "Next-generation" photodynamic therapy (NGPDT)
- Narcolepsy
- Nasal cancer
- Nasal polyps
- Nasopharyngeal cancer
- Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
- Nephrotic syndrome in children
- Neuralgia, postherpetic
- Neuralgia, trigeminal
- Neuroblastoma
- Neurofibromatosis type 1
- Neurofibromatosis type 2
- Neuropathic Pain
- Neuropathy, peripheral
- Night sweats
- Night terrors
- Non-gonococcal urethritis
- Non-insulin-dependent diabetes
- Non-specific urethritis
- Noonan syndrome
- Norovirus
- Pacemaker implantation
- Paget's disease
- Paget’s disease of the nipple
- Pain
- Pain, shoulder
- Painkillers, paracetamol
- Pancolitis
- Pancreas transplant
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pancreatitis, acute
- Pancreatitis, chronic
- Pandemic flu
- Panic disorder
- Paraesthesia
- Paralysis
- Parkinson's disease
- PCOS
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Pelvic pain
- Pemphigus vulgaris
- Penile cancer
- Peptic ulcer
- Perforated eardrum
- Pericarditis
- Periods
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Peritonitis
- Peritonsillar abscess
- Personality disorder
- Pertussis
- PET scan
- Phaeochromocytoma
- Pharyngitis
- Phenylketonuria
- Phobias
- Phosphate test
- Physiotherapy
- Pilonidal sinus
- Pityriasis rosea
- Pityriasis versicolor
- Plasma components
- Plasma products
- Plastic surgery
- Pleurisy
- Pneumococcal infections
- Poisoning
- Polio
- Polycythaemia
- Polymorphic light eruption
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Possetting
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Postnatal depression
- Postnatal psychosis
- Postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS)
- Potassium test
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- Pre-eclampsia
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Preoperative tests
- Priapism
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Probiotics
- Progressive supranuclear palsy
- Prolapsed disc
- Prostate cancer
- Prostate disease
- Prostatitis
- Psoriasis
- Psychiatry
- Psychosis
- Psychotherapy
- Puberty
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary fibrosis (idiopathic)
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pyoderma gangrenosum
- SAD
- Salivary stones
- Salmonella infection
- Sarcoidosis
- Sarcoma, soft tissue
- SARS
- Scabies
- Scarlet fever
- Scars
- Schizophrenia
- Sciatica
- Scleroderma
- Scoliosis
- Scurvy
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
- Self-harm
- Septic shock
- Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Shingles
- Shyness (social anxiety disorder)
- Sick building syndrome
- Sickle-cell anaemia
- Sickness in children and babies
- Silicosis
- Sinus headache
- Sinusitis
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Skin rashes in children
- Skin tags
- Sleep paralysis
- Sleepwalking
- Smelly urine
- Smoking treatments
- Snake bites
- Snoring
- Spina bifida
- Spinal muscular atrophy
- Spleen disorders and splenectomy
- Spondylolisthesis
- Sports injuries
- Sprains and strains
- Squint
- Stammering
- Staphylococcal infections
- Stillbirth
- Stomach cancer
- Streptococcal infections
- Stretch marks
- Stroke
- Stye
- Subdural haematoma
- Suicide
- Sunburn
- Supraventricular tachycardia
- Swollen glands
- Synaesthesia
- Syphilis
- Tau protein test
- Tay-Sachs disease
- TB
- Tendonitis
- TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation)
- Tension-type headache
- Testicular cancer
- Testicular lumps and swellings
- Thalassaemia
- Thiopurine s-methyltransferase (TPMT) test
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid Disorders
- Tick-borne encephalitis
- Tics
- Tinnitus
- Tongue-tie
- Tonsillitis
- Toothache
- Total iron-binding capacity (TIBC or transferrin) test
- Total protein test
- Tourette's syndrome
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Toxocariasis
- Toxoplasmosis
- Tracheostomy
- Trachoma
- Traction
- Transurethral resection of the prostate
- Travel vaccinations
- Trichomonas vaginalis
- Trichotillomania
- Trigger finger
- Trimethylaminuria ('fish odour syndrome')
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Typhoid fever
