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Signs and Symptoms
It's often difficult to tell the difference between a symptom and a medical condition - do you just have indigestion or is it a stomach ulcer? Does your tiredness have a simple explanation or should you get checked out for type 2 diabetes? Take a look through the expert information below covering some of the most common medical symptoms, to understand more about the cause of your problem.
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"It’s important to be aware of any unexplained changes to your body. This could be a persistent cough, a new lump or even an expanding waistline. Symptoms are often nothing to worry about, but sometimes require further investigation."
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Information on Dizziness
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Information on Tiredness (Fatigue)
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More information
- Abdominal Masses
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Heart Rhythms (Arrhythmias)
- Acid Reflux and Oesophagitis (Heartburn)
- Acute Stress Reaction
- ADHD in Adults
- ADHD in Children
- Adrenal Fatigue
- Adult Sepsis Safety Net
- Anal Fissure
- Anal Fistula
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anti-inflammatory Tablets (NSAIDs)
- Apathy
- Aphasia
- Appendicitis
- Baker's Cyst
- Balanitis
- Barrett's Oesophagus
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Bornholm Disease
- Bowel Cancer Screening
- Breast Cancer Facts and Risk Factors
- Breast Pain (Mastalgia)
- Bronchiectasis
- Cancer of the Uterus (Endometrial Cancer)
- Cancer Symptoms
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cellulitis
- Cervical Cancer
- Chest Pain
- Chickenpox in Children
- Child Sepsis Safety Net
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL)
- Cirrhosis
- Cluster Headaches
- Coeliac Disease
- Colonoscopy
- Colposcopy and Cervical Treatments
- Common Causes of Bad Breath
- Costochondritis
- Cushing's Syndrome
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diverticula (Diverticulosis, Diverticular Disease, Diverticulitis)
- Drug Allergy
- Dry Eyes
- Dry Mouth
- Dysphagia (Difficulty Swallowing)
- Early Pregnancy Signs and Symptoms
- Ears and Flying (Aeroplane Ear)
- Ectropion
- Endometrial Hyperplasia (Thickening of the Womb Lining)
- Endometriosis
- Epilepsy and Seizures
- ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
- Essential Tremor
- Eye Flashes, Floaters and Haloes
- Fever (High Temperature)
- Fibroids
- Flat Feet and Fallen Arches
- Frostbite
- Fungal Lung Infections
- Fungal Scalp Infection (Scalp Ringworm)
- Gastroparesis
- Globus Sensation
- Glue Ear
- Guttate Psoriasis
- Halitosis (Bad Breath)
- Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
- Hearing Loss of Older People (Presbyacusis)
- Hearing Tests
- Heart Palpitations (Bradycardia, Tachycardia)
- Hip Fracture
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hysterectomy
- Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Idiopathic Oedema
- Iron-deficiency Anaemia
- Itching
- Jaundice
- Keloid
- Left Lower Quadrant Pain
- Left Upper Quadrant Pain
- Left-side Abdominal Pain in Children
- Lichen Sclerosus
- Long COVID
- Loss of Appetite
- Loss of Taste and Smell
- Low Blood Pressure
- Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)
- Lumps
- Lumps in the Groin
- Lymphoedema and Lipoedema
- Mallory-Weiss Tear
- Measles
- Medication-overuse Headache (Medication-induced Headache)
- Meningococcal Infection
- Metatarsalgia (Metatarsal Injury)
- Migraine
- Molluscum Contagiosum
- Motion Sickness (Travel Sickness)
- Nasal Polyps
- Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy (Morning Sickness)
- Neck Lumps and Bumps
- Night Sweats
- Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Non-gonococcal Urethritis
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Oedema (Swelling)
- Oral Thrush in Babies
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Knee and Kneecap Pain)
- Pelvic Pain in Women
- Period Pain (Dysmenorrhoea)
- Pilonidal Sinus
- Pins and Needles
- Pituitary Gland Disorders
- Pityriasis Versicolor (Tinea Versicolor)
- Pleurisy
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Primary Liver Cancer
- Purpura (Purpuric Rash)
- Rectal Prolapse
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Right Lower Quadrant Pain
- Right Lower Quadrant Pain in Pregnancy
- Right Upper Quadrant Pain
- Rigors
- Schizophrenia
- Seborrhoeic Dermatitis (Dandruff)
- Shin Splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome)
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Skin Cancer Types
- Sleep Apnoea (Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome)
- Somatisation and Somatoform Disorders
- Stages of Cancer
- Stress Incontinence
- Swollen Legs
- Symptoms of Appendicitis
- Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell Arteritis)
- Tennis Elbow
- Thalassaemia
- Thrush in Men
- Thyroid Cancer
- Tonsillitis
- Tourette's Syndrome
- Tremors (Shaking)
- Types of Eating Disorders
- Types of Epilepsy and Seizures
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Underactive Thyroid Gland (Hypothyroidism)
- Varicocele
- Varicose Eczema (Gravitational Eczema)
- Viral Rashes
- Visual Problems (Blurred Vision)
- Vitreous Haemorrhage
- Vulval Cancer
- Vulval Intraepithelial Neoplasia
- Weight Loss (Unintentional)
- Wilson's Disease
Notes on Signs and Symptoms