Acute leukaemia
Leukaemia, or blood cancer, is a disease of unknown cause where the bone marrow produces large numbers of abnormal cells. This means that the normal marrow is pushed into smaller and smaller areas, which results in fewer cells being produced and ... [... more]
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Backache
Lumbago is defined as mild to severe pain or discomfort in the area of the lower back. The pain can be acute (sudden and severe) or chronic if it has lasted more than three months. Lumbago often occurs in younger people whose work involves ... [... more]
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Hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) in diabetes
Hypoglycaemia is a condition where the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood drops below a certain point - about 3.0mmol/l. The blood sugar level is the amount of glucose in the blood. It is expressed as millimoles per litre (mmol/l). This causes ... [... more]
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Hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose) in non-diabetic people
Hypoglycaemia or low blood glucose is a condition in which the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood, drops below a certain point (about 2.5mmol/l). The condition manifests itself by a number of symptoms that usually disappear 10 to 15 minutes ... [... more]
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Lyme disease
Lyme disease is an infection that derives from a tick bite. The disease has a variety of symptoms, including changes affecting the skin, heart, joints and nervous system. It is also known as borrelia or borreliosis. Borrelia (Lyme disease) is ... [... more]
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Large breasts
Breasts develop differently from woman to woman, and their shape and size changes throughout life. Each month, you may feel a tension and swelling in your breasts before your period is due. This sensation disappears as soon as your period ... [... more]
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Cancer of the larynx
Cancer of the larynx is caused by changes in the lining of the larynx due to long-standing irritation - usually by cigarette smoke Cancer of the larynx is caused by changes in the lining of the larynx due to long-standing irritation - usually by ... [... more]
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Cancer involving the liver
There are two ways in which cancer can involve the liver. The cancer can arise from the liver itself (primary liver cancer) or it can spread to the liver from a primary tumour at another site (secondary, or metastatic, cancer). In the UK, ... [... more]
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Lung cancer
The cells of all living organisms normally divide and grow in a controlled manner. Cancer results when this control process is lost. A lump or tumour, known as the primary tumour can grow locally or spread to produce secondary tumours somewhere ... [... more]
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Chronic leukaemia or blood cancer
The white cells are part of the body's immune system, and there are several sub-groups of white cells that have different sorts of roles in recognising and dealing with 'invaders' such as bacteria and viruses as well as other types of foreign ... [... more]
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Cirrhosis of the liver
Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver that involves the formation of fibrous (scar) tissue associated with the destruction of the normal architecture of the organ. It is the result of long-standing injury most commonly due to alcohol in excess but ... [... more]
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Growth hormone deficiency
Growth hormone deficiency can be both a total or a partial condition, resulting in impaired physical development. The growth hormone is one of the hormones produced in the pituitary gland (hypophysis), a small gland situated on the underside of ... [... more]
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