Home Illnesses and conditions
Symptoms, causes and treatments of common illnesses and conditions. Includes injuries, infections and poisoning.
Find an illness or condition by name
Includes high and low blood pressure and blood poisoning (sepsis)
Includes headaches, migraines, strokes and Parkinson's disease
Includes breast pain, breast swelling in men, nipple inversion and nipple discharge
Information on different cancer types and advice on living with cancer
Conditions related to gene and chromosome development including Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome
Includes type 1 and 2 diabetes, and diabetic retinopathy
Learn about Down's syndrome, its causes and living with the condition
Includes earache, sore throat, vertigo and laryngitis
Includes conjunctivitis and deafblindness
Includes underactive thyroid, overactive thyroid and swollen glands
Includes heart attacks, heart disease, angina and blood clots
Includes allergies, hay fever, HIV and AIDS
Includes colds, flu, norovirus, chickenpox and measles
How to look after burns, cuts, bites, sprains and strains, and head injuries
Includes kidney stones, cystitis, urinary tract infections and incontinence
Includes coughs, asthma, bronchitis and COPD
Includes stress, depression, insomnia and eating disorders
Includes toothache, mouth ulcers, gum disease and dental abscesses
Includes sprains, strains and broken bones
Includes obesity, malnutrition and iron deficiency anaemia
Includes miscarriage, stillbirth and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Includes sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and erectile dysfunction
Includes acne, psoriasis, ingrown toenails and warts and verrucas
Includes indigestion, diarrhoea, coeliac disease and gastroenteritis