Crohn's disease
This is a chronic inflammatory disease which causes stomach pains, diarrhoea, and weight loss. The disease is characterised by periods of activity and remissions. It typically affects the lower part of the small intestine (ileum) or the large ... [... more]
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Facts about insulin treatment
Insulin is an essential hormone. Without it, the body cannot control or properly use glucose (sugar) - one of its main energy supplying fuels. People with Type 1 diabetes produce inadequate amounts of insulin, so insulin replacement is their key ... [... more]
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Type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes used to be called 'insulin dependent diabetes'. Type 1 diabetes is caused by a lack of insulin output because of damage to the pancreas gland. Type 1 diabetes used to be called 'insulin dependent diabetes'. This is because this ... [... more]
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Infantile eczema
Many children in the western world suffer from infantile eczema or atopic dermatitis, a form of eczema (skin inflammation) that won't stop itching. It is characterised by periods without symptoms followed by further outbreaks of differing ... [... more]
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Impotence (erectile dysfunction)
The outlook for men with erectile dysfunction (ED) has improved enormously in the last few years - so much so that almost all patients nowadays can be assured of a return to successful intercourse. Many of these males feel that the new treatments ... [... more]
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Inguinal hernia
A hernia is a lump that results from a part of the intestine (bowel) slipping through a weakness in the abdominal wall. The most common hernias are inguinal hernias (groin hernias). The opinion of a specialist doctor is usually necessary to ... [... more]
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Haemochromatosis
Haemochromatosis is a disease caused by excess iron in the body. Iron is needed in the diet to maintain good health, particularly for making red blood cells that carry oxygen around the body. These red blood cells contain large amounts of ... [... more]
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
Thrombocytopenia is the medical term for a low platelet count. Idiopathic means unknown cause. Purpura refers to the pin-prick bleeding under the surface of the skin that is a symptom of the low platelet count. In ITP, antibodies coat the ... [... more]
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Urinary incontinence in women
Urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine from the bladder. This is a common problem that can affect both sexes but women are more commonly affected. Many women find it hard talking about their incontinence, but urinary ... [... more]
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Infertility and assisted conception
Many couples believe that it is easy to have a child and are often surprised when the woman does not fall pregnant as soon as they start trying for a baby. Philip Owen, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist and Dr Helen Lyall, consultant ... [... more]
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Prostatitis
Prostatitis is inflammation of the prostate (a gland beneath the bladder that produces components of semen). This inflammation can be acute (acute prostatitis) when it is commonly due to infection, or persistent or relapsing (chronic ... [... more]
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Vaginitis
The commonest causes of vaginitis are infections, but sometimes allergies to products such as soap or perfume, or to the rubber in some condoms, can be responsible. Vaginitis can be caused by many different types of organism, although the ... [... more]
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