Diseases & Health Conditions
Educational information about diseases, symptoms, and related treatments
Anxiety disorders in children and young people
Anxiety is a feeling of unease, like worry or fear. In children and young people, it's an understand...
aplastic anaemia
Aplastic anaemia is a very rare but serious bone marrow condition that leads to low blood counts. Ea...
Aplastic anaemia in children and young people
Aplastic anaemia is a very rare but serious bone marrow disorder. Because of it, the bone marrow sto...
Appendicitis
Appendicitis is a painful swelling of the appendix. The appendix is a small, thin pouch about 5 to 1...
Arthritis
Arthritis is a common condition that causes pain and inflammation in a joint. It affects people of a...
Asbestosis
Asbestosis is a long-term lung condition that develops because of exposure to asbestos. Asbestos is...
Asthma
Asthma is a long-term condition caused by inflammation of the airways in your lungs. It can develop...
Ataxia
Ataxia is a term for a group of neurological conditions that affect balance, coordination and speech...
Athlete’s foot
Athlete's foot is a common fungal infection. It is easy to treat, but it can spread easily and may r...
Atopic eczema
Atopic eczema, also called atopic dermatitis, is a common skin condition that makes the skin itchy....
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia). In AF, the heart's upper cha...
Autism
Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a lifelong developmental condition. It affect...
Back problems
This information is meant to help if you are dealing with a new back problem. If you have already be...
Bacterial vaginosis
Bacterial vaginosis is not a sexually transmitted infection. It happens when the usual bacteria in t...
Becker muscular dystrophy
Becker muscular dystrophy is a condition that causes the muscles to gradually waste, and it usually...
Benign prostate enlargement
Benign prostate enlargement (BPE), also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), is a condition...
Benign skin lesions
Benign skin lesions are growths on the skin that are not cancerous. They are very common and are not...
Bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma)
Bile duct cancer, also called cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare cancer that starts in the lining of the...
Binge eating disorder (BED)
Binge eating disorder (BED) is a serious eating disorder. A person with BED regularly eats very larg...
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder is a condition that affects your mood. You are likely to go through periods where y...
Bladder cancer
Bladder cancer is a cancer that starts in the bladder, the hollow, muscular organ that collects and...
Bone cancer
Primary bone cancer is a cancer that starts in a bone. It's sometimes called a bone sarcoma. This is...
Bottom shuffling in young children
Children sometimes sit on their bottoms and move themselves around with their legs instead of crawli...
Bow legs and knock knees in children and young people
There's a gap between the knees when the ankles are pressed together, this is what doctors call bow...