Ulcerative colitis: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
What are the symptoms? Symptoms are intermittent, often not occurring for months or years. During mild attacks symptoms may develop over a few days and include ... Full story
Urinary incontinence: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Is it a big problem? Fortunately, for most, incontinence is no more than a temporary problem. A few weeks after giving birth, the scars are healed, ... Full storyUrinary tract infection: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
What causes it? Urinary tract infections are almost always caused by bacteria, especially a type called E.coli, which are normally found on the skin around the ... Full storyUrine retention: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
What happens? One of the most unpleasant medical conditions, urine retention is not something anyone wants to suffer. It occurs acutely or chronically. In acute urine ... Full storyUsher syndrome: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Who gets it? Between three and six per cent of all children with hearing difficulties have Usher syndrome. It affects about one in every 25,000 babies ... Full storyBed-wetting
Who's affected? Most children are dry at night by the age of three and in medical terms bed-wetting at night, called nocturnal enuresis, is not considered ... Full storyVaricose veins: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
What are the symptoms? The legs may ache, feel heavy and be uncomfortable. In severe cases the skin over the vein becomes dry, itchy, and thin ... Full storyVerrucas: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
What are verrucas? Verrucas are warts that appear on the sole of the foot and are caused by an infection with one of the strains of ... Full storyVertigo: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Vertigo versus dizziness Vertigo is different to dizziness, which is usually a feeling of unpleasant fuzziness in the head. Vertigo, however, makes trying to move difficult ... Full storyVision problems: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
How the eye works To see clearly, light rays need to be focused on the retina at the back of the eye. This is achieved as ... Full storyVomiting: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
What is it? Vomiting is being sick or forcefully ejecting something from inside the stomach, up the gullet and out of the mouth. 'Forcefully' is an ... Full storyWilson's disease: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
What is it? Normally the affected gene produces a protein that transfers copper from the liver cells into the bile. If this gene is abnormal - ... Full storyNorovirus, sometimes known as winter vomiting bug
What causes it? The SRSV lives in the gut and is passed from person-to-person by the faecal-oral route caused by poor hygiene after using the bathroom. ... Full storyWilliams syndrome: What is it?
What is it? Williams syndrome is a rare congenital abnormality and is caused by the deletion of the gene that makes the protein elastin, which is ... Full storyWest Nile virus: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
The symptoms In most cases, there are no symptoms. When symptoms do occur, they are similar to a mild flu-like illness with fever, headache and muscle ... Full storyWerdnig-Hoffmann syndrome (Spinal muscular atrophy): Causes, Symptoms, Treatments
What is it? Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a condition that affects the nerves in an area of the spinal cord called the anterior horn. These ... Full storyWarts and verrucas: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
What are they? Warts and verrucas are small, non-cancerous growths within the skin caused by the human papilloma virus. Warts may occur on their own or in ... Full storyGeorgia
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