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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Multi-infarct dementia
Multi-infarct dementia is a form of dementia caused by large numbers of small blood clots (emboli) in the brain that starve the brain cells of oxygen. This disease mainly affects elderly people with arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). ... [... more]
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Fainting
Fainting can be caused by a number of factors linked to a person's heart, circulation, blood pressure and breathing. The type of fainting attack described here is the most frequent and can happen at any time to otherwise healthy people. Things ... [... more]
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Erectile dysfunction (impotence)
The outlook for men with erectile dysfunction (ED) has improved enormously in the first eight years of this century - so much so that almost all patients nowadays can be assured of a return to successful intercourse. Many of these males feel that ... [... more]
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Pulmonary embolism
A lung embolus (pulmonary embolism) occurs when a blood vessel supplying the lung becomes clogged up by a clot - a lump of coagulated blood. The clot may have travelled in the bloodstream from a vein in the pelvis, abdomen or in the leg; through ... [... more]
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Irregular or infrequent periods (oligomenorrhoea)
It's common for periods to be light and widely spaced when you first start having periods. Periods also become more irregular as you get older and near the menopause. This is normal because you won't produce an egg every month as you start and ... [... more]
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Age-related macular degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is a very common cause of reduced vision in the UK. As the name suggests, it is a condition that tends to become more common as people get older. Although this condition may cause significant reduction in ... [... more]
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Epidural anaesthesia
Epidural anaesthesia is the term used to describe the blocking of nerve routes from the spinal cord with a local anaesthetic or painkilling medication. It is also known as an anaesthetic of the nerve roots. It is commonly used in childbirth to ... [... more]
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Shingles (Herpes zoster)
Shingles is a painful rash caused by the Varicella zoster virus (Herpes varicellae), which is the virus that causes chickenpox . Shingles occurs in people who have had chickenpox and is a reactivation of the dormant virus. Shingles often occurs ... [... more]
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Skin cancer (Malignant melanoma)
There are two main types of skin cancer; malignant melanoma (cancer in moles), and the non-melanoma group (basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma). Each year approximately 1 in every 10,000 people in the UK will develop a new case of malignant ... [... more]
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Hydrocele and varicocele
A hydrocele is a build-up of liquid in a fold of mucous membrane situated in the scrotum (testicle sac). A number of boys develop minor cases of hydrocele during the first few months of their lives. Most of these disappear by themselves, but the ... [... more]
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Looking good
The word 'cataract' is used to describe any opacity or reduction in clarity of the lens of the eye. This can mean anything from mild cloudiness of the lens to complete opacification. Most people over the age of 50 have some haziness over the lens ... [... more]
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